182 REPORT—1852. 
1830. Dec. 10.—About 5" 15™ p..., a meteor was indistinctly seen at 
about 10° elevation N. by E. It was stationary, lasted a second or two, and 
appeared in colour and size much like Mars in opposition, as far as could be 
judged from a very imperfect view. 
1830. Dec. 12.--(A description of a fine aurora, concluding thus):—After 
85, when the streamers had ceased, a splendid and large green falling star was 
seen lowish in W.N.W. which left a train: another large one was also seen ; 
and one also during the aurora of the night before. 
1831. April 10.—There were faint streamers N. at night, and a beautiful 
and brilliant falling star N.E., and a light most clearly connected with a 
black cloud N.W. 
1831. Dec. 8.—The morning being overcast with very low fuggy clouds, 
and very dark (it was probably before 7"), as I looked suddenly towards my 
window I saw a flashing or flickering effect of light, such as might have been 
produced by faint lightning or a fire ¢x the opposite quarter. No light seemed 
to come into the room ; the illumination was in the clouds or fog. As I ine 
stantly went towards the window, the light, after becoming rather brighter, 
faded and disappeared very suddenly. It occurred to me that it was proba- 
bly the effect of some great meteor (for though the light was faint, the lumi- 
nous body must have been considerable to have produced such an effect 
through such dense clouds); on the other hand, a boy was whistling not far off, 
who, had such been the case, would probably have been frightened. Such an 
effect from a lantern I never saw, nor believed it possible ; it might have been 
best compared, as above, to faint lightning; perhaps a little ruddy. (South 
Herefordshire.) (The Hereford Journal of Dec. 21, contained a long ex- 
tract, a copy of which I possess, from the Bath Journal, giving along, though 
very unscientific account of this meteor, for such it was, which seems to have 
been visible over a great extent of country.) 
1832. Oct. 20.—Four shooting stars were seen within half an hour about 
10%, three of which were large and beautiful, and sailed with a fine equable 
motion: all from E. or N.E. But one which proceeded from the latter quarter, 
at a considerable elevation, traversed 40° or 50° of the N. sky in a direction 
nearly straight and parallel to the earth, leaving behind it a fine white streak, 
which gradually spread wider and dispersed. As the star was equal to one 
of the Ist or 2nd magnitude, and as the streak was visible at once throughout 
so long a course, the effect was very striking and beautiful: what seemed re- 
markable was that the other three, though similar to this in their direction, 
left no visible train behind them. One night two or three months ago (I 
rather think on Sept. 18), [ saw a bright star, which falling perpendicularly 
seemed to be partially quenched, but yet proceeded a short distance before 
it was totally extinct, in the form of a dull red spark. The appearance was 
just like that of a candle suddenly plunged into carbonic acid ; the transition 
being apparently from a state of inflammation to that of simple ignition. 
1832. Dec. 12.—A great meteor seems to have appeared between 7" and 
8'ep.m. M was then returning through the field behind her mother’s 
house at , when a bright light shone round her, much brighter than 
moonlight, and more permanent than lightning. 
1832. Dec. 13.—Another great meteor about 6" p.m., described as a great 
body of fire passing across the sky from E. to W., and giving so strong a 
light that a pin might have been taken from the ground for a short time. 
Another account was that it passed two ways. No report seems to have 
succeeded it. The weather had latterly been electrical: it lightened on 
several nights at the end of last month, and I sawa strong distant flash on the 
evening of Dec. 2. (South Herefordshire.) 


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