1868.] ron [Chase. 



OBSERVATIOXS OX THE METEORS OF THE MORN- 

 ING OF NOVEMBER 14. 



By Pliny E. Chase. 



Read before the American riulomphical Society^ Nov. 20, 1868. 



Between 1 h. and 2 h. . . . . 155 



" 2h. andSh. . . . .163 



" ;j h. and 4 li. . . . . 206 



•• 4 h. and 5 h. . . . . 221 



5 h. and 5 h. 28 m. . . . 105 



Total, . . . .850 



The first 100 fell in 35 niinntes. 



" second 100 fell in 3t minntes. 



" third 100 fell in 32 minntes. 



'• fourth 100 fell in 22 minutes. 



" fifth 100 fell in 39 minutes. 



" sixth 100 fell in 27 minutes. 



'• seventh 100 fell in 25 minntes. 



" eighth 100 fell in 26 minutes. 



'• last 50 fell in 15 minutes. 



The maximum was about 3 h. Between 3 h, and 3 h. 15 m. 

 80 were seen. A second maximum, of longer duration, occur- 

 red after the fifth hundred, between 3 h. 55 m. and 5 h. There 

 Avere 51 of remarkable brilliancy, 39 of which fell between 3 h. 

 and 4 h. 22 m. The flashes from 24, in other quarters of the 

 heavens, were so brilliant as to ilhmiinate the neighboring houses. 

 As many as 10 or 12 per minute were frequently seen, and in but 

 few cases was the interval between two successive meteors greater 

 than a minute. Fourteen couples and two triplets were noted. 

 Nearly all the paths radiated from Leo, only 25, or about 3 per 

 cent., being non-conformable. The observations were made from 

 an attic window, looking south and south-east. 



