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tiigonoraetric operations for the rectification 
*1# ® Gulf tiling, on the 12th of November, 
Florida, in the latitude of 25", and longitude 
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V! "^’ Saw •* i‘‘i-‘uiue oi j,o , ana longituae 
1 * 111 1 '. Ilovi,, ' V' i*** P"'''" °t tl'o sky, ‘as many meteors as 
‘Ig in nil . 1-u 
Vu|'%|.i S m all directions : some appeared to tall per- 
*'V ■’ *'■ expected every minute that they 
the vessel.’ The same phenomenon was 
V ^2'. American continent as tar as tlie latitude 
Cs''li>a'l ,,b In Labrador, at Nain (lat. 56 " 55 '), and 
V"t“ v®t 58” 4') : in Greenland, nr T .ieho.no.. 
58” 4') ; in Greenland, at Lichtcnau 
at New Herrenhut (lat. 64° 14', long. 
ti- J-'icw nerrennut tiat. 04“ J4, Jong. 
Of K ,®®*^intoe3 were frightened at the enormous 
H, ,''1 the which fell during twilight toward all 
Ml'' Ger”''‘"''nient, some of them being a foot broad. 
iV'*' (lat l^oi'O’i'tg. ''■ic'"' °f Ittcrstadt ne.ar 
" ^9’’ *°ng. 9” I'east), perceived, on the 
loy^ L y ^ ^Uicciveci, on tiie 
betueen the hours of six and seven in 
I stars’ ''’j‘°n it was half alter two at Cumana, some 
“ f 'i^e s shed a very white light. Soon after, 
to c?"'*.' south-west, luminous rays appeared 
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Mht "hs tra^.^u'' reddish, and resembled 
sSsM'd {|}f was seen, from time to time, strongly 
tr u ^ vv^ici' 
of a sky-rocket. Daring the morning 
een the hours of seven and eight, the south- 
tho^L"'^'’-® lightning, which ran 
't5o,v “e horizon ' ' ' ' 
“^ose. 
... in serpentine 
At niglit the cold increased, and 
■ito,," nie 
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•^"s, _ from Weimar to the Rio Negro, is 1800 
Vh *> ana / vveimar to me itio j\egro, is ibO( 
le 3 g^^”'°trj^Rio Negro to Herrenhut in Green 
M flj° same fiery meteors 
\l'’'ar ‘*'sf 3 nt from each other, we must also 
V‘ 5 H."'e was at least 411 leagues. Near 
l\., „ ‘*Pnenra^^«« 1 : 1 ,... _1 . 
K Shi antN ® leagues, ixeai 
V‘*'‘tu ^outlV. *'*"° sky-rockets was seen in the 
*°ast ; at Cumana, in the east, and in the 
w' ’ mm in me 
®s t^^^ . I ° therefore conclude, that nuinber- 
'■'^tieri fiillen into the sea, between Atfica 
Vv **>6 dir*^^’- °*^ Cape- Verde Islands, 
^"il at °*' fF® bolides was not the same at 
place wdiy were they not perceived in 
^Hu'*''iik north, as at Cayenne? I am 
*aujg Gjut tile Chayma Indians of Cumana did 
°hdes as the Fortugueze in Brazil, and the 
