JVo. XV. 



AN ACCOUNT OF THE METEOR, 



Which burst over JVeston in Connecticut., in December 

 1807, mid of the falling of Stones on tliat occasion. 



By professors SILLIMAN and KINGSLEY. 



with a chemical analysis of the stones, 



By professor SILLIMAN.* 



^N the 14th of December, 1807, about half past 6 

 o'clock, A. M. a meteor was seen moving through 

 the atmosphere, with very great velocity, and was heard 

 to explode over the town of Weston, in Connecticut, 



* Note.... The following account of the facts which attended the 

 falling of stones from the atmosphere, was first published, in sub- 

 stance, in the Connecticut Herald, and, subsequently, in many news- 

 papers, and in several literary and philosophical Journals. A revis- 

 ed account, together with the details of the analysis, was afterwards 

 communicated to the Philosophical Society of Philadelphia, and has 

 been published in their transactions. No communication was made 

 to the Connecticut Academy, because they did not then contemplate 

 publishing any thing immediately, and the public curiosity was so 

 much alive on a subject which, in this country, was altogether nov- 

 el, that there was no room for delay. 



But, in consequence of the strong local interest which is felt in 

 Connecticut, as the scene of the extraordinary event alluded to, the 

 Academy have thought proper to direct the republication of these 

 papers, that they may be preserved and diffused in Connecticut ; 

 disclaiming at the same time any right to them as original commu- 

 nications. 



