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Appeared first below and a little/Perhaps the same|St. John’s Lodge,|Miss G. R. Smyth|MS. communicated 
to the right of the moon, in} as one seen in| Stone, near to Prof. Powell. 
S.E.alt. Estimatedabout 35°.) Nottingham;vide| Aylesbury. 
Mr.Lowe’s Catal. 
From Polaris running northward].........ccccsssssseeees St. Ives, Hunts,.,|J. King Watts...|Ibid. 
Left of Ursa Major tc north ...)..ccecccesccseessseeeees Tid. ...sceveeseves RAW eouseseec, soe. Lbids 
Perpendicular down ............ Below Leo Minor .|/Huggate ......... Rey. T. Rankin .|Ibid. 
From the Pleiades to the north]........s......sseceeees St. Ives, Hunts. .|J. King Watts...|Ibid 
From Polaris to the N.W.......|.. migdilewseddeasneenevee Tbidesv......ceasee TG. *eosteceresssee.| EDIO. 
From Ursa Major to 2° N. of|During Aurora ...|Rose Hill, nearjRey. J. Slatter...|Ibid. 
| Mars. Oxford. 
[From Capella .........0+...0000.. 
[The meteor f fell downwards till apparently near 
the auroral haze, and then started aside into a wavy 
course, as if repulsed. + followed downwards unin- 
terruptedly. It was as if ¢ had been repulsed by 
similar electric force and exhausted it. See figure 
above. | 
pm Capella ....c....sssceseseees MDA sais sarceatoa sete EDD ics deisissweet Hey cseceesaccues tee Ibid. 
From 1° W. of Spica to Crater .|Ibid..........sesce008 TDid ee cv eae. Rds saettsdsaonee Tbid. 
From Spica to Crater, curvelIbid.............c0000: Heys Pr Seenney pacer: Tdsssenieas ate terse Ibid. 
curving upwards, intensely 
incandescent at the endof the 
curve, 
Altitude about. 30° above west/Seen at Glasgow,|Dunse, Wm. Stevenson .|Ibid. 
point of horizon. Helensburgh, Lat. 55° 47/N. 
Perth, &c. Long. 2° 23’W. 
‘Appeared in N.N.W. at alt. 20°|........sscee eneceeee -.(Carlisle. | SeenJJohn Carrick |Communicated to 
| fell nearly vertically or a little also 90 miles} Moore, Esq. Prof. Powell, 
| to E, W. of Carlisle. through Mr. Fa- 
raday. See App. 
No. 9. 
Path perpendicular to a line, .........ccsseecceeeees Victoria Park, |W. R. Birt, Esq.|MS. communicated 
joining Polaris and the Upper London. to Prof. Powell. 
Pointer ; greater part of course’ 
above that line, and thence 
_ down to horizon. 
m a Lyre to past B Scor-|About 2 secs., velo-|Oxford.......2.... Mr. G. A. Row-|Ibid. 
pionis. city uniform. ell. 

