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.
Date:
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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    [ ,8 ] regular as the former. The fame Shew was again vifible March the 6th N. S. after Sun-fet, about 7 or 8 a Clock, but neither was this fo re¬ gular as the Firft. But there was one Circum- ftance lingular in this Laft; that among thofe few Rays which it threw out from it felf, the greaceft Part reached as far as the Vertex. Yet did they in a little while difappear, and others Succeeded in their Place ; and this Change hap¬ pened two or three Times, while one might repeat the Lord's Prayer. PrefetLtly after this the Sky was covered with Clouds and Mifts, and fo the Phenomenon ceafed to'be vifible. There appear fuch Meteors as thefe in jNorway and IJland almoft every Year. It muft needs be Low, and New, and Hard by us. For at Vilen- hwrgb, t wo Leagues from Hamburgh, it appeared much Clearer and Larger. Whence it follows, that it was nearer their Vertex than ours. It is an Indication rather of the prelent than of the future State of the Air. For what fome fup- pofe, that in Summer Fair, and in Winter Fro- fty Weather fucceed fuch Appearances is not al¬ ways true. (8.) Chriftopher Matthew SeideliusV Ob- fervation of the Northern Light, in the Tear 1707, at Schonberg in the old Mar- quifate [of Brandenburgh] Abridg'd. Ibid. P. 13.3, &c. On Sunday, about 8 a Clock in the Evening, March the 6th, 1707, JV. S. as I was viewing the Heavens, I found the Sky exceeding Clear, efpecially Northward^ and could difcern the Imal- lefi Stars on that fide. I had often before ob- ferved