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taken by estimation by daylight, with the aid of a theodolite ; and 

 the compass-bearing of the meteor, when first seen, ascertained in 

 the same way, must have been 47° W. of N. When it bore 29° 

 E. of magnetic north, it was observed to have divided into two, the 

 one part following the other at some distance ; and I soon after lost 

 sight of it in the obscurity of the smoke of the town. When it split, 

 its altitude was estimated at 6°. It thus described an arc of no less 

 than 76°, in doing which it occupied, as I roughly estimated, about 

 15 seconds, or possibly more. 



" Having sent a short notice of the appearance of the meteor to the 

 Courant newspaper, I i-eceived from many quarters accounts of its 

 having been seen under circumstances remarkably similar to those 

 just described. I believe that nearly forty communications on the 

 subject have reached me from places included between Longford, 

 in the centre of Ireland, to near Bervie, in Kincardineshire, a dis- 

 tance of above 300 miles, in a direction neai'ly NE. and SW., 

 whilst in a perpendicular direction, or from NW. to SE, the range 

 of observation has been comparatively small ; for I have received no 

 information from beyond Renfrew, in the one direction, and Durham 

 in the other ; being about 140 miles distant in a straight line. The 

 meteor was seen at Longford, in Ireland, 74 miles west of Dublin, 

 but not in Dublin itself. It was seen at Belfast, between Carlisle 

 and Gretna at Stewarton in Ayrshire, at Johnstone, at Paisley, 

 Renfrew, and by many persons in Glasgow and the neighbourhood. 

 It was also generally seen in Edinburgh, in East Lothian, near 

 Melrose, and at Durham, as already mentioned. Further north, I 

 have received accounts from Crail, St Andrews, Dundee, Perth, and 

 .Tohnshaven to the north of Montrose. 



" The greater number of these communications concur in estimating 

 the direction of the motion of the meteor to have been from SW. to 

 NE., although, as might be expected, they vary excessively as to 

 its distance and magnitude ; being described by some persons as 

 only 50 or 100 yards off, and as large as the moon ; by others, as 

 a ball of 9 inches in diameter, or the size of a large egg. One per- 

 son only professes to have heard a sound. The time during which 

 it was seen was variously estimated. At Longford, by Mr Curtis, 20 

 sec. ; at Glasgow, by Mr Stevenson, at 20 sec. ; at Johnstone, by 

 Mr Cunningham, 15 sec. ; at Perth, 15 or 20 sec. ; at Durham, by 

 Mr Carrington, 30 sec. ; at St Andrews, 15 seconds according to one 



