2 REPORT—1849. 
II. For the following list of Meteorites, which have fallen in Hungary, I am 
indebted to W. W. Smyru, Esq., M.A., Mining Geologist to the Geological 
Survey. 
1559. The first accurately known as to date: 5 pieces of iron of the size 
of a human head, fell near Miskolez. 
1618. Three stones, each of a ewt., fell in Murak6z, of which the Turkish 
Pasha supplied a full account. ; 
1642. Between Ofen and Gran. 
1676. In Dalmatia. 
1692. Near Temeswar. 
1717 & 1740. On the Danube. 
1751. In Croatia a meteorite fell in the form of fiery lumps, and sank 18 
feet in the earth. 
1808, 1812, 1814. In the Saros country. The last was a stone of 133 lbs. 
weight. 
1808. May. A meteorite fell at Stannern, near Blansko, in Moravia. (See 
Appendix, No. 1.) 
1816. Near Pest, and in Nagy Banya. 
1818. Near Mehadia, a meteor by which the whole neighbourhood was 
illuminated for 5 minutes. 
1820. In Ocdenburg. 
1833. In the Presburg Aue. 
1833. Nov. 25. At the same place a brilliant meteor with an explosion: 
three meteoric stones found. (See Appendix, No. 1.) 
1834. In Zala. 
1836. At the Plattensee. 
1837 & 1842. Phzenomena of the kind were seen. 
III. Observations of Meteors previous to the Date of the former 
Catalogue. 

Date. Description. Place. Observer. Reference. 




1830. 
Feb. 15.......|7" 10™ p.m. A bright meteor=|Near Birming-|Dr. Hopkins..,|Appendix, No. 15. 
full moon, moved rapidly} ham. 
from N.E. to S.W., after 
about 4 seconds vanished, 
leaving a train of light 
slightly wavering. 

1838. |7"30™p.m, A bright meteor=|Palamcottah, |Rev. G. Pettit..|Appendix, No. 16, 
full moon, Jut of singularly} South India' 
contorted form—perfectly 
stationary fer about 20 
minutes, then gradually dis- 
appeared. 

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