892 On the Meteors of 13th November. 
5. He1teut.—The appearance of the meteors was such, as to give 
to spectators the impression, that they were generally low in the at- 
mosphere, and that they sometimes descended quite to the earth. 
(1.) Generally the meteors appeared to be very low in the atmos- 
here: some, to come down apparently almost to the house tops. 
(‘« Observer,” Boston Centinel.) 
(2.) Their general height above the earth was apparently not more 
than two or three miles, and they frequently appeared to fall within 
a few hundred yards of it before they-became extinct. (Georgia 
Messenger.) 
3.) See Mr. Palmer’s observations, p. 383. 
4.) They appeared + 2 extngined.. in an azure belt, that en- 
circled the horizon. (Richmond, Virg. Enquirer. 
(5.) Many of the Pa seemed almost to strike the masts of 
the eee (Charleston Mercury.) 
Some expired soon after the commencement of their motion; 
ro descended apparently quite down to the water’s edge, leaving 
behind them a bright luminous track. While descending, it seemed 
as.if some would fall upon the deck of the boat though none did. 
mie of the Steam Boat Providence, as stated by Professor Cas- 
“7. ) Gone ceased to appear when within 10 degrees of the hori- 
zon. (New York Commercial Advertiser. 
8.) They appeared to form high in the air, and to become ex- 
tinct Ae 50 or 100 feet of the earth. (Dr. J. P. Kirtland of 
Poland, O.) 
6. Sounp.—According to the observations of by far the greater 
number of spectators, the meteors were unaccompanied by any pe- 
culiar sound ; but on the other hand, such a sound, supposed to pro- 
ceed from the meteors, was distinctly heard by a few observers in va- 
rious places. 
(1.) None was = by the writer of this article, though listen- 
ed for with much attention. Mr. Daniel Tomlinson of Brookfield, 
Con. informed the ee that he hueaed repeatedly to discover if 
there was any report, but could hear none. Yet Mr. Palmer heard 
sounds resembling a pop-gun, or the smaller explosioris of a sky 
rocket 
z. ) Dr. Lee, of New Britain, a few miles northeast of New Haven, 
saw the meteor which is described p. 366, as falling near Capella, and 
thinks it was accompanied by a noise like the rushing of a sky- 
rocket. (Letter to Prof. Silliman.) 
(3.) No sound was heard at Providence, nor by the pilot of the 
steam boat in Long Island Sound ; a hissing noise is said by others to 
have been heard after this explosion. (Professor Caswell.) 
