Miscellanies, 169 



In Vol. VIII of the same Journal, p. 139, Mr. Clark, after hav- 

 ing collected various accounts, says : " On the niglit of the 13th of 

 Nov., there was a brilliant exhibition of meteors, from 11 P. M. of 

 the 12th, to near daylight of the 13th." 



2. From W. H. White, Esq. (England.) 



" I have extracted the following observations from my journal, 

 relative to the meteoric appearances on the morning of Nov. 13, 

 1834, which, I regret, were both accidental and very limited, owing 

 to the ill state of health, I was in at that time. I have kept a jour- 

 nal of atmospheric and meteoric phenomena for some years, with the 

 hope of deducing accurate conclusions on their orjgin, properties and 

 effects." 



"Extract. — Finding myself unable to sleep, I arose at half past 1 

 o'clock this morning, (Nov. 13, 1834.) The moon was shining 

 with such peculiar brilliancy, that I was induced to take a survey 

 of that portion of the heavens which my windows commanded, the 

 north and east. After looking in the direction of Leo and Ursa 

 Major for a few minutes, I observed a few small meteors, perhaps 

 five or six ; (I did not note the number ;) but they presented noth- 

 ing unusual in their appearance. I retired from the window about 

 a quarter of an hour ; but my interest in a subject at all times so 

 highly gratifying to my mind, induced* me to take another surv^ey. 

 I then saw in the space of half an hour, ten meteors, all of them 

 highly electrical, of a red color, and very brilliant : they were with- 

 out trains or sparks ; and most of them between Leo, Virgo, and 

 Ursa Major. In a few minutes, another meteor, of a paler color 

 than any I had observed before, glided almost perpendicularly to- 

 wards the earth : this was succeeded by another of more brilliant ap- 

 pearance, which took a westerly direction. This meteor cast a brill- 

 iant blue light, and had a short or truncated train, which was of a paler 

 light than the meteor itself, and gradually shaded off into a yellowish 

 red: it appeared, in fact, like a stream of light which the meteor, in 

 its velocity, left behind. My health would not allow me to pursue 

 these interesting phenomena longer, and I reluctantly retired to bed." 

 Old Kent Road, Dec. 10, 1834. {Loudon's Mag. 8.97.) 



II. Domestic Testimonies. 



1. From the St. Louis (Missouri) Observer. 



" Mr. Editor — It was remarked in the last Observer, that nothing 

 had been heard of the meteors here this year, although they had ap- 

 peared at the east. 



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