92 J. EL. Smith on the Guernsey County (Ohio) Meteorite. 
these data I find for the vertical height, taken to the nearest | 
unit, 48 miles. This was at a point in Washington county near _ 
the border of Noble. 
“Mr. C. Hackley testifies that he saw the meteor from Berlin 
in Jackson county. It crossed a cloudless space in the northeast, 
and he thinks its altitude, at the highest point, was 30°. Now 
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the distance from Berlin to the nearest point under the meteors — 
path is 70 miles. These data give nearly 41 miles for its verti- 
cal height over Noble county, a few miles to the south of Sarahs- 
ville (lat. 39° 53’, long. 81° 40’). 
‘Many other reliable witnesses have been found who saw the 
meteor through openings in the clouds from various points west 
of its path; and whose testimony so far agrees with the fore 
oing as to give results ranging between 37 and 44 miles. Care 
as been taken as far as possible to verify the data in each case 
by personal examintion of the witnesses. The angles have in 
most instances been taken as pointed out by them from their 
the region east of its path. But it was a circumstance in some 
respects favorable to the definiteness of the observations made 
from the west side, that the observers in nearly all cases saw the 
meteor only at one point, or within a very small space on the 
heavens. It is impossible to reconcile the various accoun 
ithout granting that its ps was very nearly as above de- 
id not vary far from 40 miles as it 
between seeing the fire-ball and hearing the report, the state- 
ments are so vague that not much reliance has been placed upon 
them. It may be remarked, however, that they will essentiall: 
agree with the foregoing conclusions, if we suppose that the lou 
est explosion took place in the southern part of Noble county. 
“T will add under this head the statement of Mr. Joel Richard- 
son, of Warren, Washington county, who from a place six miles — 
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west of Marietta, saw the meteor as much as 15° or 20° west 0 
north, at an altitude of about 45°. The direction in this easé 
