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but also in the counties of Nottingham and Derby, 
_ V 1’_1- 1- 1 I it. alt*‘ ..SiS 
Standing which, each of those who observed it. 3 
many miles distant from each other, fancied it 
few yards of him. In disappearing, it 
sparkiings at the small end. 
A blazing meteor was, on the ipth 
preseiite' 
of 
‘’if/ 
seen in every part of England. In the rnetropolj^'jlglil . 
quarter after eight at night, a sudden po'^® . ,j,e 
perceived in the west, far exceeding that ot 
which then shone very bright. The long ii’^‘ 
appeared to be branched about the middle ; 
41 its course, turned pear-fashioned, or taperiOq .,£« 
At tlie lower end it came at length to be 
although not so large as the full moon, 
whitish, with an eye of blue of a most 
that of the body of the sun ii' J 
lustre, which seemed in brightness very nearly J 
not to surpass 
This brightness obliged the spectator to turn hi* 
times from it, as well when it was a stream, as ^ ia^ 
pear-fashioned and a globe. • It seemed to naov > 
half a minute or less, about the length of 
and to disappear about as much above the horiZ ' gt ^ 
it had passed, it left behind a track of a ^ 
reddish yellow colour, such as red-hot iron 
have : this continued more than a minute, seem ^^^5 
and kept its place without falling. This / 
rupted, or had a chasm towards its upper end, 3 , 
thirds of its length. Not any explosion was 
place where the globe of light had been, ‘’°.”!*'Lello''^* 
time after it was extinct, of the same reddish 
with the stream, and at first sparks seemed to ‘ / 
such as proceed from red hot iron beat out on a 11)^ f 
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in me streets, not oniy an me stars aistn'r- [, 
moon, then nine days old, and high near the 
sky being very clear, was so far effaced 
seen : it did not even cast a shade, where jjt, 
meteor were intercepted by the houses ; so to ^pi 
seconds of time, there was in every respect 
©f perfect day 
It was agreed by all the spectators in the cap‘ jjjii' 
splendour of this meteor was little inferior to ja)' J f 
sun. Within doors the candles did not give •?! 
and in the streets, not only all the stars disapp®^’ 
