Meteor observed in London wrench Note the distinctive tail fins

Note the distinctive tail fins

Statue of Queen Anne erected as a celebration of the completion of St Paul's Cathedral

'posts are set up to support the bier

Young Man Carrying an Old Man on His Back (Aeneas and Anchises)

'Gambols on the River Thames

Meteor observed in London wrench Note the distinctive tail finsFour figures showing a meteor seen over London, England. Figure from the paper 'A Letter from Capt. William Gordon to Capt. Samuel Mead, F. R. S., inclosing an account of the Fire Ball seen Dec. 11 1741', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society, vol. 42 1742 1743, pp. 58 60. With a pencilled instruction to the printer: 'to be cut in wood.' William Gordon was not a Fellow of the Royal Society. Original: ink on paper. 1742