REPORT — 1853. 



Date. 



1852. 



Aug. 



10 



16 or 17 

 21 



Hour. 



h m s 



10 30 0... 



10 31 0... 



10 54 0... 



11 1 5... 

 11 3 0... 

 11 9 0... 



Appearance and 

 magnitude. 



= 2nd mag. 

 = 2nd mag. 



= 1st mag. 



= 4th mag. 

 = 2nd mag. 

 = lst mag. 



9 21 0... =4thmaK. 



9 24 40... 



9 36 0... 



9 38 10... 



9 40 0... 



9 48 0... 



9 58 10... 



9 58 12... 



10 5 30... 



10 33 0... 



10 50 0... 



10 57 30... 



9 40 0.. 



9 22 0.. 



9 41 0... 

 10 3.. 

 3 p.m. 



9 8 p.m. 



= 3rd mag - 



= 4th mag , 



= 4th mag 



= 4th mag , 



= 2nd mag 



= lst mag 



= 2nd mag 



= lst and 3rd mag..., 



= lst mag 



= 2nd mag 



larger than 1st mag. 



= lst mag 



= 4th mag 



= lst mag. 

 = 4th mag. 



Sharpwhistlingsound 

 No explosion. 



3rd mag 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Very brilliant 

 Blue 



Reddish 



Blue 



Very bright ... 

 Muchbrighter, 



Red 



Blue 



Red 



Red 



Bluish 



Blue 



Very brilliant , 



Blue 



Blue 



Very brilliant 



Bright 



Dazzling 



Very bright . . 

 Blue 



Blue. 

 Blue. 



A dark object 

 seen to fall. 



Yellow 



Train or sparks. 



Train vis. 7 seconds after 



meteor had disappeared 



Train , 



Train vis. 2^ seconds , 



Train 



Considerable train 



Small train 



Considerable train 



First left a train 



Train visible 13 seconds... 



Small train 



Train visible 41 seconds... 

 Train visible 6 seconds 



Traiu visible 8 seconds 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



2 seconds. 

 2 seconds. 



Slow. 



3 seconds 



2 seconds 



3 seconds 



1 second 



H sec 



2 seconds 



1 second 



2 seconds , 



2| seconds 



2^ seconds 



2 seconds 



3 and 1^ seconds. 



3 seconds.. 



2 seconds. 

 5 seconds. 



3 seconds. 

 3 seconds. 



2 J seconds 

 li second 



Very rapid 



