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lowed by a long—Jong rolling, reverberatory sound of more than a min- 
ute’s duration.” This fact is mentioned by Mr. W. C. Kane writing from 
Knoxville to a friend in Hartford, Conn. : 
Another brilliant meteor was seen in the southwest, from New Haven 
and New York, between half past seven and eight o'clock, on the evening 
important because they have been furnished by a good observer who 
saw the meteor under favorable circumstances. A single case of this 
note all the facts as accurately as he could at the time; and he after- 
wards returned to the spot in order to determine more definitely the 
oints of the compass. His testimony, in answer to my interrogatories, 
is substantially as follows :— 
“The meteor first appeared to me at a point about 55° east of north. 
It moved northward in a line very nearly parallel with the horizon. 
15°. It 
the apparent diameter of the meteor was one-half that of the sun. 
These data give the meteor a height of 41 miles over the northern 
boundary of Noble county; a diameter of three-eighths of a mile ; and 
a relative velocity of nearly 4 miles a second. The results agree sufli- 
ciently well with those before given. : ; 
The meteor was seen through openings in the clouds at various points 
along a line of 60 miles, extending from near Newport on the Ohio 
river to the neighborhood of New Concord. The evidence, upo® _ 
whole, does not indicate any descent of the body towards the eart be: 
tween these limits, or any change in its size or appearance. From an 
fact, and the great height of the body, and the absence of all evidence 
g The sh : 
near New Concord had probably been detached from the principal mass 
before the latter came into sight. 
_ Marietta, Ohio, Aug. 20, 1860. 4 at 
10. Shooting Stars of August 9-10. 1860,—Since the year 1837, @ 
least, it has been ae ithe Northern hemisphere, whenever ~ 
weather has permitted observation, that shooting stars have been unust- 
ally abundant during a period of several nights in August, gradually 
increasing in numbers for a few days up to the 10th of the month, 
