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IN NATURE, vol. xxvii. p. 434, reading somewhat hastily, I took the brilliant meteor there mentioned to be one I myself saw. Reading more carefully, however, in last week's issue, I see that both day and hour and direction differ. On March 4, about 8.45 p.m., a very large and bright meteor passed at a low altitude from south to north. It was of a greater apparent size than Venus, quite as bright, but with a greener light. The motion was slow, no train; it only became incandescent during a short part of its transit, and passing behind the roofs of some houses was immediately lost to sight.
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CECIL, H. Meteors. Nature 27, 483–484 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/027483e0
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