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REPORT 1851. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance or 

 magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



1851. 

 Jan. 5 



10 



h m 



7 39 p.m. 



8 9 a.m. 



= 5th mag. 



Over 3° in less 

 isec. 



Seen in bright sun- 

 shine. 

 = 9 



Brilliant co- 

 loured ball. 

 Red 



27 

 31 



Feb. 3 



4 

 6 

 8 



16 

 24 

 .Mar. 11 



3 15 p.m. 



10 23 p.m. 

 10 28 p.m. 



10 13 p.m. 

 (g.m.t.) 



13 7 p.m. 

 10 15 p.m. 



10 40 p.m. 



9 p.m. 



10 39 p.m. 

 (g.m.t.) 



7 30 p.m. 



10 p.m. 



Daybreak.. 



A.pril 



10 30 p.m. 

 8 p.m. 

 8 26 p.m. 



7 45 p.m. 



9 5r 



Grantham 



Time. 



= 2$ 



= 4th mag. 

 :1st mag. 



Yellow . 

 Blue.... 



Burst into numberless 

 sparks. 



Train of crimson sparks 

 vanished ; no explo- 

 sion. 



Long white train ; no ex- 

 plosion. 



No tail 



Pale train 



= 3rd mag. 



No train 



= 2nd mag. 

 = 2nd mag. 



Red .... 

 YeUow . 

 Yellow . 



Train 



= to Venus 

 = to Sirius 

 »Sirius ... 



Pale colour 

 Yellow 



No tail... 

 No tail... 

 No train 



Night 



= V- 



Brilliant, full 



Violet train . 



Train 



Small 



Small, spark-Fike. 

 Large 



3rd mag. 



As bright as S 

 Leonis, and 

 of a dull red. 



Bright and 

 white. 



Train of light 



Brilliatit 



None 



=to2^. 



As bright asiTrain of light 

 li- , rather 

 more blue. 



Rapid 

 Rapid 



Duration ^ sec 

 Duration 0-5 1 



Slowly 

 Rapid 

 1 sec. 



Loud noise, a) 

 ed close. 



Duration 2 si 



Rather slow. 



Duration ui 

 sees. 





