Meteor observed in London Finish:none Standing behind is his assistant

Standing behind is his assistant Peter Taylor

The Wesleyan Centenary Hall and Mission House

The Best of Friends

De Moivre is within a painted oval

with frame

Meteor observed in London Finish:none Standing behind is his assistantFour 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