10 REPORT—1848. 
At about 45° elevation it became stationary, and remained so for seven 
minutes, Mr. S. observing the time by his watch, for which there was suffi- 
cient light. It then continued its descent till about 20° elevation, when it 
became stationary again for a like time. It then descended till lost to view 
by the intervening trees, &c. 
63. 1848. March 9th, 1" 45™ a.m. Cloudy. Mr. Symonds, at Wytham 
Park, near Oxford, saw a slight luminosity in the atmosphere apparently be- 
tween the observer and the clouds. It moved horizontally from E. to W., 
and as it advanced enlarged and assumed the appearance of a curved band, 
with its convexity towards the west, towards which it moved parallel to itself 
till it acquired a luminous head at the lower part, and then disappeared : 
the whole lasted 22 seconds. 
64. 1848. April 6th, 72 5™p.m. The same gentleman saw near Oxford a 
pet meteor shoot across the zenith from N. to S., though it was then day- 
ight. 
65. 1848. April 23rd, from 10" to 12" p.m. The same observer, passing 
down the Clyde in a steamer, saw an unusual number of meteors. 
66. From a letter to Professor Powell from F. Barnard, Esq., dated 
8 Cross-street, Islington, May ist, 1848. 
At 7" 30™p.m., April 30, the writer, in company with a friend in Regent's 
Park, saw a meteor descend from the zenith about half-way to the horizon, 
when his friend saw it separate into two parts and disappear; to himself it 
seemed to disappear simply. It lasted two or three seconds ; direction nearly 
S.W. It was still daylight. There had been a remarkable yellow fog in the 
morning. Its size appeared, “ about that of a Roman-candle ball.” 
67. P. B. Duncan, Esq., late Fellow of New College, Oxford, in a note to 
Professor Powell, observes that the peculiarity of the appearance which he 
witnessed, May 10th, at half-past ten, near Wootten (Woodstock), was a lumi- 
nous stream descending vertically. He had seen many inclined or horizontal. 
68. Extract from a letter from E. J. Lowe, Esq. to Professor Powell. 
“T hasten to inform you of the large meteor seen here last night (July 12th, 
75 15™ p.m.) which crossed beneath the moon. The meteor was very nearly, 
if not quite, a fourth the size of the moon, and when first seen was 5° to the 
south of that luminary ; and at an altitude above the horizon, when first seen, 
of about 5° less than that of the moon. It moved in an angle with the S.W. 
horizon of about 45° towards the west horizon. This meteor was remarkable 
on account of the slowness with which it travelled; it must have occupied 
from 3” to 4” in moving about 20°. Its colour was an intense blue, and the 
meteor left a trail of light which gave only from the blue mass pale-red 
sparks of large size; some larger than first magnitude stars. The meteor 
was of a peculiar shape, being that of a cone; unfortunately a tree prevented 
my viewing its disappearance; the tree was only 10° in diameter, therefore 
must have vanished within 10°. It required three minutes to get a full view 
of the spot where it must have vanished, and then all traces of the pheno- 
menon had disappeared. The meteor appeared to cross near or over the 
only star visible below the moon and to the west of it; this star 1 took to be 
a Libra, from its position and size. 
“ At 11" 47™ a meteor of the size of a second magnitude star moved from 
Corona Borealis to Benetnasch ; it was of a blue colour, and moved exceed- 
ingly rapid. Others were noticed during the night ; I did not see them.” 
69. Extract from a letter to Prof. Powell from the Rev. C. Marriott, Fellow 
of Oriel College, dated Bradfield, Berks, July 29th, 1848. 
“ Within half a mile of this place, about ten to-night, I saw a shooting-star 
as bright as Venus, and drawing a bright train as if of sparks or globules, I 
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