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THE METEORITE OF JULY 20,1860.—The occurrence of the splendid meteor of November 23, which has probably been observed with sufficient completeness to allow of the determination of its path, while it remained visible, recalls a similar object which passed over the northern parts of the United States and adjacent parts of Canada, on the evening of July 20, 1860, which was made the subject of investigation by the late Prof. J. H. Coffin, of Lafayette College, N.Y. Probably no one of these remarkable bodies has been more extensively observed, and we do not remember any case where the calculations have been more laboriously conducted, and with greater hope of reliable results.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 17, 104–105 (1877). https://doi.org/10.1038/017104a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/017104a0