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Direction or altitude. 



•om the line joining Polaris 

 and a, Persei to the body of 

 Ursa Major near a Ursse Ma 

 joris. 



rem Cassiopeia through Ce- 

 pheus to the head of Draco 



•om the northern meridian to. 

 wards a Ursae Majoris an up 

 ward motion. 



•om the tail of Ursa Major to- 

 wards Arcturus. 

 :om Polaris to /3 and y Ursae 

 Minoris. 

 •cm /5 and y Ursse Minoris to 

 ? Ursae Majoris. 

 ear the line joining s Cassio 

 peiae and a, Persei about 5° lie 

 low ( Cassiopeise towards the 

 star. 



etween t and s Cassiopeise up- 

 wards. 



bout 2° below or north of 

 Polaris towards Ursa Major. 



om Algol directly towards 

 the horizon. 



om Cassiopeia through Ce- 

 pheus to n and 6 Draconis. 



:ross a and y Ursae Majoris 



to Canes Venatici. 



■om y Cassiopeiae, between 



and /S Cassiopeia;, towards 



Cygnus. 



jst below a Persei downwards 

 rossed the line joining Cas- 

 siopeia and a, Persei. 

 . Camelopardalis, about 10° 



below Polaris towards Ursa 



Major. 



om ^ Ursse Majoris towards s 



Bootis. 



General remarks. 



Victoria Park, 

 London. 



Ibid., 



This star appeared 

 as if almost ap 

 proaching the 

 earth and quickly 

 separated into 



This meteor burst 

 and separated 

 into two portions, 

 thus — 



Serpentine path 



An instant after the 

 last. 



Curved path very 

 low in the atmo 

 sphere. 



Place. 



Ibid., 



Ibid.. 

 Ibid., 

 Ibid., 

 Ibid. 



Ibid., 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid, 



Ibid. 

 Ibid, 



Observer. 



W. R. Birt, Esq. 

 Id 



Id 



Id 



Id 



Id 



Id 



Id 



Id 



Id 



MS. communicated 

 to Prof. Powell. 

 See App. No. 3, 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Id. 



Id, 

 Id. 



Id, 

 Id, 



Id 



Id 



Reference. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



