II. An Account of the fame Meteor, hy Mr. 
Henry Baker F. R. S. in a Letter to M. 
Folkes Efq\ Pr . R , S . 
Read Jan. 
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A S I know of no account, that haa 
been yet communicated to the 
Royal Society, of a fiery meteor, feen in many di- 
ftant parts of this kingdom in July laft, I hope you 
will excufe the liberty I take of laying before you 
what I have receiv’d concerning that appearance. 
On the 28 of the faid month of July, Mr. 
William Arderon F. R, S. wrote me word, that a 
meteor was feen at Norwich by thoufands of people, 
on Sunday the 22 of the faid month, at 9 o’ clock 
in the evening (true time). He fent me alfo a draw- 
ing thereof, which is exaddly copied at the end of 
this paper. (Plate I. Fig. 1.) 
Its direction, he fays, was, as near as he could 
guefs, from north to fouth, moving with great ve- 
locity. When due eaft of him, its altitude was 
about 30 degrees ; at which time the great difiind- 
nefs of its figure made him imagine it was not above 
two or three miles from him. The fplendor and 
beauty of its nucleus, particularly the fore part there- 
of, furpafled, he fays, all the fires he ever faw, being 
of a bright filver colour : its tail was of the colour 
of a burning coal, tho’ fomething fainter. Its head,, 
or nucleus, appeared to him, under an angle of 
fomewhat more than two degrees, and its tail of 
..about 2 1 degrees. 
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