Extract of a Letter from Mr. Christopher Mason, concerning a Fire-Ball Seen in the Air, anda Great Explosion Heard, Dec. 11. 1741Author(s): Christopher MasonSource: Philosophical Transactions (1683-1775), Vol. 42 (1742 - 1743), p. 1Published by: The Royal SocietyStable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/104128 .

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I. StrvM of a Letter from Mr. Chri(Topher Mafon, concerning a Fire-ball Jseen in the Sir, and a great Expl.o/on berd, Dec. X a. 1741.

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rtoya} Society, § Marbletos Pari{h, in tlle CounX \r ox january 7. of SS0es, about a Quartcr lcforc 1741-2* One o'Clock in tlle Afternoon, I obt ferved a very dark unconlmon Appearallcc ill thc North, and at tlle fame time tlle Suli (holle briglt at my Back; when, on a fuddell, tIzele was an I£xplo fiOll, as violent as the Report of a Mortar-piece, attended Nvitll a rumbling Echo, whicll run Ea{lnvard and as near as I could conjeEture, it came frotn about ro Degrees of Elevation. Several People liaw a Ball of Eire, which ran nearly EaRward, leaving a Traixl of LightX whicll continued folne time. The Ball of Fire was feen, and the Report heard rery loud, at Somptiag, beyond Shoreham. Althougll I had beetz gazing upon the black C:loud for foll et blinutes, yet I faw no Fire nor Lightning. 1 am, ei¢*

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