Thanks Mark! I live next door to this sleepy CharlyV -----Original Message----- Paper: Republican Compiler City: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania Date: Tuesday, August 15, 1837 Page 2 (of 4) METEORS The Boston Daily Advertiser had a notice of a
meteor which fell to the earth at East Bridgewater, Mass., on the 5th of May,
between three and four o'clock, P.M. It states that nine pieces of the stone
were found, some of them still warm, the largest weighing a quarter of a pound.
The whole appeared vitrified, as if from rapid cooling. The outside is black,
glazed and shining, but within it is grey, and full of oval shaped cavities.
The New York Journal of Commerce addes that on the 5th of July, a similar meteor
fell somewhere in Vermont or New Hampshire. Its great height may be inferred
from the fact that it was noticed at Mountpelier & various other places in
New Hampshire; and at Newburyport in Massachusetts. At Northfield, Vt., three
reports were heard when it exploded - at Chelsea one, about three minutes after
the explosion, and at Hardwick none. Its direction seemed to be from East to
West. The Portsmouth Journal thus describes it: METEOR. - We had a good forture to witness on
Wednesday evening, at twilight, the most brilliant meteor that we ever beheld.
The meteor seemed to start from a cloud a little west of the zenith; it flashed
along like a most brilliant rocket, and exploded about 30 degrees above the
horizon, throwing out as it burst an interense life of the most beautiful hues,
the fragments falling like stars behind the clouds. A long and bright track was
left in the whole course of the meteor, which lasted some minutes, & which
gradually extended in width & at last seeming to be rent by the wind,
slowly faded away. It was noticed at Newburyport and at Brentwood at about the
same time. We had been admiring fireworks of the night before, but this meteor
so much resembling some, yet so much surpassing all those displays - seemed to
flash as if in mockery of what man could do. (Mark note: Meteorites A to Z does not show a
meteorite having fallen at this time, although the description of the stone is
somewhat convincing.)
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- [meteorite-list] NPA 08-1837 Massachusetts Meteorite Fall? MARK BOSTICK
- Charles Viau