24 
Date. 
1849. 
Aug. 3... 
6 eee 
Cf COE 
eho 
Oieeasas 
REPORT—1849. 
Description. 
ee 
10", = 21; pale; from x Cassio- 
peiz to 6 Persei. 
rapid; from @ Aquile to a 
Ophiuchi. 
meteor=5 or 6 times Vega; 
estimated to fall from near 
6 Cygni to 5°W. of B Aquarii ; 
there extinguished, leaving 
sparks,which vanished a little 
below the same point. 
Polaris, in the direction o 
© Urs. Maj.; lost behind 
buildings. 
9h 30™. A globe meteor= 2 ; 
purple; no train or sparks; 
slow ; from ¢ Cygni through 
f and g Pegasi; several 
small, 
with sparks; from £6 Persei to 
y Trianguli. 
9h 52™. Small; yellow; rapid ; 
from close above y Lyrz to Z 
Herculis,leavingaline oflight. 
96 57™, Small; yellow, with 
sparks ; swift ; from ¢ Cassio- 
peie to H 4 Camelopardalis. 
105 16". A splendid meteor, 
> 2 X Ist mag.; orange- 
red, with a train of sparks 
and conical head; slow; 
horizontally; from Z Bootis, 
passing 1° below Arcturus ; 
disappeared for about 1 sec., 
then continued in same track 
for about 13°. 
105 19™.=2nd mag. ; orange- 
red; no tail; rapid ; from 30’ 
above « Urs, Maj. through 
y Urs. Maj. 
56 Cygni to 11 Vulpecule. 
9h 20™ p.m. Small; no train; 
rather slow; from Z Lyrz to 
109 Herculis. 
larger than @ Lyre; from 
near the small star » Tauri 
Ponictowski to 17 Lyre; 
train remained visible about 
2% secs. 
9h 25™, Small; slow; no train ; 
from 106 Herculis to « Lyre. 
128 0™. Yellow; =2nd mag.; 
very rapid; no tail; from H 
15 Urs. Maj. to p Urs. Maj. 
From 95 to 115. Six small me- 
teors; direction S. and S.W. 
Observer. 
Highfield Ho.,|A. S. H. Lowe, 
Esq. 
Reference. 
E. J. Lowe, Esq.|Ibid. 
8 35™ p.m. (twilight). A bright/Rosehill, near |Rev. J. Slatter... 
Oxford. 

TDIGseses.esoes 
IDid....0seseeess 
Castle Doning- 
ton, Leices- 
tershire. 
Nottingham. 
Gosport 
MS. Letter. 
Appendix, No. 
13. 
Communicated by 
Mr. Lowe. 
H. Burney, Esq. |Communicated by 
Mr. Lowe. 

