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30;^ Bowditch on the Meteor which 'passed over Wilmington 



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fallen by the force of gravity, (estimated in the usual manner, neg 



Icctius: the resistance &c 



3 



s 



16x16' feet 



This quantity represents tlie deflection from the tangent; and the 

 greatest distance of the curve from the chord line connectino* the 

 two extreme points would be only a fourth 

 feet, which is nearly 4 of a mile, and this 



par 



pparent place observed 



in the heavens half a degree at its maximum, and generally 



ould 



To 



determine, therefore, the place of 

 meteor, with as much accuracy as can be attained by these obser 

 tious, it will only be necessary to find the places of its appeara 



disappear 



paper 



the Connecticut 



The method of doing this is explained in my 



meteor given in the Memoirs of the 

 Academy, and after various calculations T have assumed the fol- 

 lowing places of the meteor as those which, on the whole, would 

 best satisfy the aggre 



the observat 



; 



Latitude of the meteor 

 Longitude of the meteor 



Heie-ht abnvft thp pnrfli'c 



At its appearance 



K 



4 



34 W.Greenvv. 76 



38 miles. 



The azimuths and altitudes of 



At its disappearance. 



03 W.Greenw, 

 22 miles. 



md its distances 



from the different observers, expressed in statute miles of L 



preceding values, by 



feet 



puted 



means 



usual rules of trigonometry, and inserted in the followin 





tabl 



h the observed places, in order to give at one view the differen 

 between the observed azimuths and altitudes. 



