Abstract
ACCOUNTS of large meteors form a frequent subject of correspondence in the columns of scientific journal, but it is not often the case that the descriptions of these phenomena are sufficiently exact to be valuable for purposes of calculation. Rough estimates of the direction and position of flight are of little utility, and the vague statements often made occasion an endless source of difficulty in the satisfactory reduction of results. It is true that observers of fireballs are generally taken unawares by the suddenness of the apparitions, and that the visible paths are seldom to be noted accurately. Before the observer collects himself to record the facts of the display it has disappeared, and he has to rely solely upon the impressions retained in his memory.
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