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{ Direction or altitude. General remarks. Place. Observer. Reference. 
; S| | —— | —— 
from @ Bootis, went 5°, passing]......seccceccsseeseeees SHOHG 650k W. Whitbread,|E. J. Lowe’s MS, 
between y and 3 Bootis. Esq. 
from ~ Herculis to 6 Bootis :..|..... AL OsarSrnohos oo nc PDs; aesetecsess UG ieee ae ar aay fa Ibid. 
MPI TO)0 BOOtis ,.........ccccalsccsonercocsseessensssee WPIGsseocst oacess at 1s Lae Rec ee e Ibid. 
From y Lyre, and went in cir-liee.....ccsseeee PP Thidsisir devise. J. W. Eccles, Esq.|Ibid. 
cular form to o Herculis. [Esq. 
[PETE ee Ibid....... sosseeses]W. Whitbread, Ibid, 
MPM PEPANI | om ....cacce|sanseeeeseococenest ated LU FES er Boe ee I aes se seceeeey Bs Ibid. 
From « Lyre to y Draconis ...|..........ssesscseseeses 1G BRC rol Booerrc H. Smith, Esq....|Ibid. 
From # Herculis to 3 Bootis ...).........ccsececsesssses Ibid...... easctesees Rev. J. B. Reade|Ibid. 
wBrom y Pegasi to Z Cygni......|......scc..seseecescoees Tbids;. ccsasieeeves Vnt. Fasel, Esq. .|Ibid. 
Tt went 5°, running parallel with}...............ss0s00000 HOG Gaaaeret ated. Rev. J. B. Reade|[bid. 
@ and £ Draconis. 
om about 15° east of the sol-|Rev. J. B. ReadelIbid................ Vnt. Fasel, Esq. .|Ibid. 
stitial colure and 7° above «| saw the same me- 
Lyre; it went 4° towards} teor from a dif- 
N.W., then parted into two] ferent place, and 
Meteors, one of the 2nd and| the two descrip- 

the other of the 4th magni-| tions perfectly 
tude; they took a different] agree. 
direction,each leaving a train. 
That of the 2nd mag. went 
_to s Herculis, and that of the 
4th vanished at \ Herculis. 
From about « Cygni to « Lyre.|It appeared low ...|Ibid.......s......6 Rey. J. B. Reade|{bid. 
From 1° under Saturn, wentl............cescceseseee EDId wcssecdeerees as J.W. Eccles, Esq.|Ibid. 
about 14° from E. to W. 
From Polaris to 3 Auriga: ......|....cssesccsseseeeeeeees LING Been: Seaccace ol We erect es: Tbid. 
Hhrough Lacerta from S. to N.J|......seccccsesseesenees EDId ss ccecsdeascn-05 Vnt. Fasel, Esq. .|Ibid. 
From 6 Cygni to near @ Aquile]............ssscseeceeee Ibid deca codaetascee J.W.Eccles, Esq.|[bid. 
Through w Herculis from east}.........cccssescesesees Thidsssscessssceaes Rev. J. B. Reade|Ibid. 
to west. 
From Saturn to 6 Ceti ......cc.J.ccccccccccesecseetonees TDidseccssesissiiess J. W.Eccles, Esq.|[bid. 
From a little below Polaris to Z|..........cescescceeeees Ibid......cdé ses? .{Rev. J. B. Reade|Ibid. 
Urs. Maj. 
Passed up the field of the tele-|....... sordid svonte de sevef[DIds..eeeeee soscselEGs  casees deaddiees Ibid. 
less than half a second. It 
preceded v Herculis of the 
3rd mag., and its declination 
was the same as Brorsen’s 
comet. Hence its R.A.= 
15" 55™; its N.P.D. 43° 55’. 
ONAL f....5...24.<00| .cc0dsiddtabvedyelseeces [bidssssso.t2schenn [Ides ehh Ships Thid. 
atter end of November 1851 up to the beginning of August 1852, very few meteors were scen, although 
00k out.—Vnr. Fast. 
from about 2° south of ¢ Aquilz,|,....... stecnasepeecess Stone ...+++.,,+se| Vint. Fasel, Esq. .|Ibid. 
‘and travelled about 10° in a 
_S.W. direction. . 
from 3 Urs. Maj. to very near|....sssee.seseeeee sevcee{ [DIG ccecessceeeeees Wd eens ...{[bid. 
Sor. Caroli. : 
rom « Cassiopeiz to half-way)..... bavdae dee ditch wave EDId.aveidticcssssys Nd, \ ccneewrdens sse-(Lbid. 
to Polaris. 
m about ¢ Delphini to »|.......6 «athe cach Ss oes MD ececcedscwss sce Ki BSE Rese hc Ibid. 
Aguile. 
tom 7 Pegasi, and travelled|...........ss0eseceeeees OU Shes doskcasscves HG Se Sces aman e, Ibid. 
about 13° in a southward di- 
rection. 
0° pam. immediately after a thunder-storm. 
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