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Date. Description. Place. Observer. Reference. 
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1849. 
Aug. 10....../10 21”. Brilliant ; from Deneb|CastleDoning-|W. H. Leeson, |Communicated by 
to Aldebaran. ton, &c. &e.| Esq. Mr. Lowe. 
10 23". Two togethef; onelIbid............. ldiey saves Rah veut Ibid. 
F from near y Cygni to 7? 
Cygni, crossed the path o 
the other at right angles, 
justbelowDeneb; both= 2nd 
mag. ; slow. 
108 24". 4 stream of meteors|Ibid........ manne Eon Coot cht acee os dat Ibid. 
in parallel lines; from y 
Cephei to 6 Cassiopeiz, about 
30’ apart; slow. 
10% 26%. Very light; seen/Tbid........1+0-/[d. sessseeesees .».|Ibid. 
through thin clouds; down 
the Milky Way from Deneb 
to midway between 6 Cygni 
and 6 Vulpecule; train 
visible 3 secs. 
105 30".=3rd mag.; no train ;|Ibid...,.,. .... ten anetneeenade nas Ibid. 
from 6 Cassiopeiz to Schedri. 3 
10" 31". Very brilliant; from|Ibid............. Wee cccacene sesame Ibid. 
€ Cygni to @ Lyre; train 
visible through thin clouds. ' 
105 33™. Large, but obscured|[bid....ce..s000-[Ld+ serseeerereeees[Lbid. 
by clouds, from 4° beyond 
Polaris to y Urs. Min. 
% After this cloudy. 
‘ Bei vae|OWCHCASE cenncaposanadsedasnn mh ta TDG panae sna Td. seesssseeeneess Ibid. 
1 104, =1st mag. ; yellow; rapid Highfield Ho.,|E. J. Lowe, Esq.|MS. 
from 7 Pegasi to about 1° Nottingham. 
above, and thence to£ Pegasi; 
left streak. 
11> 1™,=2nd mag.; yellow;|[bid.........000 [Ld seseseoeeeeeeef Ibid. 
tail; rapid; from y Sagittz 
through y Aquilz to between 
o and pw Aquilz. Much vivid 
lightning in S. 
Cloudy ; coruscations over N.|Oxford.........,|Prof. Powell. 
and W. horizon. 
12 ......{10" 9", Small; from Via Lactea|Highfield Ho.,|E. J. Lowe, Esq.|MS. 
close to Delphinus, upwards Nottingham. 
to « Cygni. 
108 10”. a mag.; yellow ;|Ibid............. Td. ...seseeeeeeeee| Ibid. 
4 rapid ; tail; from ¢ ‘Pegasi to 
a y Aquarii. 
; 10m 13, Small; from CoronalIbid........0026.[[ds ...ssseeevee ++{[bid. 
Borealis to A Serpentis. 
105 14°.= Ist mag.; yellow;|Ibid............. LG SRE a EC Ibid. 
tail; rapid; from e Dra- 
Kt conis to A Corona Borealis. 
105 16™. Small; from g Dra-|Ibid.....ssccs00-[LGe csessrasesenees Ibid. 
conis to 7 Corona Borealis. 
105 20™. Small ; rapid ; from 76\Ibid............- 116 (ea espe erie Ibid. 
Urs. Maj. through \ Bootis. 
r 108 21™, =Ist mag.; yellow;|Ibid............. Id. ...+0 seseeeees Did. 
; no tail; rapid; from Vega 
j through 110 and 111 Her- 
1 ¥. culis. 
i 104 22™. Small; rapid ; no tail ;|[bid.........000{[d.  sse.seeeeeeee-{LDid. 
from yx Urs. Majoris to 
Arcturus. 

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