X. On a Phcenomenoii in ^Jiich the distatit objects were seen^^ff^'^"^. 

 inverted. By Edward Joseph Lowe, Esq.^ 



ON Thursday, April 17, 1845, at 2^^ 20"^ p.m., a curious 

 and very unusual pha3nomenon was observed near 

 Radford, which is situated about a mile W. of Nottingham. 



A group of trees at the distance of two miles, and a hill 

 (behind the trees) at the distance of four miles at the most 

 remote portion from the place of observation, were seen in- 

 verted in the air and of a gray colour ; the inverted phaeno- 

 menon did not touch the objects of which they were the image, 

 but appeared about 30' elevated above them. There was a 

 haze between the objects and the phagnomenon; also the sum- 

 mits of the inverted landscape did not end in blue sky, but were 

 observed also to end in haze. The breadth of the hill was 

 ?0°, which was inverted of an equal size, and appeared some- 

 what to resemble Pendle Hill in Lancashire. The phaeno- 

 menon was seen for five minutes, and when left still visible; 

 returning an hour afterwards it had vanished. No clouds 

 were visible at the time, and the wind was very brisk. 



The morning had been cloudless until 10^ a.m., then few 

 cumuli clouds of small size floated over, increasing in abun- 

 dance until 1^ p.m., when they began to disappear below the 

 S.E. horizon ; at 2^ p.m. sky almost cloudless and the weather 

 warm, soon after perfectly cloudless; at 3^ p.m. cirrostrati 

 formed themselves on N. W. horizon ; these increased rapidly, 

 and in an hour covered the sky, which remained overcast for 

 the rest of the day. The barometer fell from 30*596 in. at 

 9^ a.m. to 30*560 in. at 9^ p.m. (attached thermometer 9^ 

 a.m., 64°; 9*^ p.m., 6G°)'-, the minimum temperature was 36°, 

 and the maximum temperature 58°*7; the direction of the 

 wind and clouds was from the N.E., and the distant prospect 

 rather hazy. There is a valley of some considerable size in 

 the direction of the phsenomenon, but not much water; the 

 principal portion is the river Leen, which is about seven yards 

 wide, and does in some measure take its course in a direction 

 from the observer to the phaenomenon. 



XL On a Magnificent Meteor seen in ^Nottinghamshire. 

 By Edward Joseph Lowe, Esq.* 



ON Thursday, April 24, 1845, a blue meteor, of a most 

 unusual size and brilliancy, was seen near High Field 

 House (lat. 52° 57' 30"; long. 1° 11' W.) in the above county. 

 The weather had been for the five days prior to the 24th 

 hot, and almost cloudless; for the mean of clouds for that 

 * Communicated by the Author.- 



