Meteors

Visible streak of light from a meteoroid that enters the Earth's atmosphere

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Specimen philosophicum inaugurale, de meteoris ignitis ... / submittit Fridericus Bernardus Albinus.
Frederik Bernard AlbinusDate: 1740
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An account of a surprizing meteor, seen in the air, March the 6th, 1715/16, at night . Containing, a description of this meteor, from the author's own observations. Some historical accounts of the like meteors before; with extracts from such letters, and accounts of this, as the author has receiv'd. The principal phænomena of this meteor. Conjectures for their solution. Reasons why our solutions are so imperfect. Inferences and observations from the premises. By William Whiston, M.A.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: 1716
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An account of a surprizing meteor, seen in the air, March the 6th, 1715/16. at night . Containing, I. A description of this meteor, from the author's own observations. II. Some historical accounts of the like meteors before; with extracts from such letters, and accounts of this, as the author has receiv'd. III. The principal phenomena of this meteor. IV. Conjectures for their solution. V. Reasons why our solutions are so imperfect. VI. Inferences and observations from the premises. By William Whiston, M.A.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: 1716
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An account of a surprizing meteor, seen in the air March 19. 1718/19. at night . Containing, I. A description of this meteor, from the original letters of those who saw it in different places. II. Some historical accounts of the like meteors before. III. A demonstration that such meteors are not Comets. IV. That such meteors are not a concourse of vapours above our atmosphere. V. That they are prodigious blasts of thunder and lightnings in the upper regions of our air. VI. Observations from the whole. By William Whiston, M.A. sometime professor of the Mathematicks in the University of Cambridge. The second edition. To which is added, a vindication of his account of the late meteor, from the different account given of it by Dr. Halley, in the philosophical transactions, numb. 360.
Whiston, William, 1667-1752.Date: 1719
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Astronomy: a meteor in the night sky over London. Mezzotint by M.C. Wyatt, 1850.
Matthew Cotes WyattDate: May 1 1850Reference: 46244i