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Direction or altitude. 



Moving rapidly upwards to- 

 wards zenith. 



i'rom N.E. to S.W. Altitude 

 azimuth determined after- 

 wards. 



General remarks. 



Atmosphere clear, 

 daytime. 



No sound or explo- 

 sion. 



Ditto 



lat.56°13'5"N., 

 long. 12" 2=^-6 W. 



it middle of course azimuth S. 

 Alt. 45° (estimated by eye). 

 Course E. to W., nearly ho- 

 rizontal, wavering about 15°. 



Low altitude, nearly S.W 



Atmosphere heavy, 

 so as to conceal 

 stars, and give 

 the meteors a ne 

 bulous aspect. 



Many shooting 

 stars during the 

 time. 



20°. W. alt. 30°. Moving 

 almost horizontally from E. 

 to W., slightly descending in- 

 clination about 7°. for about 

 15°. 



rom 25° to 30°, 5° W. of S., 

 nmediatelv under h 



bout 30° 



Near Bellahous 

 ton, 2h miles 

 S.S.W" from 

 Observatory 

 Glasgow. 



TilUngton, near 

 Petworth. 



Air calm. Below 

 the clouds. See 

 App. No. 1. 



Sky very clear . 



Ditto 



Place. 



Balgrummo,near 

 Leven, Fife- 

 shire. 



W. J. Macquorn 

 Rankine. 



Mrs. Ayling, and 

 friends. 



1 mile S.of Edin- 

 burgh. 



Redhill, Reigate 



St.Thomas's Hill 

 near Canter 

 bury. 



Stone near Ayles- 

 bury. 



Bonchurch 



Observer. 



W. Swan, Esq. .. 



Mr. D. Wallace 



MS. communica- 

 tion. 



MS. letter to Lord 

 Wrottesley. 



Professor C, 

 Piazzi Smyth. 



Mr. Carrington 

 and Mr. Good 



Mr. Masters ... 



Mrs. Smvth. 



Miss Sewell. 



Reference. 



Proceedings of the 

 Royal Society of 

 Edinburgh, Mar, 

 5, 1854. 



Ibid. 



MS. communica- 

 tion. 



See Appendix, No. 

 1. 



Letter from Mr, 

 Carrington. 



Kentish Gazette, 

 See Appendix, 

 No. 2. 



MS. See Appendix, 



No. 4. 



MS. 



