Paper, 'The description of an aurora borealis mention'd in the foregoing letter' by unknown author The author describes a meteor observed in Liverpool [England] on 5 January 1727, writing that 'about seven ’o clock at night I was told that the meteor called by our Sailors, 'Merry Dancers', was visible, and very bright'. Includes an engraved figure of a light in the sky. Subject: Astronomy Read to the Royal Society on 16 November 1727 Published in Philosophical Transactions as 'The description of an aurora borealis mention'd in the foregoing letter.' 1727