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  <dc:title>Unpublished copy letter, regarding notice of a meteor from W [William] Ronald to Fearon Fallows</dc:title>
  <dc:description>Ronald reports on a sighting of a meteor through the roof of the observatory in Cape of Good Hope at 10 o'clock in the evening on 19 October 1829. Ronald describes seeing a blaze of light and hearing a loud report in the same direction. He also describes the weather on the day it occurred.

Subject: Astronomy

Written by Ronald at the Royal Observatory in Cape of Good Hope [in modern Cape Town, South Africa]. Communicated by John Wilson Croker.</dc:description>
  <dc:date>20 October 1829</dc:date>
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