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I HAVE just seen a large meteor. It fell vertically in a line passing half-way between the pole-star and the nearer pointer, disappearing about 15° above the horizon. Where it came from I did not see. At disappearance it seemed a very elongated pear-shape, and changed colour from red to violet (commencing at the edges). Its horizontal diameter was about 20′. Time 8.10 P. M. about; my point of view, 4 miles due south of the dome of St. Paul's.
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VERDON, R. A Large Meteor. Nature 14, 351 (1876). https://doi.org/10.1038/014351d0
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