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would be not less than 18 miles a second, and probably it was 
much greater. 
strictly, we have a velocity of 260 miles a second. Though 
I should not be unwilling to admit such a velocity, if we had 
Source of the sudden flash of light seen by them, and by the im- 
Pression of even the most distant observers, that it fell very near 
‘0 them.” The latter reason, especially, has much weight. dien 
The light is always called a “ flash of light,” by some a sw 
flash 
7 ble to 
arge number of observers state that they were una 
call the attention of those standing by them to 3 ® ee m4 
- that only those looking towards that part of the heavens, 
W it, 
In a letter dated June 18th, Mr. Marsh says, “all I have since 
from parties I have conversed with tends to confirm the 
rahi estimates, the impression generally being that it was in 
ntaneous ’ : 
k n reatoning fren these data, two considerations should be 
_ Septin mind, 
Ist. The natural tendency is to make the time of flight too 
Bteat, and hence the velocity, too 
