
2d cosens 
}115 45™, A brilliant caudate|Highfield 
REPORT—1849. 
Description. Place. Observer. 



















a ae ee 
Cloudy till 113, thence to 123 ;/Ghent ......... 
9 meteors; most from N. to 
S.; then cloudy. 
Partially cloudy, from 12" to) 
128 45™, 30 seen through 
clouds ; bluish white, with 
red train. 
Clearer from 1* 41™ to 2h 
41"; 117 seen; perhaps ¢jAimagh ..,... 
smaller ones not noticed. 
Some large and brilliant ; 
motion mostly directed to- 
wards 7 Ophiuchi, nearly 
2 N. of the prime vertical. ) 
No meteors before 9" 30™ p..,|St. Leonards, |Prof. Powell. 
then partially clouded. No} Sussex, 
meteors seen, 
Entirely clouded...........02.+00+ Ibid.,.... coves 
M. Duprez .....,|L’ Institut. No. 783, 
p. 6 
Rev. Dr. Robin- 
son and’ As- 
sistant. 
1848. Sec. Proc., 
E, J. Lowe, Esq./MS. communica- 7 
tion to Prof. 
Powell. 
meteor, larger than Sirius,| House, Not- 
from Delphinus to Al-| tingham. 
genib. 
115 47™, A small one from y 
Urs. Min., perpendicularly 
downwards. Tbid.,...ecesseoolTd, 
Many smaller ones about 
midnight. J 
115 40". Bright; perpendicu-|Ibid..........+{Id. 
larly down from 1° N. of 
y Urs. Maj. 
Several small ones within the/Ibid.,........... 
last few minutes in Draco, 
Andromeda, Pegasus, and 
Ursa Minor. 
10", Small meteors in Ursa Mi-|Ibid............. 
nor and Draco. 
Many in Urs. Maj. and Min. ...|Ibid............. 
A meteor (no particulars/Paris .........1M. Dubois 
given). 
7 45™, A meteor (no particu-|Saffres Coté 
lars given). ‘ d’Or. 
8" p.m. Brilliant meteor ; green-|Brussels ... 
ish light ; slow ; nearly hori- 
zontal, from W. to E. 
“Bright globe of fire,” from|Nevers and 
N.W. to N.E.; sky illumi-| Caen. 
nated after disappearance. 9» 
the same ? 
8h 59" pm. A meteor from|Highfield 
about 7 Antinoi tom Sagit-| House, Not- 
tarii, = 6 times %; dark] tingham. 
straw-colour, changing to 
purple ; emitted sparks; fa- 
ded away, leaving a streak of 
blue light 4° in length, and 
25’ in breadth, perpendicular 
to horizon; lasted 3 min. 
’ before it finally vanished; a 
small falling star crossed in 
same track. 
Ibid. 
seeeeeeees 
Ibid, 
santos eeterrene 
Id. Ce eeeeeeetetane 
Ibid. i 
Comptes Rendus, © 
1848. ii. 297. | 
Ibid. 
L’Institut, No. 78 5) 
p. 6. . 
M. Boucher.,.... 
M. Putzeys ....,. 
; } 
Correspondent to|Ibid. 
Nevers Jour- 
nal. 
E. J. Lowe, Esq.|MS. communica- 
and A. S.H. | tion to Prof. 
Lowe, Esq. Powell. 
p. 37. | 
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