252 Mr. J. Glaisher's additional Observations on 



"Altitude of point where first seen was 56 degrees*, and 

 its azimuth was N.N.E. 



"Altitude of point where last seen was 10 degrees, and its 

 azimuth was N.E. 



" I should state that I think the meteor must have pro- 

 ceeded some way on its course before I noticed it; for, if I 

 recollect rightly, it was issuing from behind a dark cloud 

 when I first saw it. 



" The direction in which I was travelling was N. W. 



*' I much regret that I cannot vouch for the correctness of 

 my observations, as they have been made entirely from me- 

 mory, for unfortunately I did not note at the time any fixed 

 object. I trust however that they may be of some little ser- 

 vice to you. 



" I did not hear the report occasioned by its explosion. 



" A lady, a relation of mine, informs me that she was going 

 from Cardiff towards St. Nicholas in Glamorganshire, when 

 her attention was attracted by the meteor ; but to be enabled 

 to see it, she was obliged to turn herself half round, as it was 

 behind her, and apparently in the direction of LlandafF. T 

 therefore conclude it must have originated north of Cardiff 

 at least. She states that it appeared to her to exhibit a variety 

 of beautiful and brilliant colours." 



XXIX. Bristol. Favoured by Robert Boyd, Esq., M.D. 

 " Happening to be walking home on Monday last about 



half past ten o'clock p.m., I suddenly observed a bright blaze 

 of light, which illuminated the whole atmosphere. On look- 

 ing instantly round to ascertain its cause, I saw falling in a 

 north-easterly direction, at an angle of about 10 degrees from 

 the perpendicular, what was apparently a ball of fire having a 

 bright luminous tail covering a space of about 15 degrees. It 

 disappeared behind the New Villas opposite Vyvian Terrace. 

 Though I heard no explosion or passing sound, I am much 

 inclined to think it was an aerolite, from its apparent proxi- 

 mity and its great illuminating power, and not one of those 

 luminous meteors termed falling stars, which are so often seen 

 in the month of November." 



XXX. Bristol. Second communication from Dr. Boyd. 

 " I went to the spot where I observed the meteor with a 



mariner's compass, and found that the part where I first ob- 

 served the meteor bore N.E. by N.f, and the point where it 

 disappeared behind the houses opposite Vyvian Terrace bore 

 N.E. by Ef., thus making two points of the compass through 



* This altitude is much too great. 



t The variation of the compass at Bristol is about 23° 25'; hence the 



