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REPORT — 1851. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance or 

 maartiitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or ;■ 

 duration. |, 



1850. 

 Nov. 2 



h m 

 6 54 p.m 



6 58 p.m. 



7 



SmaU 



Small 



p.m. I Intensely bright, and 

 large meteor. 



9 35 p.m. 



9 57 p.m. 

 10 p.m. 



8 p.m. 



14 



5 50 p.m. 



5 45 p.m. 



6 12 p.m. 



7 5 p.m. 

 5 to 6 a.m 



5 45 a.m. 

 5 to 6 a.m.? 



10 55 p.m. 



= 3rd mag. 



= 4th mag. 

 = 3rd mag. , 



iVfter bursting, a streak of 

 light remained for about 

 20 minutes, 10° or 12° 

 in length, with a bright 

 nucleus at one end, like 

 a comet; decreased in 

 length and vanished. 



Train 



Slow 



Slow 

 Shot 



N 



rapidly fi 

 " to S.E. 



,W. 



frain 



about 3 sees. ; 

 noise. 



Over 9° in 1'5 8 



Over 10° in 1 se 

 Over 6° in 3 sec 



Visible 10 sees, 

 last suddenly 

 appeared. 



Dm-ation 1 scci 



Larger than ? IBright and 



bluish. 

 Large 



No explosion 



About = ? Bright yellow, 



38 meteors (only a Light on com 



portion of the sky 



visible). 



Brilliant meteor 



16 small meteors 



3 times larger than 

 Saturn. 



bustion ; 

 seemed to 

 increase as 

 they de- 

 scended. 

 = twice 'if- ,, 



Disappeared with faint ex- 

 plosion. 



Tail 3° long ; lijf^ht became 

 pale red and then dis 

 appeared. 



About 6 sees. 



Disappeared ; no explosion 



Yellow . 



Shght taU 



Rapid 



* Mr, Leeson gives g,m.t. His lat, and long, a 



