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Two LARGE FIREBALLS.-On October 20 at 8h. 14111. and loh. 34111. p.m. large fireballs were observed. The first was seen by Mr. J. E. Clark, of Purley, Surrey, and it was estimated as twice as bright as Venus. The path was 82°+ 62° to 79° + 35°, and its duration four to five, seconds. The second was seen by Mrs. Fiam-metta Wilson at Totteridge, Herts, and by Mr. Denning at Bristol. It appeared as a ball of fire streaming slowly along in a level course about 8° above the northern horizon. This fireball was at a great distance from the observers, and probably over the southern region of Scotland. It probably emanated, like Mr. Clark's fireball, seen earlier on the same night, from a radiant near Zeta Herculis low in the N.W. sky.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 98, 156 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/098156a0
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