science · 11 December 1741 · 283 years ago
a "Fire-ball" and explosion heard over southern England, about 11 a.m. "a countryman ... saw a flash of Lightening Before he heard the Noise ... The sound was double ... a Ball of Fire ... took its Course to the East ... over Westminster ... it divided into Two Heads [and] left a Train of Smoke ... which continued ascending for 20 minutes". The description is reminiscent of the Chelyabinsk meteor of 2013.
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