Wilbert Smith Archives Files Box 1131 17 1131-17-p096

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154 C. A. Chant find that if @ is the elevation of the bodies when nearest to us, that is as seen in a direction at right angles to their path, tan 6 = tan 40° / cos 159, = tan 41°, ‘That is, the elevation was 41°, ‘Then, measuring on the map* (see Fig 1) the distance of Toronto from the trace of the meteors, we find it to be 30 miles; and if h is the height of the meteors, we have, h = 80 tan 41°, 2671 miles. I have already remarked, the distance to the trace of the eors may be in error 3 or 4...