[meteorite-list] 17th century fireball illustrations

[Martin Altmann]

Hi, tired as I am, my first answer wasn't as stupid as.....:

Found just a page where you have the Hevelius print vs Mallet for
comparision:
http://wwwusr.obspm.fr/~crovisie/promenade/pro_comete_dessin.html

You have to scroll a little bit down.

So you see Mallet took f.e. the "sword" shape, the bow shape and the little
"arc" shape from Hevelius.
(Hevelius was a quite famous astronomer).

Cheers!
Martin




----- Original Message ----- 
From: Dr. Svend Buhl
To: debfred at att.net
Cc: Meteorite-list at meteoritecentral.com
Sent: Friday, December 10, 2004 11:53 PM
Subject: Re: [meteorite-list] 17th century fireball illustrations


congrats Fred,

I know the Ensisheim carving, exciting piece of art, no question. I would
consider it as a visualized summary of eyewittesses reports. But are there
any known graphic comparisons or descriptions of different types of bolides
previous to Mallet?

cheers
Svend
www.niger-meteorite-recon.de
http://www.niger-meteorite-recon.de/en/meteoriten-Mallet.htm



debfred at att.net schrieb am 10.12.04 23:05:16: