The 1783 Great Meteor was a meteor procession observed on 18 August 1783 from the British Isles, at a time when such phenomena were not well understood...
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18 August 1783 Great Meteor 20 July 1860 Great Meteor; believed by Olson to be the event referred to in Walt Whitman's poem Year of Meteors, 1859–60 21...
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Tunguska event (redirect from Tongu meteor)
three people may have died. The explosion is generally attributed to a meteor air burst, the atmospheric explosion of a stony asteroid about 50–60 metres...
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Grass/Book XVII - Year of Meteors 1859-60 1783 Great Meteor 1913 Great Meteor Procession 1972 Great Daylight Fireball "Another Great Meteor". The New York Times...
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contact with those islands. August 18 – The 1783 Great Meteor passes on a 1,000-mile track across the North Sea, Great Britain and France, prompting scientific...
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Events from the year 1783 in Great Britain. This year is notable for the conclusion of the American Revolution. Monarch – George III Prime Minister –...
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Richard Grosvenor, 1st Earl Grosvenor (category Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies)
Famous broodmare and dam sire. Meteor (b. 1783), bred by Lord Grosvenor. A son of Eclipse named for the 1783 Great Meteor. Rhadamanthus (b. 1787), bred...
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German microscopist (born 1717) Beech, Martin (1989). "The Great Meteor of 18th August 1783". Journal of the British Astronomical Association. 99 (3):...
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Paul Sandby (redirect from Great Map of Scotland)
Watercolour of Woolton Hall, Liverpool, c. 1781 Watercolor of the 1783 Great Meteor, 1783 Harlech Castle by Paul Sandby 1776 An Unfinished View of the West...
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