* Astronomy

On March 21 1813, the Reverend S.E. Dwight, in New Haven, Connecticut, observes a meteoric fireball. He describes it this way:
This meteor appeared on Saturday evening, March 21, 1813, a little before ten o'clock. The sky was extensively overcast, yet the covering was every where thin; and in the North where the meteor appeared, in various tracts of considerable extent, the stars were in full view. 
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