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REPORT 1856. 



Date. 



1856. 

 Jan. 



Hour. 



h m 

 4 55 p.m. 



4 55 p.m. 



Appearance 

 and magnitude. 



A ball of fire darted 

 down and suddenly 

 disappeared. 



Shot downward a lit- 

 tle obliquely and 

 exploded. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Throngh about 8' 

 of space. 



Extremely Leaving a brilliant fiery 

 brilliant. train, gradually became 



faint, and expanded in 

 5 minutes; appeared like 

 a thin fleecy white cloud 

 Left abandoflightchanged 

 through various forms 

 (see diagram, Appendix, 

 No. 3.) for 10 minutes 

 Also a progressive mo- 

 tion through about 4° 

 towards E. 



Luminous Meteors observed in 1855-56, 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



1855. 1 

 Sept. 4 8 30 p.m.] = 1st mag.* 



Oct. 7 

 14 



Nov. 8 



30 



Dec. 6 



19 

 21 



8 32 



8 50 



9 13 



7 55 



8 27 



For first half path = 

 3rd mag.*, then gra- 

 dually increased till 

 = 2nd mag.* 



2ndmag.* 



About four times ap 

 parent size of ^ 

 oval in form. 



8 53 



6 56 



5 35 p.m 



6 13 a.m 

 4 50 



= 3rd mag.* 

 = lst mag.*.. 



Red 



Colourless 



Colourless 



Red ... 



Yellow 

 Bluish 



Train 



Streak 



Train , 



Tail 



Train 



Narrow streak, visible after 

 meteor vanished. The 

 streak was visible both 

 sides, the break at the 

 same time. 



Rapid , duration 0**2 

 Instantaneous .. 



Instantaneous . 



Slowly, duration 1 

 sec. 



Riipid 



Motion rather slow, 

 duration 3 sees. 



2nd mag.* Yellow 



Very large, somewhat 

 like a flash of hght- 

 ning. 



= Jf 



= C 



4 times size of V- 



Aslightasday, 

 long sha- 

 dows cast. 



Colourless, in- 

 creased in 

 brightness 

 as it pro- 

 gressed. 



Light as noon- 

 day. 



Blue 



Train 



Leaving a long streak of 

 light. 



Streak left for a consider- 

 able time. 



A single ball with well-de- 

 fined edges, no stream- 

 ers. 



Rapid 



Lingered 2 sees. .. 



Very rapid, dura-i 

 tion 0-5 sec. 



Duration fully 10 



minutes. 

 Slow, duration 4 



sees. 



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