“A meteor of rather singular character made its appearance in the heavens last night . . .” [in:] The Register of Pennsylvania. Vol. IV. - No. 3. July 18, 1829. [Collected in:] The Register of Pennsylvania . . . Vol. IV.—July 1829 to January.
Philadelphia: Printed by Wm. F. Geddes, [1829]. First edition. Large 8vo (10.63 x 7.13 inches), contemporary tree sheep, viii, 416 pages. 26 numbers. “It arose apparently from the neighbourhood of the Schuylkill, and passing over Kensington and the river Delaware, finally disappeared behind the woods of Jersey. . .... More