...extraordinary display was that the meteors all seemed to emanate from one and the same point, which was observed by those who fixed its position among the stars to be in the constellation Leo. This point remained stationary among the stars during the whole period of observation, that is to say,...

...this connection, is, that this radiating point was stationary among the fixed stars — that is, that it did not move along with the earth, in its diurnal...accompanied the stars in their apparent progress westward. According to the testimony of by far the greater number of observers, the meteors were, in general,...

...this connection, is, that this radiating point was stationary among the fixed stars — that is, that it did not move along with the earth, in its diurnal...accompanied the stars in their apparent progress westward. According to the testimony of by far the greater number of observers, the meteors were, in general,...

...this connection, is, that this radiating point was stationary among the fixed stars — that is, that it did not move along with the earth, in its diurnal...accompanied the stars in their apparent progress westward. According to the testimony of by far the greater number of observers, the meteors were, in general,...

...length of time, and then was heard to explode with the noise of a cannon. The apparent radiant, or the point from which the meteors seemed to emanate,...position among the stars, to be in the constellation Leo. At New Haven it appeared in the bend of the sickle (a collection of stars in the breast of Leo), a...