Hi the Cfiven distance of the eye, made its real 
■V. ■• It is, thei-cfoi-e, not surprising, that so great 
Passiii'r witli such an amazing velocity through the 
, ‘I(,. llli vviui au«^ii -in -o - J ^ ^ 
N, lurilicd it may be in its upper regions, should 
V r,,, 'v-i. itUun tt ju inu^ •— “i r”- o ' .. 
\ ' loud a hissing noise as to be heard at such a dis- 
* loud a liissing noise as lu uc in:.aiu. 
fmaily went off to sea towards Corsica, 
ih; '!>minous meteors of great magnitude were observed 
pi, within the space of six years. On the 32d or 
about three in tire morning, tire first of these 
V!i'’ to the great terror of the spectators, descending 
and leavin ' - 
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41 * 
, 'diameter above half a mile, and the larger one m 
1 ‘‘It. . • • . -V^l. 
and leaving behind it a long white streak where 
i'^ssed. As the same phenomenon was witnessed 
‘-north-east at Haarburg, and also at Hamburgh, 
^i4J''lSlralsund, all of which places are abou^ 
^ 'lii*8 English miles from Leipsic, it^was concluded 
uaii lixiii-o j j 
Meteor was exceedingly high above the earth. 
H .>tl meteor was still more terrific. On tire Qth of 
l,V mcLci.;i was o\.ui n*w»v — "• ’ , r. . , 
at half past one in the morning, a fire-ball with 
A ® observed in 8|; degrees of Aquarius, and 4 degrees 
t >ni;, —-U continued nearly stationary for seven or eight 
'''bh a diameter nearly equal to half the moon s 
At first, its light was so great that the specta- 
. mSL, us, UgtU- 1 
'see to read by it ; after which it gradually disap- 
bis nhenomenon was observed at the same time 
‘"s pnenomenon was uuscivcu n, 
k% '"ber places, more especially at Schlaitza, a tovim 
I* Dantzic forty English miles towards the south. 
being about 6“ above the southern horizon. At 
estimated to be distant not more than sixty 
^.-pas estimated to be distant not more uum 
•iL^t and to be al>out twenty-four miles perpen- 
VH,y horizon, so that it was at least thirty miles 
A b- air 
fl ®'^h'aordinarv meteor, which the common people 
, t V^rk-- 
k*' Oq ti*''''5 sw'ord, was first seen at Leeds, in York- 
> 3 VYV 71 «.», wan iiiliv — y 
u;“« 18 thof May, 171 O, at a quarter after ten at 
Jill '^‘’’‘^'^lion w'as from south to north ; it was broad 
V Cl, small at the other ; and was described 
S,i as resembling a trumiwt, moving wiUi the 
fc>rk Krifrht 
f leSKIUUUU^ a ci , . 
^^''''^most, Tiie light was so sudden and brignt, 
startled at seeing their owi^ shadows, when 
"to 
''®r moon shone upon them. This meteor was, 
®8en, not only in Yorkshire and Lancashire. 
