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424 ATMOSPHEHICAt PHENOMENA. gfJ 
stones were found on the spot, having a 
colour, and varnished as if in a state of fi»ion, tpbi'^ i 
ous globules of a whitish metal, combining 
nickel. The indentures on these surfaces / 
that the ball was soft when it descended; 
obviously in a state of fusion, as the grass, fit^'^l'/ 
where the 
while in the air 
the horizon 
fragments 
rmems fell. The motion oi -ra 
■, was very rapid, and apparent y 
enonzoii. _ .nnei®*vlf'' 
The latest remarkable fall of aerolites in Eui 
t ^ ^ wnc in thp vicinity 
there is a distinct account, was in uic > • , 
Normandy, early in the afternooii of *e ^ f, '*,(t 
1812. A fiery globe of a veiy brilliant ®P j " 4 in ‘ P 
moved in the air with great rapidity, was foUo'' 
seconds by a sdolent explosion, which tliii'’y’ 
minutes, and was heard to the extent of (j, Iilt®,,5^ 
leagues in every direction. Three or four y 
of a cannon, were followed by a discharge rese ^ 
of musketry, after which a dreadful rumblnio 
like the beating of a drum. The air was caiw. 
few 
serene, with the exception of a few clouds, ^ 3 • t 
frequently observed. The noise proceeded iiil^ 
iretjutliujr UUSCIVCU. AUC 
cloud of a rectangular form, the largest JiiVi 
direction from east to west. It appeared q( 
time the phenomenon lasted; but th® . els 
was composed was projected momentarily fr° q;liis 
. , , _ .L- ,1 ovnlnaions. ihr..K' 
sides by the effect of the successive explosion • J 
was about half a league to the north-north-e® (be * f 
was aDOUl nan a league lu uic 
of Laigle, and was at so great an elevation, ‘ . otP*^ /, 
- • • ’ r.. — '•ac* Jef’iP 
tants of two hamlets, a league distant 
it at the same time over their heads. In 
over which this cloud hovered, a hissing 
over wnicn uiis ciouu uuvcicu, « >,.^.....6 
of a stone discharged from a sling, was hear , 
tude of meteoric stones were seen to 
tb** ’ 
time. 
The district in which they fell forms an ^ a 
. . 1 j - 1 ano -.-nv' 
of about two leagues and a half in length, 
hr^rlth, the Ecreatest dimension hems m * .,,11 
1^1 
breadth; the greatest dimension being .‘^.,tioi> JP",;- 
south-east to north-west, forming a 
22”. This direction, which the meteor 
is exactly that of the magnetic meridian ; "'*^,.5 
•ble result. The number of tlrese stones * 
