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| Keywords: The Meteor of August 18th, 1783 as it appeared from the North East corner of the terrace at Windsor Castle.jpg en Print; printed in black and sepia; copy held by the Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery University of Glasgow Accession number GLAHA3765 To Sir Joseph Banks President of the Royal Society London This Plate from Motives of Respect and Esteem is inscribed by his most obedt humble servt Thos and Paul Sandby The Meteor of Aug 18 1783 as it appeared from the NE Corner of the Terrace at Windsor Castle 18 Min after 9 in the Evening it's apparent Diameter was nearly equal to the Semidiameter of the Moon but its light much more vivid it's greatest Altitude was 25 Deg A It's appearance soon after it emerged from a Cloud in the NW by W where it was first discovered B It's further Progress when it grew more oblong C When it divided and formed a long train of small luminous bodies each having a tail in this form it continued until it disappeared from the interposition of a Cloud in E by S 2011-09-29 Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery University of Glasgow http //www huntsearch gla ac uk/cgi-bin/foxweb/huntsearch/DetailedResults fwx collection all SearchTerm 3765 mdaCode GLAHA reqMethod Link Paul Sandby 1725-1809 PD-old-100 Check categories 2011 October 9 en wikipedia Great_Meteor_of_August_18 _1783 4 Uploaded with UploadWizard Meteoroids Astronomical events 1783 | ||||
