made at Cambridge, on and near the 13th of November last. . 
BS Eight members of the senior class, Messrs. Hale, Hurd, Adams, 
: Longfellow, Chase, Channing, Morison, and Parker, undertook 
the labor of watching. Their stations were taken together out 
in an open field: the heavens were divided into quarters, and two 
observers stationed at each quarter. All of the observers were 
out the whole time, from midnight till morning. A condensed 
table of the: meteors seen ‘by them i is contained below. 
: See 
j Pena _ November 12th, 1838. =A 
. * Hours of observation. [Szaztert ss “.; ay eed 5 a at Sum. | 
| |From 12 till 1 A.M. 6 2 1 2 11 
he Es 4 | 4 10 Q7 | 
q fo B= 2. 18 10 8 11 AT 
= sire. 13 .|. 16 10 14 53. 
ae = Tae CT Ses mt ae ee a 
, Sg Se : re ne ses Me © 
‘ Total, 60 1..65 1, 317 51 +} 199 
: Nore. —After 50 ‘clock there were: only two ‘observers 
November 13th. 
4 - Hours of observation. _ 25 = = 9 a = re Sum. 
From 12 till 1 A. M. 6 y Ae ere x's 24 
Ss cigh ron apt = 12 : il cag ome. ore ee Brad 
a 2S (AR Sey "2 ae 
o- p—a tl 5 4 6 26 
3 LS, Soe ua, al 7° o 3 | ° 20 
: — Total, | ‘a, ot. ig | oa Pe 
: - November 14th. 
: esac observation. : er as a ——} Sumi 
From 1 till Te A. M 6 3 1 12 
: 16 22 13 15 66 
, e.3— us " ~). oe 21 25 11 80 
4 * 14 18 15 16 63 
: “6 — 5h. 20m.“ 3 8 0 1 12 
s “2 Total, 62 72 55 44 | 233 
An attempt was made to watch again on the morning of No- 
vember 23d, but the clouds partially prevented. The observa- 
tions this morning were not commenced till Ih. 20m. -At half 
