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REPORT — 1851. 



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Date. 



1850, 

 Sept. 10 



12 



21 



Hour. 



h m 



9 35 p.m. 



8 31 p.m. 

 12 6 p.m. 



9 31 p.m. 



Small 



10 4 p.m. 



10 18 30' 



Oct. 



9 30 p.m. 

 10 45 p.m. 



8 10 p.m, 



9 40 p.m. 



9 40 r 



9 48 p.m. 



9 50 p.m. 



10 3 p.m. 



Between 



9 10 p.m. 



and 

 9 30 p.m. 



Appearance or 

 masnitude. 



= 2nd mag. 

 = 3rd mag. 

 = lst mag. 



Gradually increased 

 till it was 6' in diam 



Briglitness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Train 



Blue. 



Train 7° long 

 Streamers .. 



iUso in bright, 

 ness until 

 brighter than 

 Venus when 

 she is bright 

 est ; colour 

 bluish, at first 

 pale, but he- 

 came gradu- 

 ally deeper 

 blue. 



Left a straight line of 

 sparks ; it threw off a 

 quantity of sparks on 

 bm'sting. 



[ness. 

 = to Capella in bright- 

 Large 



= 1st mag. 

 = 3rd mag. 



Colourless 

 Bright 



= 3rd mas. 



= 1st mag. 



Small 



3rd mag. 

 Ordinary . ■ . 



Instantaneous , 



Over 15° inl'Ssf 



Rapid 



Over 25° in 4 set 



Left a train of light 40° in 

 length. 



Very bright . 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



Moved very slov 

 and rather it 

 gularly ; pass 

 over 7° in 6 se 



Slowly 



Very rapid 



Very rapid 



Slow. 

 Slow. 



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