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REPORT— 1851. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance or 

 magnitude. 



Briglituess 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



1850 

 Aug. 29 



h m 

 10 7 p.m. 



Greater than 2nd mag. 

 star. 



Blue. 



30 



Sept. 1 



10 7 30* 

 10 39 p.m. 



10 40 30' 

 9 5 p.m. 



Evening; 

 twilight 

 immediate 

 ly after. 



■=3rd mag 



= to Saturn ... 



10 11 12' 



10 20 p.m. 



11 13 p.m. 



11 16 p.m. 

 11 17 p.m. 



9 6-43 



= to Sirius . 

 = 4th mag. , 



= 4th maff. 



9 33 p.m. 

 11 p.m. 



c=2nd mag. 



= Gth mag. 



= 6th mag. 

 = 6th mate. 



= to V-. 



= 2nd mag. 



Slight tail Duration 1 sec. 



Curious path of a meteor. 



Blue.... 

 Yellow. 



Train of sparks 



Red 



YeUow . 



No tail . 



Left streamers... 

 Itself as a spark 



Very rapid .>..i 

 Duration i sec. 



1 sec. 



1 sec. 



Nearly a: 

 bright as 2/.; 

 white. 



Train of 5° to 6° in length 



As a spark 

 As a spark 



Duration 1 sec. 



Almost instanta 



ous. 

 Instantaneous . 

 Instantaneous 



Duration 2 sees 



Train 15° long 



Over 18° in 3 I 





