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An explosive meteorite

Author(s) -

Francis Higginson

Publication year - 1854

Publication title -

abstracts of the papers communicated to the royal society of london

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 2053-9134

pISSN - 0365-0855

DOI - 10.1098/rspl.1850.0095

Subject(s) - atmosphere (unit) , explosive material , meteorology , lightning (connector) , morning , meteorite , flashing , astrobiology , geology , environmental science , geography , astronomy , physics , archaeology , materials science , metallurgy , power (physics) , quantum mechanics

The writer states that his attention, having been aroused by the highly electrical state of the atmosphere during a severe gale of wind, he proceeded along the beach in the vicinity of Dover, at 2 a. m. on the morning of Friday, the 17th of December 1852. It had blown very hard during the night, the wind veering from West to W. S. W., in occasional heavy squalls of rain and sleet, accompanied at intervals by faint flashing scintillations, which a first, being considered sheet lightning, were only noticed from their unusual colour, a deep and sombre red.

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