[meteorite-list] Weston Fall Newspaper
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Date: Thu Apr 22 10:02:31 2004 Message-ID: <001101c1d0ad$4e5075a0$df36b2d1_at_earthlink.net> This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C1D06A.3F6CF2E0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable When I was a student I took an upper division course titled = "Introduction to the English Language". I had no idea what I was = getting into at the time, but it turned out to be about the development = and evolution of our language into what it is today. What was most = interesting was that if you go back far enough, and read some of the = original documents, it doesn't even resemble the English language we use = today. Ron Hartman ----- Original Message -----=20 From: Mark Bostick=20 To: meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com=20 Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 9:45 PM Subject: [meteorite-list] Weston Fall Newspaper Here is a transcript a newspaper I recently aquired, note many of the = s's are typed as f's. I have not altered or changed the spelling. = Newspaper has two names as I noted (I'm not confused...:-).=20 Maffachufetts Spy, or Worcefter Gazette, Wednesday, January 6, 1808, = page 2 Bridgeport, Dec. 24. Terresrial comet.=20 On the mourning of the 14th ??? at about 6 o'clock, a terrestrial = comet exploded over the town of Weston, about 9 miles from this place. = The atmofphere was foggy. From a great number of fpectators in different = positions, different accounts of its size, the length of its train of = fire its courl and altitude have been reported.=20 Its courfe was probley about one point well of forth - or forth by = well-preceeding from the north. its altitude from one to five miles-the = length of the train three feet. The fize of its folid body about three = feet in diameter. The caufe of its explosion was probley the dampnefs = and denifty of our atmofphere. The ftones fell in all directions, and = have been found as much as five miles apart,and of the astonithing fize = of thirty-five pounds, and fome pieces which fell on rocks, are fuppofed = to have weighed 150 pounds.=20 At New Milford, more then twenty miles from the point of explosion, = the fhaking of the boufes was more fevere then nearer the place of its = discharge. The ftone appears to have diffolved and concreted again, and = is fuppofed to be flrongly impregnated with iron. We underftand the = attention of the learned faculty of Yale College is excited to this = remarkable phenomenon, and it will, and it will afford fomsthing new and = interefting if purfued extenfively, which we purfume it will be. Mr. = Edward King of London, has publifhed remarks on the fall ftones from our = atmofphere, both in ancient and modern times. Kr. King's enquiry was = excited by the remarkable difplofions which took place in Tulcany,on the = 16th of June, 1794, which comet appeared with an atmofphere of its own = and continued its dislagesof ftones for some time. Mark Bostick "The Big Collector" ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C1D06A.3F6CF2E0 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content=3D"text/html; charset=3Diso-8859-1" = http-equiv=3DContent-Type> <META content=3D"MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=3DGENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=3D#ffffff> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>When I was a student I took an upper division = course=20 titled "Introduction to the English Language". I had no idea what = I was=20 getting into at the time, but it turned out to be about the development = and=20 evolution of our language into what it is today. What was most = interesting=20 was that if you go back far enough, and read some of the original = documents, it=20 doesn't even resemble the English language we use today.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2>Ron Hartman</FONT></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE=20 style=3D"BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: = 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: = black"><B>From:</B>=20 <A href=3D"mailto:thebigcollector_at_msn.com" = title=3Dthebigcollector_at_msn.com>Mark=20 Bostick</A> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A=20 href=3D"mailto:meteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com"=20 = title=3Dmeteorite-list_at_meteoritecentral.com>meteorite-list@meteoritecentr= al.com</A>=20 </DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, March 20, 2002 = 9:45=20 PM</DIV> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [meteorite-list] = Weston Fall=20 Newspaper</DIV> <DIV><BR></DIV> <DIV><FONT size=3D2> <P>Here is a transcript a newspaper I recently aquired, note many of = the s's=20 are typed as f's. I have not altered or changed the spelling. = Newspaper has=20 two names as I noted (I'm not confused...:-). </P> <P>Maffachufetts Spy, or Worcefter Gazette, Wednesday, January 6, = 1808, page=20 2</P> <P>Bridgeport, Dec. 24.</P> <P>Terresrial comet. </P> <P>On the mourning of the 14th ??? at about 6 o'clock, a terrestrial = comet=20 exploded over the town of Weston, about 9 miles from this place. The=20 atmofphere was foggy. From a great number of fpectators in different=20 positions, different accounts of its size, the length of its train of = fire its=20 courl and altitude have been reported. </P> <P>Its courfe was probley about one point well of forth - or forth by=20 well-preceeding from the north. its altitude from one to five = miles-the length=20 of the train three feet. The fize of its folid body about three feet = in=20 diameter. The caufe of its explosion was probley the dampnefs and = denifty of=20 our atmofphere. The ftones fell in all directions, and have been found = as much=20 as five miles apart,and of the astonithing fize of thirty-five pounds, = and=20 fome pieces which fell on rocks, are fuppofed to have weighed 150 = pounds. </P> <P>At New Milford, more then twenty miles from the point of explosion, = the=20 fhaking of the boufes was more fevere then nearer the place of its = discharge.=20 The ftone appears to have diffolved and concreted again, and is = fuppofed to be=20 flrongly impregnated with iron. We underftand the attention of the = learned=20 faculty of Yale College is excited to this remarkable phenomenon, and = it will,=20 and it will afford fomsthing new and interefting if purfued = extenfively, which=20 we purfume it will be. Mr. Edward King of London, has publifhed = remarks on the=20 fall ftones from our atmofphere, both in ancient and modern times. Kr. = King's=20 enquiry was excited by the remarkable difplofions which took place in=20 Tulcany,on the 16th of June, 1794, which comet appeared with an = atmofphere of=20 its own and continued its dislagesof ftones for some time.</P> <P> </P> <P><FONT face=3DArial>Mark Bostick "The Big=20 Collector"</FONT></P></FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_000E_01C1D06A.3F6CF2E0-- Received on Thu 21 Mar 2002 02:52:09 AM PST |
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