[meteorite-list] Weston Fall Newspaper
From: Mark Bostick <thebigcollector_at_meteoritecentral.com>
Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:31 2004 Message-ID: <OE77heeEotkfdLJWSxA0001ebce_at_hotmail.com> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1D069.5E511480 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Here is a transcript a newspaper I recently aquired, note many of the = s's are typed as f's. I have not altered or changed the spelling. = Newspaper has two names as I noted (I'm not confused...:-).=20 Maffachufetts Spy, or Worcefter Gazette, Wednesday, January 6, 1808, = page 2 Bridgeport, Dec. 24. Terresrial comet.=20 On the mourning of the 14th ??? at about 6 o'clock, a terrestrial comet = exploded over the town of Weston, about 9 miles from this place. The = atmofphere was foggy. From a great number of fpectators in different = positions, different accounts of its size, the length of its train of = fire its courl and altitude have been reported.=20 Its courfe was probley about one point well of forth - or forth by = well-preceeding from the north. its altitude from one to five miles-the = length of the train three feet. The fize of its folid body about three = feet in diameter. The caufe of its explosion was probley the dampnefs = and denifty of our atmofphere. The ftones fell in all directions, and = have been found as much as five miles apart,and of the astonithing fize = of thirty-five pounds, and fome pieces which fell on rocks, are fuppofed = to have weighed 150 pounds.=20 At New Milford, more then twenty miles from the point of explosion, the = fhaking of the boufes was more fevere then nearer the place of its = discharge. The ftone appears to have diffolved and concreted again, and = is fuppofed to be flrongly impregnated with iron. We underftand the = attention of the learned faculty of Yale College is excited to this = remarkable phenomenon, and it will, and it will afford fomsthing new and = interefting if purfued extenfively, which we purfume it will be. Mr. = Edward King of London, has publifhed remarks on the fall ftones from our = atmofphere, both in ancient and modern times. Kr. King's enquiry was = excited by the remarkable difplofions which took place in Tulcany,on the = 16th of June, 1794, which comet appeared with an atmofphere of its own = and continued its dislagesof ftones for some time. Mark Bostick "The Big Collector" ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1D069.5E511480 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META http-equiv=3DContent-Type content=3D"text/html; = charset=3Diso-8859-1"> <META content=3D"MSHTML 6.00.2600.0" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <P>Here is a transcript a newspaper I recently aquired, note many of the = s's are=20 typed as f's. I have not altered or changed the spelling. Newspaper has = two=20 names as I noted (I'm not confused...:-). </P> <P>Maffachufetts Spy, or Worcefter Gazette, Wednesday, January 6, 1808, = page=20 2</P> <P>Bridgeport, Dec. 24.</P> <P>Terresrial comet. </P> <P>On the mourning of the 14th ??? at about 6 o'clock, a terrestrial = comet=20 exploded over the town of Weston, about 9 miles from this place. The = atmofphere=20 was foggy. From a great number of fpectators in different positions, = different=20 accounts of its size, the length of its train of fire its courl and = altitude=20 have been reported. </P> <P>Its courfe was probley about one point well of forth - or forth by=20 well-preceeding from the north. its altitude from one to five miles-the = length=20 of the train three feet. The fize of its folid body about three feet in=20 diameter. The caufe of its explosion was probley the dampnefs and = denifty of our=20 atmofphere. The ftones fell in all directions, and have been found as = much as=20 five miles apart,and of the astonithing fize of thirty-five pounds, and = fome=20 pieces which fell on rocks, are fuppofed to have weighed 150 pounds. = </P> <P>At New Milford, more then twenty miles from the point of explosion, = the=20 fhaking of the boufes was more fevere then nearer the place of its = discharge.=20 The ftone appears to have diffolved and concreted again, and is fuppofed = to be=20 flrongly impregnated with iron. We underftand the attention of the = learned=20 faculty of Yale College is excited to this remarkable phenomenon, and it = will,=20 and it will afford fomsthing new and interefting if purfued extenfively, = which=20 we purfume it will be. Mr. Edward King of London, has publifhed remarks = on the=20 fall ftones from our atmofphere, both in ancient and modern times. Kr. = King's=20 enquiry was excited by the remarkable difplofions which took place in = Tulcany,on=20 the 16th of June, 1794, which comet appeared with an atmofphere of its = own and=20 continued its dislagesof ftones for some time.</P> <P> </P> <P><FONT face=3DArial>Mark Bostick "The Big=20 Collector"</FONT></P></FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0005_01C1D069.5E511480-- Received on Thu 21 Mar 2002 12:45:51 AM PST |
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