254 Meteorological Journal of Marietta, Ohio. 
where it fell, a few days subsequently, and minutely examined 
all the attending circumstances noted by the inhabitants in the 
vicinity. One of the largest fragments, weighing over one 
hundred pounds, was purchased and placed in the cabinet of Ma- 
rietta College. Appearing, as this meteor did, in the middle of. 
the day, when hundreds of spectators were in situations to see 
it, the history of its course and appearance has happily been 
ade out more accurately and satisfactorily than that of any 
m 
other which has visited North America. 
Louisville, Ky., by two o'clock, Pp. m., at Cincinnati by half 
three, at Portsmouth by half past four, and at Marietta about 
it began to rain a little. A quarter before six, wind very violent — 
from the southwest and tes: with ‘hard. rain, blowing steadily 
and not in gusts as in ordinary storms, lasting about ae 
minutes. As soon as the rain ceased, the sky or clo 
in the west and southwest put on a deep orange or copper colot, 
and after seven until dark, a brilliant red, like the rays of 38 
