12 



REPORT — 1831. 



Date. 



1850. 

 August 6 



Hour. 



h m 

 2 10 a.m. 



2 11 a.m. 



2 15 a.m. 

 10 p.m. 

 10 22 p.m. 



10 36 p.m. 



10 33 p.m. 



10 41 30' 

 10 52 30' 

 10 56 30' 



10 20 p.m. 



11 15 p.m. 



From 

 9 30 p.m. 

 to 11 p.m. 

 9 45 p.m. 



9 48 30' 



9 49 p.m. 



9 50 p.m. 



9 57 p.m. 

 10 p.m. 



10 1 p.m. 



10 1 2' 



10 1 3' 



10 3 p.m. 



10 5 p.m. 



10 G p.m. 



10 8 p.m. 



10 10 p.m. 

 10 15 p.m. 



Appearance or 

 magnitude. 



2nd mag. 



2nd mag. 

 2nd mag. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



=to Sirius 



= to Arcturus =to Arcturus, 



= 3rd mag. 



= 3rd mag. 

 = 4th mag. 

 = 4lh mae. 



Cloudy ; no meteors 

 seen. 



40 shooting stars 



= 3rd mag. 

 -=4th maar. 



Much larger than Ve- 

 ga- 



Small 



= lst mag. 



Small 



Small 



Small 



= 2nd mag. 

 = 1st mag. 

 = 3rd map:. 



Small 



= 3rd mag. 

 = 4th mag. 



Verv brilliant. 



Red ... 

 White 



White 



Train or sparks. 



None 



Train 2 or 3 sees. 



None 2 or 3 sees. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



2 or 3 sees. 



Train of light which linger- , 



ed for 20 sees, in the sky. 

 Brilliant train of 15° in Duration 4 sees. 



length. 



Train 



Train 



Left a visible train 



Train 



Train of light visible for 

 some seconds. 



Train 



Duration 1^-5 



1 sec. over 15° 



space. 

 Quick ..,...., 



Quick 



Less than 1 sec. 



Time 1 sec. ., 



Motion at first si 

 and waved ; du 

 tion 2 sees. 



Time i sec. 

 Time 1 sec. 

 Time -J sec. 

 Time -J- sec. 



Instantaneous , 

 Time 2 sees. 



