358 N. R. Leonard—lowa County Meteor. 
intensely brilliant light, of crystalline whiteness at the center, fire 
red on the border, and throwing out red sparks and purplish jets 
of flame; train less luminous than body, exploded like a rocket. 
Opinions were divided as to whether any detonation accom- 
panied the explosion.” These observations were collected for 
me by L. C. Ingersoll, M.D., from a number of persons in that 
city who witnessed the flight. 
At Washington, Iowa, Rev. E. B. Taggart in a letter to the 
Free Press of that city, describes it as of a “ Horse-shoe shape, 
greatly elongated. The outer edge very bright, then a narrow © 
dark space, with a core of intense brilliancy, so vivid as to 
blind the eyes for a moment. It had not a comet-like tram, 
but a sort of flowing jacket of flame. Detonations heard, so 
violent as to shake the earth, and to jar the windows like the 
shock of an earthquake.” 
At lowa Agricultural College, Prof. Macomber writes: 
“Tn form it was like an immense rocket with streamers flowing 
At Sigourney, almost directly under the path of the meteor, 
r. J. A. Donnell, writing to the “Sigourney News,” speaks of 
it as “ A globe of fire with pale lines of light radiating from 1t 
The light of the globe very vivid. It appeared to be falling 
toward the earth from about 10° west of the zenith.” He says 
came inside the shee above him, where it apparently stood 
still for a moment and then passed over toward the northeast. 
The detonation was compared to the discharge of a 40 gu” 
battery which he had heard in the army. : 
t Amana, about five miles northeast of the middle of the 
region where the meteor fell, Mr. F. Christen writes that, Its 
light was at first dazzling white, then changed to red. = 
distinct shadows of objects on the street. Fragments sane 
separate, not with violence, but simply as if falling apart; ae 
separation was speedily followed by a disappearance of the 
meteor.” 
Mr. G. Holm of Marengo, gives an account similar to the _ 
and in addition says that the descending path was wave-like an 
not a uniform curve. Mr. Frank McClintock of West Union 
says that “at about the middle of its course it appeared to g've 
a slight dart or bound toward the east.” Probably the same 
wave-like motion spoken of by Mr. Holm, when viewed sats 
station not far removed from the direction in which the meteo 
Was moving. of 
_ At Mt. Pleasant, Iowa, Prof. Mansfield writes that some 
