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prec. 7 Arietis, in a line parallel to « and y. Very unequal. 
L. p.r.3S.d. Dist. 81. Pos. 55°-7 s, following.” 
M.75.) Piazzi anonymous, 
P. 1. 12.) Piazzi anonymous. Lalande calls it 18 Arietis, and 
it is presumed to be the star whose brightness Sir W. Her- 
schel has estimated by that appellation. In this case the 
Brit. Cat. requires —2’ in R.A. and —6’ in Declination. 
19 Arietis.) The R.A. in Mayer, 78, requires —1°, 
24 and 25 Arietis.) Between these, according to Bode, are three 
stars, one of which is double. These can be no other than 
82, 83, 85, of Piazzi, the latter is C. H. 330. 25 Arietis 
has a proper motion of —0’-18 both in R.A. and Declina- 
tion. 
B.389 Ceti.) Is C. H. 187. The position is from Lalande. 
P. 11. 96, or B. f. Arietis.) Double, Hers. M.S. Sept. 1784. 
78 » Ceti.) Proper motion —9"17 in R.A. 
30 Arietis.) Double. Hers. V. 49, Preceding star, 6 mag. 126 
of Piazzi, who makes the diff. of R.A. —48”0 and of Decl. 
+09. Bradley, diff. R.A. —42”8, Proper motion of 
the following star +0’-17 in R.A. « Nearly equal. Distance 
311 inaccurate.” 
31 Arietis.) Piazzi anonymous. Pr, motion in R.A. +028. 
*,.* The remainder of the Notes tot his portion, and a List of 
such stars of Wollaston’s Catalogue as are not contained in this 
Catalogue, with the reasons for their omission, wil! be given with 
the next portion. 
— Eee 
XXVIII. On the Appearance of Meteors as Prognostics of Wind 
and Rain. By Dr.W. Burney. 
To Dr. Tilloch. 
Gosport Observatory, Aug. 13, 1821. 
Sir, — I HEREWITH send you the inclosed meteoric observa- 
tions made here, which will be found to illustrate many pojnts ad- 
vanced merely upon supposition in my article on Meteors in your ~ 
last Number ; particularly in respect to the little effect the light 
afforded by the Moon in her second quarter has at this time of 
the year; or that of Jupiter, in obscuring the small and second- 
sized meteors. I also send you the barometrical observations 
made this day at the proposed hours, and am, sir, 
Yours truly, 
WiLLiaAM Burney. 
July 12th 1821, Ata quarter past 9 P.M. a light red meteor 
of a large size, and of a spheroidal shape, appeared in its 
course from the zenith towards the North: its track, which 
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