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An ADOtmmt of several MeUon, lowu m mmtated bg Thomas Short, M. D. Dated 

 Sheffield, March. 18, 1740-1. N* 459, P- ^25. 



The wtx^ of 1737 WW the moct inegnhr year of any in my time ; not one 

 month but what had the weather of all the aeatoos in it, and that not by gra- 

 dual tranntions, hot by sodden jerks ; summer was dry, Angost was as ocAA as 

 winter, Sqitember fnU of great cfaaoges ; hence that sodden and gjeooal 

 cataah in October ; socceeded in the latter end of the moodi, and aD Nofcm- 

 ber, by a fatal diarrhoea among the poor. 



Dec 5, at 5 o'dodi, afternoon, and all the ereni!^, ap pea r e d a reauAaiAt 

 lir^lfatness in the sky, of a Mood-red ooioor, very bright, and attended widi 

 many conoas ap pe a r a ncf* . 



This meteor was seen at Venice at the same time ; and ofcr Kilkenny 10 

 Irelaid, it appeared like a great ball of fire ; which borst with an ezpiosion 

 that shook great part of the island, and set the whole hemisphere on fire ; 

 wUdi homed most fu i i o usly, tfll ail the solphnieoas matter was spent. 



This meteor pot an end to the remains of both the catarrh, and watery 

 diarrfacea ; and restored general health, tfll the next epidemic c atar rh among 

 in£uits in Febroary 1 738, 2 months after. 



The next meteor was on August, 1733, a dear, calm, exceasiTe hot day, 

 at 9 at night, a (Hgfatfbl glade of fire, or draco volans, fraat east to west. 



October I, 1736, day doody, wind s.w. dear evenii^ six at night, feU a 

 great ball of fire oat of the air to the earth ; no rain 15 days before, and only a 

 few drops 2 days after. 



Angost 28, 1738, at 5 tm. wind s.w. sky dear, the son bright shining, a 

 fiery meteor ap pe ar ed v.b. ran iwrth, like a apear of fire, with a great roond 

 head, which borst like a rocket, spread ahont in a large fire, and iranisfaed 

 soddenly. This was a great drought, which continoed without rain to Sq>- 

 tember 7. 



The next was Dec emb e r 2, 1739, at 6 at nigfat, wind north, sky dear, m 

 white frost, a great halo dmot the moon. This meteor appemd lake a largte 

 round body of fire, of about a foot and a half diameter ; seemed very low, 

 therefore could not be observed far, though it went all over this country from 

 north to sooth; preUy sharply, but nodiing near so qoickly as a glade of light- 

 ning, was succeeded instantly by a most dismal aoond in the air, like carta, 

 drums, and groans mixed. It kcft the tract of the meteor, hot in an opposite 

 course, viz. from south to west. This was a most fiightfnl time of rains, snow, 

 storms, 2cc. 



