134 REPORT—1857. 
Meteors communicated by 
Appearance and Brightness : Velocity or 
Date, Baur Magnitude, and Colon Train or Sparks. Dhtation, 
1856, | hm 
Jan. 7| 4 50 p.m.jA fire-ball ............ Bright and red Left a column of thin va- Visible for 20 mins. 
pour which wavered and) 
gradually vanished, 
4 50 p.m.JA luminous vertical]........e00.see The middle expanded and Disappeared after 
band expanded at ends eurved opposite| about10minutes. 
the middle, with ways, became faint and 
a bright centre vanished. el 
tapering to the 
ends, intensely b 
bright and white. : 
Oct. 18,Mean time|Nearly =% ...,..... scsconcopeceseeses(SMall train Of sparks left|....<seepasceccsscescesal 
at the place, behind. 
9 4 p.m. | 
Nov. 15) 5 58 p.mi.|Brighter than  atty|.c.........ccccssslesescscctccesvsececcsenereecevens SlOWiscccssciccseveseal 
stars visible through i 
the rain. a} | 
22, a 16 p.m. Just visible through seccceeces docccveslecccscvcsces PTYTTTe Tere seeces ee | . 
clouds. | 
1857. = iii 
Jan. 2) Between |A number of Ssmalll...........ccssseclecesceeececsseecencectseeessseseieees wdbecddvocssevescea 
\2a.m.&5 30) meteors. 
1856. | 
Aug. 10 From 9 p.m.|Five bright meteors|Two very |The brightest left a train, Rapid ssesssssssseree} 
to 10 p.m.| at different inter-| bright. whichremained 1 or 2 se- G 
vals of time. Seve- conds. The head moved 
ral smaller. on separately, became 
stationary, and vanished 
by gradual diminution. 
| 
Oct. 19| 6 24 25 JA very  brilliant/Bluish. =‘ In-|Leftabeardedtrain behind.|Slow ; about 3 sec. 
(e.m.t.) | meteor. =2ndmag.| tense at ex- | 
Nov. 30) 7 17 p.m. 
(G.M.T.) 
Oct. rl 8 1 pm. 
| 
28) 
29 
30) 
31. 
29\°6 30 p.m. 
30) 6 30 p.m. 
Nov. 9/3 0 am. 
| 
Increased to = 2| plosion. ‘| 
and exploded with 
sparks. : = | 
= @ LYLe...,.....ceneee Light orange..|No train ...........scseeeeees Rapid '.....,cc0cescam 
Bright; = 2; disap-Colour of 2{...)Very little train ............ Moderate velocity 5 
peared suddenly 2 or 3 secs. 
near ¢ Ursa Major. 3 
PIEMANU MECCOLE Mill csp sasecuensacses{tcncccesseceasesteqctsavccese «cas|bocseeeqeess uppvetaeina 
over the sky.” Fi, 
A. FINE. TIGTEOT sescesdvelesgeaseececnddsons Exploded fragments “ pur-|Sparks remained] 
sued the path the meteor; visible some time) 
itselfhad takenfor about] after the body) 
Tee. had vanished. 1 
‘Passed near 2 ...... About=@ ...|No explosion, train, Of|..sccccsccsssesvevscceet 
sparks, 4 
Six meteors within|Bright yellow-|Sparks: no explosion......\Appeared 30° from 
an hour of each) ish. zenith & moved. 
other. About same time 
on other nights’ 
many meteors. — 
