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REPORT — 1853. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance 

 aud magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



1852. 

 Oct. 12 



h m s 

 8 40 p.m. 



Fine globular meteor. 



18 

 20 

 23 



Nov. 3 



8 42 p.m. 



6 58 p.m. 

 21 a.m. 



7 6 5 

 p.m. 



7 21 45 

 p.m. 



7 31 21 

 p.m. 



7 9 58 



p.m. 

 6 7 30 



p.m. 



9 22 10 

 p.m. 



9 44 p.m. 



6 11 44 

 p.m. 



6 18 44 



p.m. 

 6 22 35 



p.m. 



9 8 47 



p.m. 

 9 11 57 



p.m. 

 9 15 7 



p.m. 

 9 21 8 



p.m. 



9 23 38 

 p.m. 



10 5 9 

 p.m. 



Small 



Gradually in- 

 creasing in 

 size and bril- 

 liancy from 

 a point till 

 = v., and 

 of greater 

 brightness. 

 White tin- 

 ged with yel- 

 low. 



Blue 



Motion slow .„ti 



1st mag. 

 1st mag. 



3rd mag., but as 

 bright as a star of 

 the 1st. 



3rd mag 



As large as Mars, and 

 even rather larger. 



1st mag. 

 1st mag. 

 1st mag. 

 1st mag. 

 3rd mag. 



Orange. 

 Blue . 

 Yellow . 

 Blue . 



Instantaneous flash. 



.A 



Long blue beaded train 

 which gradually disap- 

 peared. 



Train 



The same co- 

 lour as Mars 



WTiite .. 

 White .. 

 Orange.. 



Red 



Reddish 



Train of small blue beads, 



A continuous train 2' 

 length, and of the same 

 colour as Mars. 



No train 



Moderate . 



Slow 



Slow 



1st mag. . 

 2nd mag. . 



2ud mag. , 

 1st mag. , 

 1st mag. . 

 1st mag. , 



1st mag. 

 3rd mag. 



Long beaded train 



Train 



Train 



Train 



Yellow . 

 Orange . 



No train 

 Train ... 



Deep orange.. 



Yellow 



Orange 



YeUow 



Red . 

 Blue 



Slow 



Slow 



Rapid 



Slow 



Slow 



Moderate 



Very slow. 

 Moderate 



Long train 



Train 



Train 



Train ... 

 No train 



Slow... 

 Slow... 

 Rapid 

 Slow... 



Slow.., 

 Rapid 



