"The morning of November 13th, 1833, was rendered memorable by an exhibition of the phenomenon called SHOOTING STARS, which was probably more extensive and magnificent than any similar one hitherto recorded ...
"Probably no celestial phenomenon has ever occurred in this country, since its first settlement, which was viewed with so much admiration and delight by one class of spectators, or with so much astonishment and fear by another class ...." Denison Olmstead, "Observations of the Meteors of November 13th, 1833," "The American Journal of Science and the Arts, 25([Jan.?] 1834), p. 363
"For nearly four hours the sky was literally ablaze .... [Careful scientific accounts indicate that] more than a billion shooting stars appeared over the United States and Canada alone."
Peter M. Millman, "The Falling of the Stars," The Telescope, 7 (May-June 1940), 57.
This page maintained by Allen Roy. Last update on 09/13/98