METEOEIC STONES AND SHOOTING STARS. 



at any particular place is no proof of their non-existence in our 

 atmosphere. They may be produced during the day, or they 

 may be produced in a part of the atmosphere not visible from the 

 place in question. Thus, in 1833, when they were a general 

 object of terror to the people of America, they attracted but 

 little attention in Europe. On the other hand, they sometimes 

 appear contemporaneously in the atmosphere on opposite sides 



of the globe. In 1837, they were observed from the French ship 

 fionite, on the other side of the globe, while on the same day iii 

 Europe a vast number appeared. 



18. On the night of the 12th of November, 1836, Sir John 

 Herschel observed these phenomena at the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Their number was not very considerable, but their motion had a 

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