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eet Account of the Meceors of the 18th of Augutt and 4th of 
“‘Otober, 1783. By Alex. Aubert, E/g. FR. S. and S.A. 
‘Read Jan. 15, 1784. 
: AVING been fortunate enough to fee both the Meteors, 
i of the 18th of Auguft and-of the 4th of Odtober laft, I 
‘think it my duty to communicate the obfervations I made upon 
‘them to the Royal Society. We are in general fo little ac- 
‘quainted with thefe phenomena, that too many accounts of 
them cannot be colleéted, in order to enable us to form fome 
idea of their nature, path, magnitude, .and diftance from the 
earth. It is not to be expected, that an-obferver, in‘the open 
air, to whom the appearance ‘comes totally unexpeGed, can 
‘give a perfect account of it; but by going afterwards to the 
{pot from which he faw it, he may, by the affiftance of the 
objeéts about him, and {tome proper inftruments, come near 
the truth: I have followed this method ; and it is the refult 
thence deduced I have the honour of communicating to the 
Society. 
Monday the 18th of Auguft had been a very fultry day. At 
the time the meteor made its appearance, although the ftars 
were bright in the upper part of the heavens, the horizon ‘was 
furrounded with a‘hazinefs which did not permit any ftars to 
be feen under an altitude of about eight degrees. I was on 
horfeback, returning to my Obfervatory at Loampit-hill, near 
Deptford, in Kent; my face was turned towards the South 
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