

28 REPORT— 1849. 
Date. Description. Place. Observer. Reference. 
1849. 
Aug. 10...... Small meteor, from 1° or 2° E.|BethnalGreen,|W. R. Birt, Esq. |Appendix, No. 18. 
of Polaris, downwards. London. 
Small; rapid; very obliquely|[bid............. |S bperpodtriggrt- con Ibid. 
across the line joining « and 
B Pegasi. 
Small ; near head of Capricorn ;|[bid.....++...... Lilo senvessstrereas Ibid. 
direction S.W. 
9"55™ (?) Rather large; from N.|[bid............. LGB Be paaaattepdice Ibid. 
of Cassiopeia to a little N. 0 
Cygnus; train of reddish 
sparks ; brightest at mid. part. 
10°5™(?) Very large and bright ;|Ibid..,...+.....- Tae seaese anereeas Ibid. 
from below Ursa Major to S. 
of Corona Borealis; reddish 
train. 
— Small, but bright ; through)Ibid.......... seelltl:  cceasssusc ounces Ibid. 
Polaris. 
— Globular meteor = 2 ; red-|Ibid......0...++: fa oe ae Ibid. 
dish; slow; through y Pegasi; 
increased in brightness. 
Another, exactly similar,|Tbid.........++++ Was Teneercuas aise Ibid. 
after about one minute, in 
prolongation of same path. 
From 9" 19™ to 104 cng fifty- Castle Doning- W. H. Leeson, Communicated by 
five shooting stars were ob-| ton, Leices-| Esq. Mr. Lowe. 
served in such rapid suc-| tershire, lat. 
cession that it was found im-| 52° 51’ 
possible to note the exact) 23/75 N.; 
positions of the whole of| long. 1° 18’ 
them. Occasionally they} 42” W. 
much resembled a shower of 
rockets, shooting in all pos- 
sible directions. The follow- 
ing are the chief :— 
gh 55™, = Altair; very brilliant ;|[bid.....csseees-|Ld.  cesseseeesneees Ibid. 
rather slow; from y Aquile 
to 2 Delphini; train visible 
2 seconds. 7 
108 1™. Somewhat quicker; nojIbid...... a ienea 1 Blah ess rE: Tbid. 
train; from o Herculis to a 
little above 7 Lyre. 
10" 10™. Two together; onej[bid.,........... 1 i Maer REA eR 
much brighter than the 
other; moved uniformly down 
the Milky Way from « Cygni 
to a and y Sagitte; the 
brighter appeared to ter- 
minate its course in a zigzag 
form, leaving a small train; 
the other none. 
10% 11™. Very brilliant ;>-Ist|IDid.....cesseeee(Td. .eeseeeeseeeeee Ibid. 
mag. ; from Polaris to x Ser- 
pentis; train visible 3 secs. ; 
rapid; bluish white; cast a 
visible shadow. 
108 12™, Brighter than IstiIbid..........++ TO! 20 2e .tevscees| UDG 
mag.; rather slow; from 
Deneb to a Lyre. 
10° 15™. Bright ; straw-colour ;|Ibid......,...+. Me Va Seep cect es ee? LOC 
rather slow; from Deneb to 
Z Lyre. 

