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THE METEOR OF 19 NOVEMBER, 1861. ENGRAVING FROM A SKETCH MADE BY THE FAMILY OF MR. JAMES CHAPMAN, LIGHTKEEPER OF THE NORTH FORELAND LIGHTHOUSE, THANET. '...ITS DIAMETER WAS NOT MUCH LESS THAN THAT OF THE MOON, WHICH SHONE BRIGHTLY AT THE TIME IN A NEARLY
The meteor of 19 November, 1861. Creator: Unknown. The meteor of 19 November, 1861. Engraving from a sketch made by the family of Mr. James Chapman, lightkeeper of the North Foreland Lighthouse, Thanet. '...its diameter was not much less than that of the moon, which shone brightly at the time in a nearly cloudless sky. The meteor exceeded the moon in brightness, and its tail tapered to a flickering point... it separated into two parts, and in about half a second broke into many luminous fragments. About two minutes after its disappearance Mr. Chapman heard two distinct reports, resembling those of musket-shots, which, perhaps, they were, but which he thinks may have been produced by the sudden immersion into the water of two or more highly heated bodies. Mr. W. Lynn, of the Greenwich Observatory, states that, while looking at the moon at about 9.38 on the same night, his attention was arrested by a most magnificent meteor...carrying behind it a splendid coloured train emitting sparks. It...pursued its course slowly southward below Castor and Pollux, and...broke into three or four fragments and vanished...A writer from Bognor, referring doubtless to the same meteor, says that "its tail had the colours of the rainbow...it exploded, like a rocket, into several balls of fire, and disappeared".' From "Illustrated London News", 1861. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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FLYING FOXES RECENTLY ADDED TO THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY'S GARDENS, REGENT'S PARK, 1861. 'THE LARGE FRUGIVOROUS BAT OF INDIA (PTEROPUS EDWARDSII), OR "FLYING FOX" - AS IT IS SOMEWHAT INCORRECTLY CALLED...HAS BEEN BUT SELDOM BROUGHT ALIVE TO THIS COUNTRY. AT
Flying Foxes recently added to the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1861. Creator: Unknown. Flying Foxes recently added to the Zoological Society's Gardens, Regent's Park, 1861. 'The large frugivorous bat of India (Pteropus Edwardsii), or "flying fox" - as it is somewhat incorrectly called...has been but seldom brought alive to this country. At the present time, however, the collection of the Zoological Society of London contains three fine living examples of this animal, the survivors of a considerable number of individuals which were brought from Calcutta last autumn, and exhibited for some time in a room in Piccadilly...In its native country - the peninsula of India - this large bat is very abundant, and uniformly lives in society. Numerous individuals select a large tree for their resort, and, suspending themselves with the claws of their posterior extremities to the naked branches, often in companies of several hundreds, afford to the stranger a very singular spectacle. They pass the greater portion of the day in sleep, hanging motionless...Soon after sunset they gradually quit their hold and pursue their nocturnal flights in quest of food...The only persons who habitually use this bat as an article of food are said to be the Portuguese in Western India'. From "Illustrated London News", 1861. (KEYSTONE/HERITAGE IMAGES/THE PRINT COLLECTOR)
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