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TABLE I. 
PLACES OF THE METEOR CACULATED WITH VARIOUS CHANGES IN THE VAL- 
UES OF THE OBSERVED ANGLES FOR THE PURPOSE OF ESTIMATING 
THE EFFECT OF SUPPOSED ERRORS IN THOSE ANGLES. 
Azimuths of the me-|Altitudes of the meteor! Distances of the | Calculated places of | Assumed places of | 
Exe. or at a meteor from the meteor. the meteor. 
Wenham |West.| Rutl } Wenh. West: Rutl. |Wenh.|West.| Rutl.! Alt | Lat. Long. |Alt.| Lat. | Long. 
Ak TEE PT : 
Aas 14 o' Fo + o 4 | miles. miles) miles miles} ow 1 miles} g plo ys 
$4 1) 79 33 46 1683*| 6 30 * 18 27*| 120-7 48-1 | 155|42 57 35173 8 59 
ZO 2] 85 14 59 1683*| 743 *1 {18 97%) 1218 56:3 |18°2}42 51 2173 10 48'19.0|40 51 Ir 14 
Z 3] 79 38 168 *| 6 30 * 18 27°) 121-2 482 | 153/42 $7 31]73 9 29 
BE 41 77 46 52 1683*| 6 30 * 20 0*} 1206 445|154)43 0 43)73 8 7 
2 5/106 5454¢0° “| 15 41 50*|16° 11 1422 | 58:3 16 6142 3 6\73 27 0 
25 ol106 54 54*|3 5 41 50°16 50 1452|576| | 17-0/42 2 15 |73 30 19/167 | 42 22)75 264 
 & 7(106 54.54%) |1703*|5 41 50° 7 32] 1346 108-0) 15°6/42 5 11 |73 18 59/157} 40 5 |73 194 
34 {106 3454*| —|173 *|5 41 50° 7 22| 129°3 /105°6| 149/42 6 35 |73.13 13] 
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1 9/117 35 54"10 5 41 50° 1546 | 316 183|41 37 14|73 97 0 | 40, ‘ 
53 10|117 35 54*13 5 41 50*|36 14 1561 | 31-9 185/41 36 35173 28 31) 155) 41 37 78 283 
*11l117 35 54*| —‘|1704*|5 41 50* 6 24 | 152-2 1397] 180]41 38 16/73 25 1 | 1941 41 58 |73 254 
q 819/117 35547] 173 “15 41 50° 6 14 | 1446 135-1! 16-9}41 41 23}73. 17 23 
13/123 49 42 |15 * 5 “75 * 166-9 | 18-0 18-0|41 18 5273. 28 23] 
= 141123 38 51 j15 * 330 *\75 166:9 | 20:2 19°5]41 19 20173 28 33] 4, 
$45|193 17 46 |10 * 5. ine MIB 8 246 17-9141 20 30l73. 28 16| 195/41 19 3/73 288 
© 16|124 17 56 [15 * 5 -|s0 . 1674 |184 18:1]41 17 39 57 
= 17\123 49 42") = 172 #15 5 08 | 161-6 1585) 17:3}41 21 52 
218/123 38 51*| ——‘|172 *|5 30 * 5 40 | 1613 158-0] 187]41 22 46| 19°5|41 19 3173 293 
1912338 51*] —‘(la70g*l5 30. * 5 45} 1671] | 1621! 9-slgr 19 
TABLE II. 
PLACES AND DISTANCES OF THE METEOR AT THE TIMES OF 
THE DIFFERENT OBSERVATIONS, AS DETERMINED BY 
THE MEAN OF ALL THE CALCULATIONS. 
; y Distances of the meteor sage as the 
Times of Observation. rom 
| Wenham) Weston|[Rutlanc aioe titudle! ion aed 
miles. | miles. | miles. | miles. | North ; 
124 113 | S7Uh 182 2 : orn 
ei the first Rutland oe 
t the first Wenham obse 139 59 F 110 162 3 24 
4 the second Wenham Servite 154 32 141 183 3 37 
At the time of disappearin g 167 20°°¢ 162 19°5 at to 73 284 
From the places of the meteor given in the preceding table it is 
; easy to find, by the common rules of trigonometry, that ifs course was 
about S7° W, in a direction nearly parallel to the surface of the earth, 
