* Astronomy

"On the 8th October, in the morning at half past ten clock, when the sky is overcast with light Gewölke, and the weather was bright, one could hear about Apt a crash as a four-pounder, who is burnt off in the distance of a quarter mile. A compatriot and his wife, who were ¼ (?) hour of Apt, about 500 yards from the vineyards of the citizen Davaux heard, 6 to 7 minutes (seconds?) long ringing in the air, which continued to increase and the fall of a body announced . The woman looked up, startled, and saw a black body in the vineyard fall;. both heard the blow, which stopped the hiss - Several others were in the neighbourhood also heard the hiss, and the news of the dropping of a black body spread soon the whole region. They were looking in the vineyard of the citizen Davaux, but the first two days in vain. Finally, it was discovered on the 10th of October, about 50 steps from the residential home, a very substantial hole, and in it, as you nachgrub, a very hard stone stuck in the ground about 10 inches and weighed 7 pounds 6 ounces. "- This stone has been sent via the National Institute in Paris, and arrived on the 20th of November in Paris. It has the same texture as the rest of the fallen stones from the air, and has been deposited in the Natural History Museum.
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