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As you will most probably have received from many other correspondents a general description of the magnificent spectacle on last Wednesday evening, I will confine my remarks principally to those observations which bear directly on the most important point at issue, viz., whether this meteor stream can be identified with the well-known comet of Biela. Having searched, during the autumn, on every available occasion for a glimpse at the approaching comet, and the almost unvarying cloudiness of the early morning sky having rendered even the negative value of the observations well-nigh useless, I read with delight the prediction of Dr. Weiss, and felt the greatest interest in its fulfilment.
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PERRY, S. The Great Meteoric Shower. Nature 7, 84 (1872). https://doi.org/10.1038/007084a0
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