New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-01-12
Mercer Co., Penn. Jan. 4, 1860.

The METEOR OF August LAsr.-At the meeting of
the Boston Society Of Natural History, recently the
following information was elected respecting the me-
ieor of last August:
Prof W. B. Rodgers presented paper in the Of Mr.
David Wells Meteor of August H. 1850 On the
ing this about "a o'clock the Thermometer 100 F.
the STILL the shining brightly meteOc body Of sres.
,ize and brancy observed throughout large portion Of
Western snd Eastern York, which, exploding
violently the oath at least fragment OF s
mass vicinity Of Albany Y The main facts connected
with the phenopeoon collected from and widely
rated observers as follows:
North Of Albany described generally appear
ing IN the southeast Of from l5o 60o thence
o.. rapidly SOUTH and disappeared e ives. Of SOUTH
At elevation of 100 15o It's throughout Its vii'
range marked by besvy train Of smoke which eontn
ned visible time after the meteor itself had disappeared;
and tive three points large volumes OF smoke were observed
TO resu, of successive ezplosions these volumes oil
smoke observed be in ate Of great agitation and IN e
compared 10 cloud Of smoke produced by the discharge
of a s1 FOUNDER.
south of Albany Twenty or dsant) the meteor
was 6, seen in he Northeast and disappeared In the North
fact which indicates the path Of The body TO have been
NEARLY concidsnt with ths parallel of Albany.
few rnDses ssr the dssppeasDce Of the meteor the
l.p.e Of time being viouy enAied by differently located
ob,eryer, at from thirty seconds minutes two three
loud and successive explosions heard accompanied oy
oonsed echoes and violent conclusion These sounds were
vsouy compared heavy thunder the explosion Of powder
MIL or ttesarboe and TO the nbns Of heavy carriages on
gs idea of acknowledgements stopping Involuntary In
the streets business being for moment suspended Tue
noise appear have been noticed 70 nearly al
extent points sixty miles esf Of the HudsoD while tbe
whole area ovtr which the sound positively known to have
bren heard ih dnctness than 1900 square miles
The area Of county which the meteor must have
been ct square miles Oberys,bs made upon
Il Ia Lam County, W. twenty-five niles north Of mn'Pe
her and at South Manchester Conn nearly 200 miles Sooih 81
localities Yves, of Hudson and various points from thirty
to 8fty miles east Of H.
Thoush by many over this se ares no Two
can be found to agree M size period Of visibility deeuon
Altitude kc Ali agree however that IL was exceedingly o'
hspl and that the light was oil Eeddsi color
single fragment only Of tho meteor PosiVsy '"
have fallen and this was Bethlehem about ten es "esI Of
Albany The piece picked up aer fell was quito warm
and had considerably suphurous ordor vas i'egasry
shaped and the Of pigeons Nearly three
Of its surface covered with black nonlustrous eVsen'
fused remainder presenting the appearance OF e-h
factu,e Of hight gay color and granular tex
ture II was apparently siicious, and not metallic
Te specimen bought by the Regents Of the State UNI
yery OF Eew-Yok Is deposited In the State Cabinet Ut
Albany.
For the sboyo faes evident that the meteor nS
II wa, Of c probably Of ,uns weight and that ex
ploded violently ct great distance shove the surface oil me
earth Il Is interesting sube. speculation az to what
became other fragments and also OF what the smoke 20
sbundaBty developed during its course, was composed