20 REPORT—1849. 


Observer. Reference. 




Description. 

11" 9" 30°. Small falling star ;|Highfield Ho., 
yellow; slow; from 41 Com.| Nottingham. 
Beren. to 1° W. of « Virginis. 
11210". Do. from Arcturus,|Ibid............. Dubevnaec yGode cx del Ibid. 
perpendicularly down to 7 
Virginis. : 
95 12" p.m. A meteor; white|Observatory, |Prof. Bond ...... American Journals. 
E. J. Lowe, Esq.|MS. 






















tinged, slightly orange; at] Cambridge, Morning Post, 
first=5th mag.; increasing) U.S. July 11, 1849. 

in brightness till brighter 
than 9; moved E. from near 
mn Aquile for about 15°, 
and disappeared near « Del- 
phini; just before disappear- 
ance a fragment detached, 
and then otherssmaller,which 
all followed in same track.. 
10° p.m. Very brilliant from S./Kurrachee 
to W.; exploded at about 
60° alt., leaving luminous red 
fragments ; about 5 minutes 
after sound heard like ord- 
nance. 
..{LL 25™, =1st mag. ; yellow ;|Highfield Ho.,|E. J. Lowe, Esq./MS. 
rapid from 6 Arcturi [ Bootis]} Nottingham. 
passing 1° N. of Arcturus, 
and fading away between 7 
and v [Bootis]. 
11» 26™ 30°. Small; moved 1° 
horizontally ; 3° above « Vir- 
ginis. 
11 33", = 2} 3 small train s|Ibid..,...+...«+s 
yellow ; slowly from « Ophi- 
uchi towards W., curving 
towards 8., through y Her- 
culis and y Serpentis. 
115 43", =2%; rapidly from|Ibid........ Seren AGS, <coageamnenaens 
Kochab, between Alioth and 
Weizar, and faded away near 
C.H. 120 Canis Venatici; 
path inclined about 50° to 
horizon ; left train of bright 
pale red sparks for 4 sec. 

















...A Correspondent: Bombay Times, 
July 11, 1849. 














ZAP ease 






30 we. 






no train; slowly from o? 
Cygni, down through y Cygni 
to y Equulei. 
115 26" p.m. Small; yellow ;|Ibid............. tenia iets alent 
slow; from e to x Draconis. 
1143™ p.m. Globe meteor=5|Ibid............. A. S. H. Lowe, 
times 2 ; nearly pale blue; Isq. 
conical ; slow,without sparks, 
from about 7 Pegasi; through 
a Andromedze to about @ 
Piscium. 
















red, with long train; rapid 
from w* Cygni to o! Cygni. 
115 40", =2nd mag.; Bote 
rapid; through $ and a 
Equulei. 




