REPORT — 1851. 



Table I,— Catalogue of Luminous Meteors prior to 



Date. 



1848 

 Jan. 2, 3 



Hour. 



h m 



6 a.m. 

 15 a.m. 



Appearance or 

 magnitude. 



Extraordinarynumber 

 of falling stars. 



Many falling stars 

 Igneous globe 



21 Igneous globe 



Mar.27 & 



29. 

 April 27 

 May 2 

 24 



June 21 

 July6,24, 

 27-31 

 22,23 

 29 



Aug. 



5,6,9,10 



6 30 p.m. 



Superb bolide 



Many falling stars 



From 



10 7 p.m. 

 to 



12 7 p.m. 



From 



9 52 p.m. 



to 



11 58 p.m. 



Brigbtness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



Many falling stars 

 Large falling stars 



Superb bolide 



Many falling stars 

 Many falling stars 



Many falling stars 

 101 in two hours.., 



104 



10 



28 

 Sept, 4 



4,5 



30 



Oct. 20 



22, 23, 25 



22,23 



Nov. 5, 6 



12 



From 



10 21 p.m. 



to 



11 5 p.m. 

 From 



2 35 a.m. 



to 



3 8 a.m. 



[of falling stars 

 Extraordinary number 



6 large. 



8 11 p.m. 



9 p.m. 



Many large 



Superb bolide 



Vivid ball of fire. 



Same evening many 



falling stars. 



Considerable number 



From 



5 47 p.m. 



to 



6 43 p.m. 



Many falling stars 

 Many 



Brigbtness = 

 full moon, 

 rather lurid, 



Train 



Lasted 3 or 4 sees. . . 



When first seen was just 

 bursting in half; scat 

 tered sparks in all direc- 

 tions, of various sizes 

 one mass, nearly ^ of 

 whole, fell rapidly to 

 wards S. After falUng 

 25° burst and dissipated. 



About 3 mins. 

 gether. 



Considerable number. 

 Numerous 



13. 



