IX. Description of a meteor, observed Aug. 18, 1783

Being upon the Castle Terrace at Windsor, in company with my friend Dr. James Lin, Dr. Lockman, Mr. T. Sandby, and a few other persons, we observed a very extraordinary meteor in the sky, such as none of us remembered to have seen before. We stood upon the north-east corner of the terrace, where we had a perfect view of the whole phænomenon; and as every one of the company remarked some particular circumstance, the collection of all which furnished the materials for account, it may be presumed, that this description is as true as the nature of the subject can admit of. The weather was calm, agreeably warm, and the sky was serene, excepting very near the horizon, where an haziness just prevented the appearance of the stars.