12 REPORT—1849. ‘ 
Date. Description. Place. Observer. 



Aug. 1....../10°51™. Small, withtrain, from|Highfield Ho.,|E. J. Lowe, Esq.|MS. com. to Prof. 
a Androm. to « Pegasi. Nottingham. 
115 7™ 30°. Small, extremelyjIbid............. Raster c se Soa: 
rapid; parallel to horizon 
from tail to head of Vulpe- 
cula, with streamers, 
115 8™, Small, with streamers ;|[bid.........0++ Taser, svevttiteted 
from’ 10° below Delphinus 
through 0 Antin. ; rapid. . 
115 12™, Small, with streamers, |[bid........0060-{[0.  ..sseseeeeeeeee 
perpendicularly down from 
6 Sagittarii. 
11°15". Bright; red; withj[bid...... CS NG, Arse ee eee 
train, inclined 45° towards 
W. horizon; first seen near 
r Urs. Maj.; fell to A Urs. 
Maj. 
11" 41™, Small; from @ Del-|[bid..........+.. Wal teeth te 
phini towards S.; vanished 
after moving 14°. 
11» 42™, Small; moved verti-|[Did......s00000/Td.  cesseseceees ace 
cally upwards from « Del- 
phini to hind leg of Wolf. 
2 ssoee-f10h 44™, Brilliant; path in-|Ibid..,........../Mrs. Lowe ...... 
clined at about 45° from a 
Androm. to Triangulum. 
106 49™, Parallel to horizon,|[bid........ccee-/[d.  ..ccesseeeseees 
from ¢ to r Cygni. 
7 «s0.e115 19™, Slow, from S. towardsjIbid....... seo. J. Lowe, Esq.|{bid. 
E. at about 45° ; first seen at 
n Antin. and fell slightly to 
E. of 8 Capricorni. 
9 ......{From 9245™ p.m. to 11. 25 me-|Paris? ..,......,.M. Goujon ...... 
teors; from 12 to 15 30™ 
70. Mostly from N. to 8. 
A list of the number seen on 
different nights, during a 
part of July and August ; 
Comptes Rendus, 
1848. ii. 185. 

showing a maximum on f[bid......+...44 M. Coulvier Gra-| Ibid. 
August 9, 10. vier. 
During the night of 9, 10, 
414 seen. 
95 p.m. A remarkable number|Near Hamp- /|Sir R. H. Schom- Athenzum, No. 
of shooting stars, apparently! ton. burgk. 1085, p. 807. 
lower in the atmosphere than | 
usual ; of a dark red colour ; 
direction mostly S.E. 
[No meteors on the 8th.] 
9 p.m. to 9 30™. Six small 
meteors, with trains, fol- 
lowing in parallel directions 
from S.E. to S.; inclined | 
at about 30° to S. horizon. 
Flashes of lightning in 8. St. Leonards, |Prof. Powell. 
9 30™, A brilliant flash, or Sussex. 
coruscation, nearly at S. | 
point of horizon. 
gh 35™, A bright meteor from 
S.E. to S. (as before) ; 
another from zenith; 
nearly parallel. 

