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Description. Place. Observer. Reference. 
1846. 
Noy. 13 ....../27 between 75 11™ and 75 53™.|Milan ......... M. Mayer......... Bull. Acad. R. 
Brux., 1847. 43. 
12, 13.../During both nights 239 me-|Vienna.........\Correspondent to|Ibid. 
teors. M. Mayer 
Dec. 9 ......|Many shooting stars os... Parma. ....- eeoe|M. Colla .........|[bid. 
BO) cassis Many. G0.,0.20..:cceeseescsescessees Ibid ...... veces MWS, se cua toe cet Ibid. 
21 ...,..|A remarkable bolide (morning)|Ibid ....... waved | PGsi acs san doegeenes Ibid. 
1847. 
Jan. 10 ...... Many shooting stars ........ o++-|Parma ....0....(M. Colla ......... Ibid. 268. 
Mar. = 12,24,|Many. On the 12th a faint/Ibid.............{[d. ...... sSueveene Ibid. 
aurora. 
lpr 19, OTS. (Many: = .ssecceccwscecsscsnesese Siac Thid.........006 Reeve wet teass da Ibid. 
May 26...... 108 25" p.m. A large meteor ;|Rosehill, Ox- |Rev. J. Slatter...|Letter to Professor 



bluish white. Altitude about ford. 
12° or 15° in S.E.; descended 
; towards N.E. 
June 17-22... 
29 casos 
50° W. A yellow light over 
the sky; then from behind 
clouds a globe of fire de- 
scended slowly in direction 
of meridian, througa 20° to- 
wards S.; disappeared with- 
out noise. Mostly hid by 
clouds; size could not be 
estimated, but seemed, large. 
uly 4,5.../A great number of meteors soe[[DId..eeseeceeees Id. 
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and a rushing noise; then a 
narrow black cloud emitting 
coruscations ; divided and dis- 
appeared. A meteorite seen 
to fall; imbedded itself 3 
feet deep in the ground. 
Another mass penetrated and 
shattered a house. 
dorf, near W.W. Smyth, 
and N.E.of| Esq. 
Braunau, 
Bohemia. 
95 48™ p.m.; altitude 52°, azim.|[bid....... acauas|POeeeviceas “decane Ibid. 
Powell. 
Many meteors....ss..sececesseeees Parma ..+....5. M. Colla ........./Bull. Acad. R. 
Brux., 1847, 268. 
Sasteteenugaee Ibid. 406. 
35 45™ a.m. Violent explosions|Hauptmanns- |Correspondent to|Appendix, No. 2. 
14..,....|Large meteorite dug up, 14 feet|Bohemia ......|Correspondent to|British Assoc. 1848. 
deep, at See-Leegzen. Prof. Bogus- 
lawski. 












Earlyin the evening, 10 meteors|Bruxelles Ob- |M. Quetelet.... 
in an hour; towards mid-| servatory. 
night, 20 meteors in an 
hour. 
One remarkable at 10° 25™,/Ibid........ woos (ld, 
appeared in Pegasus; slow; 
visible for 5 seconds; dis- 
appeared in Ophiuchus; no 
defined nucleus, but nebu- 
lous head. Expanded to 
about 30’ diam., and so 
dissipated. 
Nine meteors from 95 25™ tojGhent ......... M. Duprez ..... 
10" 20™ with trains. 
Cloudy at Brussels. FromjAixlaChapelle/M. Heis ...... 
gh 20" to 9» 55™, 28 
meteors. 

Seecereesesene 
10.000 
Athenzeum, No. 
1087, p. 866. 
Bull.Acad. R. Brux., 
1847. 406. 
..{Lbid. 382. 
Ibid. 383. 
.|Ibid, 
...{[bid, 385, 
