Open AccessXXXIV. An account of several fiery meteors seen in North America: In a letter to John Pringle, M.D. and F. R. S. from John Winthrop, Esq; Hollsisian Professor of Mathematics and Philosophy at Cambridge, in New England
Publication year - 1764
Publication title -
philosophical transactions of the royal society of london
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2053-9223
pISSN - 0261-0523
DOI - 10.1098/rstl.1764.0035
Subject(s) - honour , meteor (satellite) , classics , meteoroid , history , art , ancient history , philosophy , physics , archaeology , meteorology , astronomy
Sir, I am greatly indebted to you for the honour you have done my in sending me your curious account of the late fiery meteor in Britain, which I received through the hands of my very worthy friend Dr. Franklin. I have perused the account with great satisfaction, in which, as it appears to me, you have determined the figure, magnitude, height, path, and velocity of the meteor, with as much exactness as the nature of the thing will admit of.