Gerona, Catalonia, Spain — 13 November 1799
Maneuvering stars
Numerous brilliant “shooting stars” are seen to cluster together, and then separate.
Source: A. Quintana, “Assaig sobre el clima d’Olot.,” Servei Meteorologic de Catalunya, Generalitat de Catalunya, Notes d’Estudi 69: 3-88 (Barcelona, 1938). Epilogue to Part I-E The Era of Human Flight Begins By the end of the 18 century political events reflected a nearly-universal thirst for knowledge and liberty, and the rejection of authoritarian principles. The American Declaration of Independence in 1776, and the French Revolution of 1789, had ushered in a new, often troubled series of intellectual movements inspired by science. Case: W325