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THE RECENT METEORIC DISPLAY.—Mr. W. F. Denning writes that further proof of the unusually abundant display of August meteors is provided by Mr. S. B. Mattey, observing at St. Helier, Jersey, on August 11 during the quarter of an hour between 14h. and 14h. 15m. G.M.T., who saw sixty-two meteors. This indicates a rate of about 250 per hour, and proves that the shower was witnessed in extraordinary activity. About 25 per cent, of the meteors seen by Mr. Mattey were bright ones, exceeding stars of the first magnitude. Their light was frequently strong enough to illumine buildings near his place of observation; in fact, he describes the effect as being somewhat similar to that occasioned by so-called sheet lightning.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 107, 825 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/107825a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/107825a0