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<c Anf. There was not any found heard : it was 
(i fuppofed to be at too great adiftance.” 
Thefe are all the accounts which I received, at 
different times, upon this fubjeCt. In another paper 
I (hall offer to the Society fome remarks, that have 
occurred to me, upon a careful review of the whole 
materials. 
XXVII. Some Remarks upon the fever al Ac - 
counts of the fiery Meteor ( which appeared 
072 Sunday the 26 th of November, 1758), 
and upon other fuch Bodies ; by John Pringle, 
M. D. F. R. S. 
Read Dec. zo, 
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I N my lad paper, I laid before the So- 
ciety all the accounts I had received of 
the meteor, of the 26th of November, 1758 ; which 
I could not reduce into a narrower compafs, without 
the hazard of omitting fuch obfervations, as might be 
judged neceffary for afeertaining fome of the principal 
circumftances; or without palling over thofe faCts, 
which, however immaterial they may appear at pre- 
fent, might afterwards afford fome light in explaining 
the nature of thefe phenomena. I have even inferted 
fome particulars contradictory to others, that I imagined 
more likely to be true, as I myfelf might be deceived, 
and as, by preferving the feveral relations intire, I 
thereby did mod: juftice to the obfervers. The de- 
ception of the fenfes, upon the appearance of unufual 
objeCls, the fhort continuance of the meteors, and 
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