24 



BEPOBT — 1851. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance or 

 maRnitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



1850. 

 Oct. 1 



h m 

 9 ii 3' 



Asa spark , but = to 2^ . 



Orange. 



No tail 



Duration } sec. 



5 C 30 p.m. 

 6 45 p.m. 



Same size 



Nov. ] 



7 p.m. 



7 35 p.m. 



7 40 p.m. 

 10 10 p.m. 

 10 15 p.m. 

 10 28 p.m. 



10 40 p.m. 

 10 15 p.m. 

 9 30 p.m. 

 (g.m.t.) 

 10 30 p.m. 

 10 45 p.m. 



9 45 p.m. 

 9 23 p.m. 



10 p.m. 

 6 p.m. 



11 5 p.m. 



Small 



= 3rd mag. 

 = 3rd mag. 



Small 



Small 



= 3rd mag. 



= 3rd mag. 



Two 



Small , 



Small 



Larger than a cricket- 

 ball [?]. 



Several shooting stars 



Blue, very 

 bright. 



= 2nd mag. 



Four. 



Small 



Brilliant meteoric ball 



Rapid 



Rather slow. 

 Rapid 



Over 10° in 1-3 s< 

 Over 8° in 1 sec» 



Two or three sec 



A well-marked line of liffht Slow 



= 2nd mag. 



7 50 p.m. 



One as large as Venus 



Threwthestars Burst with various colours 



into shade. 



Blue. 



iReddish 



9 26 p.m. 

 7 20 p.m. 



6 20 p.m. 

 6 25 p.m. 

 6 35 p.m. 

 6 38 p.m. 



6 51 p.m. 



= 3rd mag. 



.Vs a spark, appearing 

 to be quite low in 

 the air. 



Left a mass of light ; blue 



Long tail of light, and 

 sparks. 



Yellow , 



Small 



Small 



= 3rd mag. ... 

 Very brilliant 



= 3rd ma?;. ... 



No accompaniment 



Over 20° in 3 se< 

 Short 



Instantaneous ... 

 Duration i sec. 



Duration 3 sees. 



Over 15° in 2 se 

 Duration 1 sec. 



Train 



Time 1 sec. 



Rapid 



Rapid 



Rapid 



Slow. 



