Meteor seen at Burlington. U. S. 227 



occasion to award this prize for 1825, it will be united with 

 that for 1826, making a gold medal of 1860 fr., and adjudged 

 in 1827. 



After the adjudication and proposition of the various prizes, 

 M. Cuvier read a historical eulogium on M. de Lacepede; 

 M. Beudant, a memoir on the importance of the mineral king- 

 dom with respect to its applications; M. Fourier, a historical 

 eulogium on M. Breguet; and M. Dupin, a memoir on the 

 sense of hearing, regarded as an instrument of measure, in 

 application to the arts and to literature. These four works, 

 which were listened to with interest, have since been printed. 



XXXV. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



METEOR SEEN AT BURLINGTON. U.S. 



T^HIS meteor was seen by Dr. Henry S. Waterhouse, about 

 ■*■ a mile south of Burlington. It disappeared at twenty mi- 

 nutes past eleven. 



Itsaltitude* abovethe horizon, when first seen, was 9° 48' 20"; 

 its azimuth, as observed, was north 49° 30' east, or, deduct- 

 ing 7° 36' for the variation of the needle, its azimuth would 

 be north 41° 54' east. Its altitude when it went out of sight, 

 behind a ridge of land, was 3° 6' 20", and its corrected 

 azimuth north, 26° 57' east. The place of observation is 

 in N. latitude 44° 26', and in longitude 73° 15' west from 

 Greenwich. 



From its apparent magnitude to Dr. W. compared with 

 that of the meridian sun, it must, on its first appearance, 

 have subtended an angle of about 7 minutes, which, from a 

 similar comparison, must have been enlarged to about twen- 

 ty-eight minutes by the time of its leaving his sight. He re- 

 marked, that it seemed to him to undergo a sudden enlarge- 

 ment, at two different times, rather than a gradual one from 

 first to last. Its tail was, at first, very small; indeed, there 

 was scarcely any ; but it increased in magnitude and splen- 

 dour with great rapidity, so that when the ball went below the 

 hill, the length of the tail was apparently equal to twenty or 

 thirty times the diameter of the globe itself. No sparks were 

 seen ; the tail passed gradually out of sight in the direction of 

 the main body. The light seemed equal to that of mid-day : 



* From its direction across the tops of certain trees of very marked cha- 

 racter, he was enabled to designate positions in its path, with a precision 

 unusual in such phsenomena. The necessary angles were taken by J. John- 

 son, Esq. of this village, and myself, with an excellent theodolite. 



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