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IT may be of interest to some of your readers to know that the meteor mentioned in NATURE as seen on Sunday evening, August 19, was also seen here, timed by me at 10.1 p.m. The compass bearings were from south-east past east to east-east-north, about 35° from horizon; colour, yellow orange; first seen coming from behind a cloud; divided due east, one part falling considerably.
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POOLEY, W. The Meteor of August 19. Nature 28, 414 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028414f0
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