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Within inte: quarters of an hour we saw thirty-seven different tow 
teors >» aS fo llow Py 
in N 
‘ . . ‘ 6 
S. WwW. ‘ ‘ ’ ‘ : 10 ow 
N. W. 8 
Throughout me Reng the sky was so much obstructed by clouds 4 
we probably lost as many meteors as we observed. 
t ~ N. Y., my friend Mr. Wm. Waddle Smith was pa 
successful. On the night of Tuesday, August 10th, Mr. S. with 
three assistants, began the watch at midnight, up to which time, the 
t2a. 
_ Sky was nearly overcast. During the two hours ending at 
the sas b they observed four hundred and fifteen different meteors as 
follow 
N.E. 
ag Hi gaa. «waned 33 * "Ba : 63 = 204 
‘16 2) ee aes FS OF att: 
Throughout the first hour the sky was nearly cledy. The second 
hour was at ‘favorable, the N. E. quarter being two-thirds cloudy, and 
and the s and N. Ww. quarters considerably obstructed by clouds. 
A few pe after 2 a.m. the sky became wholly overcast, and thus 
continue 
4. ‘Shooting ae, of August 10, 1848, (communicated by E. C. 
Herricx,)—On W ednesday, August 9th, 1848, from sunset to 10 
Pp, M..the sky here was about three-fourths overcast; and the moon, ten 
days past the new, was shining through the broken clouds. In such 
circumstances, watch would have been useless. A few ee before 
1 a.m. of the 10th, Messrs, Samuel Emerson, Andrew T. Pra m. 
Manlius Smith, and myself, took a station in the open air. We b be- 
gan the count at 1 a. m., each observer having charge of a quarter of 
. the heavens, and the meteors being reckoned in the quarter where th 
they 
commenced. Between 1 an A.M. we observed one hundred and 
sixty: four different meteors, as fallovet . 
in N.E, 40 = §.E. 48 BO gO reese Vile Sake 
During this. hour the sky was at times obstructed by clouds, and w 
probably lost about a fourth part of the meteors which would athe 
been seen in a clear sky. 
Between 2 and 3 A.M. we observed one hundred and seventy differ- 
ent sshincie as follows: 
in N.E. 38, S.E. 45 8.W. 49 N.W. 39. 
During the first part of this hour the sky was partly obscured by haze 
and fog so that we lost about as many as in the preceding hour. 
ut 3 a.m. the sky became beautifully clear, and thus remained 
while we observed. By 33 a. m. the dawn was so bright that, we re- 
tired. During this oan hour we saw one hundred and I~ -one differ- 
ent meteors as follow: 
in NE. 30 “$B. 36° 8.W. 41 NW. 84 
Of the meteors seen this morning full three- baie were eiitinted to 
conform to the usual radiantin Perseus. Many re very brilliant, ex- 
ceeding in brightness stars of the first magne. 
