362 Shooting Stars of December 7, 1838. 
vember,* added strength to my hopes. On the other hand, my 
confidence in the return of the display was somewhat shaken by 
the apparent absence of any other records of unusual meteoric 
appearances at this season. A very extensive search will probably 
bring some such to light, but if it should not, it will at least prove 
anew, how easily a phenomenon of this kind, when not specially 
watched, may pass unnoticed. However, the chance of a re- 
discovery of this long-lost shower, induced me to request several 
friends in various places, who had previously obliged me in a simi- 
lar way, to keep up a vigilant watch at this season. Few returns 
have yet been received, and from some of the distant observers, 
they can not be expeeted under many months. The observations 
made in this city show conclusively that the number of meteors 
visible here about the 7th of December, 1838, was for sever 
hours, from‘six to eight times beyond the average. Those de- 
tailed in the following table, were made here by Messrs. C. P. 
Bush, A. B. Haile, J. D. Whitney, B. Silliman, Jr., and myself. 
They comprise, with one exception, every favorable evening 
from the 4th to the 15th, inclusive. 
L Observations on Shooting aes made at New Haven, Conn. 
ecember, 1838. 
; ; ‘Quarters of th e|No. of mete 
} coy Time of observation. “ ~ No. of ob- aaa ss Was seen 
\Dec. 6 | 8h. 8m. to 9h. 8m. P.m. =60min| 1 —~ Ez. 23 
« « 10h. 5m, to 11h. “5m. r.m. ==60 “« 2 - |s. BE. & N.N.W.| 328 12m 
tt 5 een th. Om.a.m. =45“% | 2 |s.8.n.8N.W & Lom 
Hote) ah... to 5h. a.m. =60 “ oO See 2im. 
ieee &. |S to 9h. P.M. =60 “ 2 E-8 W. 62« 31 
regis Seo Oh. p.m. =60 “ 2 E.& Ww. 43 « 28 
ee SET OR: ith. P.M. =60 N. E. 
% 8 | Th. Bony. (0 “Sk. p.m, ==45 gE 15 
; 8h. to Qh. P.M. 60 # E 3 
| “ « | 8h. 15m. to Qh, p.m, ==45 * w 19 
* 11 | 8h. 45m. to 10h Pom. =75 * EB... eae 
“ 32 | 6h. 7h P.M «“ OE 6 f 
fea | Bh. 9h P.M. ==60 “ a E 12: 
“ 13 | Oh, 45m. to Ih. 30m. a.m. —=45 “ hed ae 
&, 15: Gh, 7h. P.M. 60 * ] E. 2 
“1 6h. 25m. to 6h. 40m. ep. mw. —15 “ ] | w. g 0 
“ 6 | 8h. to 9h. 15m, p.m. —75 “ 2° 1 “naw. ft eee 
* The “ meteoric shower’’. of November, 1838,.came chiefly on the morning | of 
the I4th. According to observations made at Middlebury, Vt., a 
« The People’s Press,” by Prof. A. C. Twining, meteors. were visible that morn- 
ing from 4h. to Gh..in the whole heavens, at the rate of 105 per hour; and for a 
short time the next morning, they were wer as numerous. ‘ 
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