146 Mr. J. Glaisher on the Meteorology of England 



Solar hales were seen on October 7 and 15 at Stone ; on the 

 24tli and 27tli at iVottingham, and on the 38th at Stone. On 

 November 7 at Nottingham. On December 13, 15 and 16, at 

 Nottmgham ; on the 19th at Stone ; and on the 31st at Not- 

 tingham. 



Lunar halos weve seen on October 15 at Maidenstone Hill, 

 Stone and IManehester ; on the 16th at Stone; on the 17th at 

 Uckiield, Hartwell and Diu-ham ; on the 18th at Uckfield ; on 

 the 19th at Hartwell and Liverpool; on the 20th at Greenwich, 

 Maidenstone Hill, Hartwell Rectory, Hartwell, Thame, Rose 

 Hill near Oxford, Linslade, Cardington, Nottingham and Stony- 

 hurst. On November 12 at Durham ; on the 13th at Noi-wich, 

 Cardington and Nottingham ; on the 14th at North Shields ; on 

 the 17th at Uckfield, IMidhurst, Maidenstone Hill, Hartwell 

 Rectory, Rose Hill near Oxford, Thame, Cardington and Liver- 

 pool ; on the 19th at Jersey, Maidenstone Hill, Linslade and 

 Hartwell Rectory ; and on the 23rd at Thame. On December 13 

 at Cardington, Manchester, Durham and A^Tiitehaven ; on the 

 13th at Maidenstone Hill; on the 14th at Liverpool; on the 

 18th at Nottingham and Whitehaven; on the 19th at Notting- 

 ham, Hawarden, Whitehaven and Durham ; and on the 21st at 

 Hartwell Rcctoiy and Nottingham. 



Lunar coron<s were seen on October 14, 15 and 16, at Stone; 

 on the 17th at Hartwell; on the 18th and 19th at Cambridge; 

 on the 26th at Stone; and on November 17 at Norwich. 



Lunar rainbows were seen on October 21 at Hartwell Rectory 

 and Stone; on November 13 at Grantham ; and on November 19 

 at Greenwich, as recorded by Mr. J. F. Sanders. 



Meteors. — At Jersey, on November 29, at 1\^ 30™ P.M., a 

 bright meteor passed from Orion towards Polaris. 



At Hartwell Rectory, on October 5, at 10^ 15°^ p.m., a small 

 meteor passed from Andromeda to Cassiopeia; on October 7 a 

 meteor passed from Cassiopeia to Capella ; and on December 12, 

 at 6'' P.M., a meteor with a long train of white light passed from 

 /S Ceti to Pomalhaut. 



At Highfield House near Nottingham, on October 1, at 9'^44"'3*, 

 a meteor equal in apparent size to Jupiter fell from y Pegasi at 

 an angle of 45° down towards S. to within 15° of horizon; it 

 Avas orange-coloured, and without any train of sparks : dura- 

 tion 0"-5. 



October 9, at lO** 30™, in the S.W. a small meteor was seen ; 

 at 10'' 45™ another was seen in the E. ; and on the same night, 

 at ll'^ 10™, another small meteor was seen in the N. 



October 11, a small meteor was seen to the north ; on the 15th, 

 at ll'' 5™, a meteor equal in size to a star of the second magni- 

 tude, and in brightness to a star of the first magnitude, of a blue 



