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REPORT — 1853. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance and 

 magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or i 

 duratiou. i 



-4 



1852. 

 Sept. 25 



h m s 

 8 35 p.m. 



29 



Oct. 5 



11 22 58 

 p.m. 



9 11 4 



p.m. 

 10 32 p.m. 



7 48 p.m. 



7 36 34 

 p.m. 



8 9 17 

 p.m. 



12 



8 22 31 

 p.m. 



10 42 26 

 p.m. 

 8 22 p.m. 



8 26 



Large meteor 



Reddish 



Slow 



Larger than a star of Orange, 

 the 1st mag., and 

 as bright as Capella. 



3rd mag. 

 1st mag. 



2Dd mag, 

 2nd mag, 



2nd mag.; it increased 

 from the 2nd to the 

 1st mag. 



1st mag 



1st mag 



Small, 3rd mag, 

 2nd mag 



Light blue . . . 

 Deep orange .. 



Orange red . . . 

 Yellow 



White 



Long red beaded train, in 

 the shape of a double 

 convex lens, or having a 

 lenticular form. 



Train 



Beaded train 



Very long beaded train 

 Train 



No train 



Rather slow.i...r> 



Rapid .... 

 Slow 



Moderate 

 Moderate 



Slow 



Yellow . 



Short train 



Moderate 



Red 



Beaded train 



Slow 



Blue 



Blue ; increa- Train of sparks emanated 

 sed in bril-l when at its greatest bril 

 liancy from bancy. 

 a point. 



Train soon vaul 

 ed, and met 

 diminished t( 

 point and dis 

 peared- 



