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Large Meteors

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A PEAR-SHAPED fireball, rivalling Venus in brilliancy, passed over Cardigan and Radnor in Wales on August 21 at 11h. 2m. It was observed by Mr. D. Booth at Leeds, and by the writer at Bristol; but the two paths, though likely to be very accurate as regards the direction of flight, are somewhat discordant in the beginning and end points. The radiant of the fireball was at 264° + 61° in Draco, and agrees with the two following showers:—

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DENNING, W. Large Meteors. Nature 36, 437 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/036437b0

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