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W, 34 no very Skrift: was in 26Vz Or. of ’tis plain, it was seen by W. and by its De- a Fixt- remar- be was 36 was in Mr. Gottfried Kirch, who was of the Heavens, and perfectly He in an Appendix to his us this remarkable Relation in Vigtige und anderen thereon, and what Objection can be reasonably made against she abo- vesaid Hypothesis, whibh I humbly submit to their Censure“. „ P. 8. Since this was written, there has fallen into my Hands an Account of much such another Appearance , seen in Germany , the Year 1686, at Leipsick, by the late for many years a very diligent Observer well instructed in Astronomical Matters. Ephemerides for the Year 1688, gives the following Words“. 2 Die. 9. Jul. st. vet♦ Hora L1/2 matutina, Globus ardens cauda præditus in 8vf> Gr. Aquarii el 4 Gr. Sept. apparuit, qui per se- miquadrantem Hora immotus perstitit, cujus diameter semidiametrum Lunæ circiter æquabat. Primo lux tanta erat, ut ejus ope sine candelis legere potuissemus: postea pedetentim in loco suo evanes- cebat') Phænomenon istud dicto tempore multis aliis in locis pari- ter visum est, prasertim Schlaizii, oppido undecim miliaribus Ger- manicis abhinc (i. e. a. Lipsiå) versus Meridiem distante, altitudine circiter 60 Gr. ab Horizonte meridiano-. the time of this Appearance the Sun and by the given Place of the Meteor, of an Hour past it could not the Meridian or iu 8. above 24 Degrees high at Leipsick, though about 60 Gr. high: The Angle therefore at Gr. Whence by au easy calculus it will be not less than 16 German Miles distant in a and above 6'/a such Miles perpendicular above And „At Cancer, about 3/-i elination the same, at Sehlaize the Meteor was about found, that the same right Line from Leipsick, the Horizon, that is at least 30 English Miles high in the Air. though the Observer says of it, immotus pepstitit per semiquadran- tem horæ; ’tis not to be understood that it kept its Place like Star, all the time of its Appearance ; but that it had kable progressive Motion“, p. a. St. K. 91 (S. 98.) Den forste Udgave as Ch lad ni s Heber den Ur sprung der von Pallas gesunden Ebenmassen udkom tv Maäneder førend Steenregnen i Siena og to Aar tidligere end Lichtenbergs Paastand i Göttinger Taschenbuch: „daß Steine aus dein allgemeinen Weltraum in unsere Atmosphäre gelangen". Jævnfor ogsaa Olbers Brev til Benzenberg fra 18. Novbr. 1837 i Sidstnævntes Skrift, von den Sternschnuppen S. 186. 92 (S. 98-) Encke, i Poggend. Annalen Bd. XXXIII. (1834) S. 213. Ara g o i Ann., pour. 1836, p. 291. Tvende Breve fra mig ril Benzenberg af 19. Mai vg 22. Octbr. 1837 vm den formodede Frem- rykning af Knuderne i periodiske Stjerneskud-Strømmes Bane (Benzen- der g, Sternsch. S. 207 og 209). Ogsaa Olbers bar senere flutter