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EXXV. An Account of an Obfervation of the Meteor of Avgutt 
18, 1783, made on Hewit Common aear York. In a Letter 
from Nathaniel Pigott, E/g. F. R. S. to the Reverend Nevil. 
Matkelyne, D. D. F..R. S. and Afironomer Royal. 
Read June 24, 178 4s. 
' REVEREND SIR, York, Od. r8, 1783: 
N the roth of laft Auguft 1 communicated to you an ac» 
count of the remarkably fine meteor, which I had feen 
under circumftances peculiarly favourable the preceding night, 
I was then preparing myfelf for a journey into the Eaft Riding ;. 
and, on that account, obliged to poftpone the verifications,. 
mentioned hereafter, till my return, 
On the 18th of Augufl, about ten o’clock P.M. after a hot 
day, the weather a little hazy, but not fo as to obliterate the 
flars, and no wind, being on horfeback, in company with two | 
other gentlemen, on Hewit Common, about three miles from. 
York,my attention was attracted towards the W.N.W. by feveral. 
faint flathes of lightning, fuch as.are often feen near the horizon,. 
er which may be {till better compared to flafhes of an aurora: 
borealis.. Soon after which I perceived fome luminous matter 
in motion, and collecting together from feveral directions, fig. 
t. (tab. XX.) which immediately taking fire prefented itfelf under 
the form of a ball, of fo vivid. a brightnefs, that the whole 
horizon was: illuminated, fo that the fmalleft obje& might 
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