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REPORT — 1831. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance or 

 magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



1850 



Nov. 28 



Dec. 



29 



30 



h m 



9 38 p.m. 



9 43 p.m. 



9 47 p.m. 



10 10 p.m. 

 10 30 p.m. 



7 30 p.m. 



7 45 p.m. 



8 43 p.m. 



9 p.m. 



10 35 p.m. 

 (g.m.t.) 



11 30 p.m. 



5 a.m. 



= 4th mag. 

 = 5th mag. 



=3rd mag. 



4 times size of Jupiter 

 Large meteor 



Colour of Ju- 

 piter. 



Very large 



Very large 



Meteor bright = twice 

 ?• 



White or 

 bluish. 



Fine meteor. 



Fine meteor. 

 = 4th mag. . 



Large 



Blue. 



Blue.... 

 YeUow 



Fully = i diara. of C, 

 or 10' of arc. 



Very bright, 

 seen in- 

 doors with 

 candles. 



Most dazzling 



Bright 

 Large 



Very bright, 

 seen in- 

 doors with 

 candles. 



9 33 p.m. 

 11 50 p.m. 



Large 



= 3rd mag. . 



Large 



About = $ 



Blue . 



Train 5° long 



Over 6° in less } 

 Over 10° in 1 s 



Over 10° in 2 s 



Veiy slowly.. r, 



Train of light 



Train of light 



Left brilliant ; train visible 

 through whole track for 

 C sees. : no explosion. 



Long light tail, visible for 

 some time. 



Ditto 



Slight taU 



Velocitv model 



Rapid 



A glow of light continued, 

 after the meteor had 

 vanished, for some little 

 time. 



Heard to explode 



Either statio 

 or else appni 

 ingmeinastr I 

 line some 4 

 sees., and a i 

 time shone i 

 from behii 

 cloud. 



Over 10° in 1 1 



Duration 3 S6 

 Little train Velocity mod 



