318 Koike of several Meteors. 



about equal to a third part of the moon's. Taking this 

 apparent diameter and the distance of twenty m'iles we shall 

 make the body more than one hundred yards in diameter. 

 My estimate of its elevation above the earth is obtaiiied by 

 comparing the observations made by various persons in dif- 

 ferent positions. 



The course of this meteor compares very well with that 

 which passed over Connecticut in 1807. May it not be 

 the same.''* 1 now suppose it to revolve round the earth. 

 If it be the same, it is a little extraordinary that it should 

 pass so near to the former meridian. But perhaps it has 

 made several revolutions since that period." 



Meteor of March 9, 1822. 



As the only sources of information within our reach, we 

 were laying by the newspapers, containing the accounts of 

 this meteor, when we observed with pleasure, that Theo- 

 dore Dwight, Esq. Editor of the New-York Daily Adverti- 

 ser, had collected the most interesting of these accounts in- 

 to one view, of which we gladly avail ourselves on the pres- 

 ent occasion, as the facts are worthy of being preserved, and 

 it is oaly by accumulating well authenticated facts of this 

 kind, that we can hope to solve the phenomena of Meteors. 



The Meteor. 



The late meteor was seen in this city sometime after 10 

 o'clock; its direction being from southwest to northeast. 

 Jt appeared to many persons as large as the moon, emitting 

 a brilliant light, which lasted but a few seconds. 



It appears from a statement in the Troy Post, that it 

 was seen by a number of gentlemen in that city. One of 

 them, accustomed to astronomical observations, states, that 

 when he saw it first, it was at the altitude of 46 degrees, 



* Its size, as conjectured by Mr- Turney, is much less than the estimateci 

 size of that meteor. — Ed. 



