186 H. A. Newton on the Meteor of November, 1859. 
Tn general these experiments seem to point out that after mo- 
mentary exposure to white light subjective colors are induced in 
the eye, whose tint and duration are dependent on the strength 
of the impression received, as well as upon the length of time 
allowed for rest; these sensations of color apparently having a 
relation to the colors observed after looking at the sun, similar 
to that which a temporary disorder bears to a chronic affection. 
Troy University, March 20, 1860. 
Art. XVII—On the Meteor of November 15th, 1859; by Prof 
H. A. Newton, Yale College. 
_1N the forenoon of November 15th, 1859, about half-past nine 
o'clock, a meteor or meteorite was seen to descend towards the 
le coliection of statements of se yin 
ass., to Pe- 
accurately as possible the path and velocity of the meteorite. The 
result of my investigation has been to establish almost ie 
In several instances have the paths of meteors or shooting 
necessitate with respect to them the same conclusion. But ty 
rtain 
me worthy of confidence. I have thought, therefore, that a cat 
The observations from Alexandria, Va., and New Haven, Ct. 
seem for several reasons the best for determining its path throug 
a 
“Abram Martin, a student particularly well qualified for iw 
observations, was fortunately, standing perfectly still with the 
