364j Mr. J. Glaisher's Remarks on the Weather 



light of a meteor was observed, followed at an interval of two 

 minutes by a distant report from the N.E. by N. resembling 

 the sound which follows the distant fall of an avalanche*. 



At Stone, on February 22, at 1 1^ 57™ p.m., a large meteor 

 was seen to the south, which shot from west of the constella- 

 tion Crater, and went southward, leaving a train of light; 

 it exploded when near the horizon. 



At Aylesbury, on February 22, at 1 1^ 45"^, a large meteor 

 was seen. 



On March 4, at 7^ 20"* p.m., a meteor crossed Orion. 



On March 11, at 8^ 47™ p.m., a meteor shot northward 

 from east of Jupiter. 



On March 1 5, at 7^ 25™ p.m., a meteor shot from near 

 a Ursae Majoris, passing Regulus, to « Hydrae. 



On March 17, at 6^^ 55™ p.m., a splendid meteor of the 

 colour and size of Jupiter shot from a little above Sirius and 

 travelled due south 15°, leaving a train of blue light about 5° 

 in length. 



On March 17, at 9^ 48™ p.m., a meteor shot from ^ Cancri, 

 and went the short space of half a degree only. 



On March 28, at 8^ 45™ p.m., a red meteor shot north- 

 ward from a Persei to 7 Andromedae, leaving a train of blue 

 light. 



On March 31, at 9'^ 5^ p.m., a meteor shot from 7 Virginis 

 and went east 3° or 4°. 



Solar halos were seen at Nottingham on January 1 ; at 

 Whitehaven on January 7 ; at Aylesbury on January 30 ; at 

 Nottingham on February 1, 2 and 20 ; at Stone on March 11 ; 

 at Nottingham on March 22 and 26 ; at Greenwich, Ayles- 

 bury, Stone and Nottingham, on March 29; and at Green- 

 wich, Stone and Nottingham, on March 30. 



Lunar halos were seen at Hartwell Rectory and Norwich on 

 the 27th ; on the 28th at Norwich ; and on the 30th at Green- 

 wich and Cardington; on February 16 at Nottingham; on the 

 19th at Aylesbury ; on the 20th at Guernsey, Truro, Green- 

 wich, Stone, Cardington and Norwich ; on the 21st at Green- 

 wich and Aylesbury; on the 22nd at Cardington, Norwich 

 and Durham ; on the 23rd at Guernsey, Greenwich, Hartwell 

 Rectory, Cardington and Durham; on the 24th at Stone; on 

 the 27th at Guernsey, Aylesbury, Stone and Hartwell Rec- 

 tory; on March 21 at Hartwell Rectory and at Norwich ; on 

 March 25 at Stone and Hartwell Rectory ; on the 26th at 

 Durham and Hawarden; on March 27 at Rose Hill near 



* For accounts of this meteor see the Philosophical Magazine for the 

 months of March and April. 



