296 Mr. J. Glaishcr on the Meteor which appeared 



" From the time during which I stood looking at it, and from 

 the distance which I walked while it was still in view, it must 

 have continued in sight for five minutes. 



" I particularly noticed its position at the time it disappeared, 

 which was exactly in a line with the nebulse situated rather more 

 than half-way between a. Persei and h Cassiopeia — so exactly, 

 indeed, that to my view the light of the meteor appeared to 

 blend with, and to be lost sight of in, the light of the nehuiie." 



Therefore its altitude was about 31°, and its azimuth about 

 35° E. of N. 



VIII. From Heavitree. John Chintiphei's, Esq., favoured me 

 with the following : — 



" I beg to inform you that on the 12th inst., at about 9'^ IB"" 

 P.M. (Green\Aach time), between Chudleigh and Exeter, while 

 ascending Haldon Hill from the South, I saw in about a N.N.AV. 

 direction, and at about 55° of altitude from the earth, a brilliant 

 meteor of a bluish-yellow colour. 



" Its first form was spherical, about one-fourth the size of a 

 full moon, and its course was horizontal from east to west, leaving 

 behind it a stream of light. I chanced at that moment to be 

 looking out of the carriage-window in the direction where it 

 appeared, auJ I noticed that the sphere continued in sight for 

 ]5erhaps three or four seconds of time, when it suddenly vanished, 

 but the stream of light remained very bright for two or three 

 minutes, and then gradually diminished; so that in about five 

 minutes it had, to the naked eye, wholly disappeared. 



" On the sphere vanishing, the stream was probably about 6 

 or 8 degrees in length, and half a degree in breadth, pointed at 

 both ends. 



"The motion of the sphere was not only much less rapid than 

 lightning, but rather less than falling stars. The sky was clear 

 at the time, the wind westerly; and though I omitted to notice 

 its relative position in the heavens, the sphere when first seen 

 was probably north-easterly of Ursa Major. 



" The brilliancy of the meteor was so great that it created 

 quite a thrilling sensation in me, and the more so possibly, 

 because that was the third occasion within about half-a-dozen 

 years that I have observed a meteoric appearance whde ascending 

 that same hill." 



From all accounts the meteor was situated east of the meridian 

 at Heavitree, and the estimated altitude 55° is much too great. 



IX. From Dcvonport. S. Gower, Esq., favoured me with the 

 following : — 



" For the use that the testimony of a casual observer may be 

 to you, I write to say that I was standing on Mount Wise, Dc- 

 vonport, on the evening of tlie 12th instant, and disthictly saw 



