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REPORT — 1851. 



Date. 



Hour, 



Appearance or 

 Magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or ^ 

 duration. 



1851. 

 April 27 



29 

 May 8 



28 



h ni 

 10 5 p.m. 



10 10p.m. ± 



(g.m.t.) 

 10 30 p.m. 



10 p.m. 

 10 20 p.m. 



10 18 30' 



BrOliant 



Large meteor, pear 



shaped. 

 Large as a cricket-ball 



[" 



Small 



Large meteor 



29 10 3 p.m. 



31 



June 2 

 20 

 22 



26 



July 2 



Like a ball out 

 of a Roman 

 candle. 



Brightness = 



morn, nearly. 



Light = C ..- 



= 2nd mag. star 



Large meteor 



10 40p.m. ± 

 (g.m.t.) 



10 35p.m. ± 

 (g.m.t.) 



U 30 p.m. 



9 30 p.m. 



11 p.m. 

 9 40 p.m. 



9 35p.m. ± 

 (g.m.t.) 



9 35p.ra.± 

 (g.m.t.) 



= 4th mag 



=4th mag 



Large fire-ball... 

 Ball nearly = J 



Brilliant fire-ball.. 

 = lst or 2nd mag. 



= 2nd mag. 

 = 2iid mag. 



•t"- 



No train 



3 sees. 



Large stream of fire 



30 sees. 



Brilliant and 

 white. 



= 2nd mag.; 

 colour 

 white. 



None 



White 



Red 



Whitish red ; 

 appeared 

 near. 



Behind it left a streak, 

 which disappeared al- 

 most instantaneously. 



Rapid 



Duration 3 sees. 



t' 



None 



Rapid 



No train 



Leaving a thread of light.. 



Waving luminous streaks 

 remained after disap- 

 pearance. 



Stream 60° long 



Continuous train of light. 



Scintillation. 



3 or 4 min. ; dii 

 pated slowly, 

 7 minutes .... 



Slowly; 1 sec. 



