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lw'*> 4 tQ?*^®ndicular height of this surprising meteor was 
tin geometrical miles ; and it was computed to 
''hout 300 of these miles in a minute. It was 
. ®"!y in every part of Great Britain and Ireland, 
'n Holland, in the hither parts of Germany, in 
Uccq"'^ 'n Spain, nearly at the same instant cf time 
from Devonshire, Cornwall, and the neigh- 
tL*'Qise were unanimous in describing the wonder- 
O , 1 followed its explosion. It resembled the 
‘ [^.'■ge cannon, or rather of a broadside, at some 
. hich was soon followed by a rattling noise, as if 
promiscuously discharged. This 
air ■ was attended by an uncommon tremour 
*tp. '''s every where in those counties, not only tlie 
'^“ors of the houses were sensibly shaken, but, 
to 
several of the reports, even the houses 
t>eyond the usual effect of cannon, however 
'V‘' tile 
tl|p of December, 1741, at seven minutes past 
H ''ori., ^ - - - - - . 
' 4 (j ^^Joftioon, a globe of fire, somewhat larger than 
Wy moon, and as bright as the moon appears 
the sun is above the horizon, was seen at 
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ti Surry, in a south-south-east direction, moving 
-‘I 't with a continued equable motion, and leaving 
*^tovf V‘”^o\v streak of light, whiter than the globe 
I ^oout its whole course. Towards the end • if 
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at the beginning of its motion ; and 
*1 i'i'’®lo(;i[^ four seconds suddenly vanished. Its appa- 
nearly equal to half the medium velocity 
St^'*lioti**^ ^toteors called falling or shooting stars ; and 
^"^oughout the whole of its course, about 
% j 'lie nbove the horizon. 
Sti[ of August, 1783, an uncommon meteor was 
\l' lts~* of Great Britain, as well as on the con- 
|V ‘ ’'isiu^^Oeral appearance was that of a luminous ball 
ij 5 north- north-east, nearly ofa globular form 
i- • “ind gradually assumed a lail as it ascended 
tlljjf north- north-east, nearly of a globular form, 
'*'isj’ of its course it underwent a remarkable 
[, '*■ >0 jjg’ Oiight be compared to bursting, and which, 
Qf •'terved, has been since frequently noticed in 
** Of \vi ■ tierolites, or meteoric stones, particular 
"oh will be made hereafter. After this it no 
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