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REPORT 1853. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance and 

 magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



1852. 

 Sept. 17 



18 



20 



h ni s 



7 54 30 



p.m. 



10 1 p.m. 



10 1 p.m. 



11 19 p.m. 

 8 55 p.m. 



8 58 40 

 p.m. 



9 10 45 

 p.m. 



9 25 57 

 p.m. 



9 26 p.m. 



9 27 46 



p.m. 

 9 32 40 



p.m. 



9 35 50 



p.m. 

 7 34 15 



p.m. 

 9 5 p.m. 



2nd mag. and very 

 bright. 



3rd mag. and as bright 

 as a star of the 2nd. 



Light orange. 



Train 



Orange. 



Long train 



3rd mag. 



Bluish, but not 

 very certain. 



2nd mag., 

 3rd mag. , 



2nd mag. , 



Red . 

 Blue. 



Train 



Train 

 Train 



2nd mag., 



As large as a tennis- 

 ball, and with a per- 

 fect disc. 



3rd mag. 



Very bright, 1st mag. 

 3rd mag 



Orange. 



Blue . 

 White . 



Yellow . 



Yellow . 

 Blue . 



Train ... 

 No train 



Train 



Train 



Thin train 



9 48 25 

 10 3 

 23 9 56 p.m. 



10 56 p.m. 



24 



3rd mag 



1st mag 



2nd mag 



4th mag 



2ce size of J/. 

 3rd mag 



3rd mag. 



7 20 50 

 p.m. 



Yellow 



Blue 



White 



Bluish 



Colour of Tf.. 

 Reddish .... 



Train 



Train yellow .. 



Long train 



Very thin train 



Long train 



Train 



The head was a splash 

 of flame, 4 times 

 the size of Mars. 



White 

 Red ... 



Moderate 



Moderate . 



Rather slow. 



Very slow . 

 Rapid 



Moderate 



Slow. 



Very slow, 

 about 3 sees, di 

 ration. 



Moderate 



Rapid .... 

 Moderate 



Slow 



Moderate .,,, 

 1 sec. duration. 

 Moderate .... 



Slowly 



Rather rapid . 



Short train Very rapid 



Long train with sparks . . . 



Rather rapid .. 



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