20°. REPORT—1849. 






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Date. Description. 3 Place. Observer. Reference, 
1847. } 
Aug. 10 4...../Some with trains; mostly in Via|Munich .,,...|M. Robiano ...:../Bull.Acad, R.Brux., 
Lactea; onemoving upwards ; 1847. 386. : 
20 in } hour, 
i Waar 8 Great numbers ; 30 in an hour ;|Brussels ...... M. Quetelet......|[bid. 383. 
mostly from N.E. to S.W. 
From 9 15™ to 12" 15™ 66/Ghent ......... M. Duprez ......|[bid. 
meteors; 27 brilliant, with 
trains looking towards E., or 
22 per hour (in former years 
21 per hour). 27 from N.E. 
to 8.W. ; the rest in different 
directions. 
35 in 1 hour; most towardsW. ;|Bruges,.,...... Dr. Forster .,,... 
many red ; some with trains. 
From 9" to 138 30" 501; num-|Aixla Chapelle|M. Heis ..;...... 
ber greater as night advanced. 
Emanating from a point; R 
42°; dec. 55° S. 



—_— aS oe 
Ibid. 384. 
Ibid. 385. 
my ry ly, \ Great number of meteors. |Parma ........|M. Colla ....... . |[bid. 406 
? 
NODE. 87) seanee Large fire-ball; bright; blue ;;Bombay ...... A Correspondent|Bombay Times, ) 
from N. to S., then turned Nov. 1, 1847. 
nearly at right angles. Visible Appendix, No. 4.| — 
5 or6sec.; then splitinto frag- | 
ments and shower of sparks. : 
Oct. #10 sae 100 in one hour; maximum/Bruges.........|Dr. Forster ..,...|/Bull.Acad. R.Brux.,| — 
about 2 a.m., Oct. 11. 1847. 404. 
Great numbers of meteors ...... Parma ..ssss... M. Colla ....s.s66 Ibid. 406. 4 

30 ecu: Large fire-ball; nearly hori-/Bombay .....,)/A Correspondent|Bombay Times, 
zontal from E. to W.; then Noy. 7, 1847. 
fell perpendicularly into the Appendix, No. 4.) 
sea. Very bright; blue ; train. 
NOV: Uamieest Cloudy ; clear interval from 10"|Bruges.........|Dr. Forster ....i. 
to 13"58™. Several hundreds 
of small meteors, white, with 
trains; mostly N.N.W. One 
large; slow; across zenith 
to S.E. 
Astr. Soc. Notices, } — 
ix, 37. 
Jan. 27 aed 3" p.m. (daylight). Clear sky./Buckingham, |The brother of |MS. letter from 
A bright meteor passed from} and at one Rey. J. Slatter,| Rev. J. Slatter to 
S.W. to N.E., between 60°} miledistant.| and another Prof. Powell. 
and 30° alt. ; pear-shaped ; of Observer. 
a silvery whiteness, with a 
train which separated into 
several parts. Visible 3 secs. 
ep; 10) cansac 15 p.m. A loud report and rush-/Negloor, near |Captain S. Win-|Bombay Times. 
ing noise ; nothing seen to} Dharwar, gate, Bombay | Appendix, No. 5. 
fall, but dust rising. Meteo-) India. Engineers. 
rite found several inches 
deep. 
March 8 ...... 4" a.m. A large meteor, shaped|Slough......... Mr. Atkins, Cor-|MS. letter. 
like a_ kite, larger and respondent to| Appendix, No. 6. 
brighter than the moon, Sir J.Herschel. 
passed slowly and nearly ho- F 
rizontally from W. to E. in 
the 8. It appeared to issue 
from behind the clouds, and 
was lost behind them again. 
Seen also at Bath. 
