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REPORT — 1855. 



Date. 



1854. 

 Oct. 3 



14 



22 



Dec. 10 



14 



1855 

 AprQ 18 



Aug. 12 



Hour. 



h m s 

 6 45 p.m. 



9 p.m. 



7 45 

 (g.m.t.) 



9 44 .... 

 10 5 .... 



8 58 

 (g.m.t.) 



10 14 ..., 



Appearance and 

 magnitude. 



Commenced as a 

 bright point ; in- 

 creased and burst. 



Like a rocket 



A large fire-ball about 

 i moon's diameter. 



Large meteor 



Large meteor 



Very bright meteor, 

 Venus, and as ■well 

 defined. 



Large meteor 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Middle of the 

 stream bright 

 white, each 

 edge deep 

 blue. 



Brilliant ... 



Intensely 

 bright, clear 

 and vivid 

 white, daz 

 zUng. 



White 



Whitish 



Steady light.. 



Reddish 



Train or sparks. 



Burst in a long stream of 

 light obUquely towards 



N. 



Long luminous train 



5 or 6 sees. 



Leaving scintillations or 

 sparks of a whitish red 

 colour on all sides. 



No train or sparks 

 Sparks 



No train 



Long and brilliant train of|Slow. 

 sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



About 6 or 7 sees. 



Rapid ; described I 

 path of about 30S 

 and exploded. 



Slow. 

 Slow. 



3 or 4 sees., mi 

 slowly and si 

 dily ; disappearef 

 instantaneously. 



s^ 



Luminous Meteors observed 1854-55, 



1854 

 Oct. 7 



Dec. 



10 

 12 

 1855. 

 Jan. 13 



17 



April 17 

 May 4 



8 45 p.m. 



11 20 p.m. 



8 5 p.m. 

 1 6 a.m. 



11 44 p.m. 



6 50 p.m. 



6 50 30 

 p.m. 



9 32 p.m. 



11 48 p.m. 



i size moou 



2nd mag.* 



2nd mag.* 

 2nd mag.* 



1st mag.*... 



1st mag.*.., 



2nd mag.* 



5th mag.* 



1st mag.*... 



Yellowish.. 



Orange-red 



Blue 



Red 



Colourless 



YeUow 



YeUow 



Colourless 



Yellow 



Long tail .•• 



Streak left 



Streak 



Streak 



Long streak 



Streak left 



Streak 



No tail 



TaU 



Rapid . 



Rapid . 



Rapid . 

 Rapid , 



H sec. . 



1 sec. , 



O'i sec. 



0-1 sec. 



Rapid . 



