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Society (2) by J. Frid. Weidler, ProfefTor of Mathe- 
matics there. The former of thefe meteors appeared 
from 6'i to 15' in the evening, the fun being then 
pohted in the W. and the Anthelion in the E. the 
other from ph 30' to 9^ 45' in the morning, the fuii 
being at that time S. and the phenomenon N. Ant- 
helia therefore being fo feldom obferved, and yet 
obfervations of them being fo neceffary, in order to 
afcertain the theory of this fpecies of meteors ; I was 
inclined to believe, that the account now tranfmitted 
you, rude and imperfedt as it is, might yet not be 
altogether unacceptable to the Royal Society. I can 
only anfwer for the fidelity of the relation, and wifh 
a more perfedt one had been drawn up by a perfon 
better qualified to obferve the phenomenon here de- 
fcribed, that it might have been more worthy the 
attention of the learned and illuftrious body, to whom 
I have the honour of communicating this paper. If 
the meteor could have been viewed from the firft to 
the lafl moment of its exigence, perhaps other cir- 
cumftances, proper to be known, for the happier in- 
veftigation of its caufe, might have occurred. But 
this amounting to little more than a bare poffibility, I 
fhall content myfelf with having jufl hinted it here ; 
and only beg leave to add, that 
I am, with the higheft regard and efteem, 
S I R, 
Your mod: obedient 
Chrift-Church, Oxon. 
July 28, 1760. 
humble fervant, 
John Swinton. 
(2) Philof.Tranfatt. N° 454. p. 221. July y &c. 1739. 
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