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 phænomena 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.
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1716
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Credit: 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 phænomena 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. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    %r-w [ 7 ] where, after it had flay’d nigh one Hour, it de* fcended Weft ; and all the fame Night, being the next afteF the Change of the Moon, feemed as Light as it had been Day. (3.) The Fourteenth of November [1^74,] be^ ing Sunday, about Midnight following, divers ftra'nge Impreflions of Fire and Smoke were feen in the Air, to proceed forth of a black Cloud ilt the North, towards the South • which fo conti¬ nued till the next Morning, that it was Day¬ light. The next Night following, the Heavens from all Parts- did feem to burn marvellous ra- gingly ; and over our Heads the Flames from the Horizon round about riling, did meet; and there double and roll one in another as if it had been, in a clear Furnace. Cambdens Account of this laft is, in thefe Words, Eliz>. A.D. 1^74. “ The Clouds flame^ tC with Fire, in the Month of November, ftream *c ing from the North, toward the South. A <c the next Night the Heaven feemed to Burn'i <c the Flames arifing from the Horizon round sc about, and meeting in the Vertical Point. (4.) The Sieur le PeyrereV Account of the like Appearances out of the Hifory of Greenland, written by Mr. Henry Sivers- Printed in High- Dutch at Hamburgh^ 1624. p. 26* The Summer in Greenland, fays our Author, is always fine both Day and Night : if we may call Night that perpetual Twilight which, du«i ring the Summer, takes up the room of it. As the Days are very fhort there in Winter, fo to jnake Amends, the Nights are exceffive long; B and