RETORT — 1S60. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance and 

 Magnitude. 



Brightness 

 and Colour. 



Train or Sparks. 



Velocity 

 or Duration. 



1859. 

 Dec. 7 



Dec. 14 



1860. 

 Jan. 



Jan. 24 



Jan. 24 



Feb. 24 



Mar. 2 



Mar. 10 



Mar. 14 



h ni 



7 p.m. 



9 20 p.m. 



8 10 p.m. 



9 28 p.m. 



From 9 to 



10 p.m. 

 7 40 p.m. 



10 40 p.m. 



8 40 p.m. 



8 45 p.m. 



Larger than Jupiter 

 star-like. 



=2nd mag. * 



Reddish 

 Orange 



Long streak 

 Sparks 



Very rapid. Dura i 

 tion 2 sees. 



Rapid. Duratiol 

 2 sees. 



Mar. 21 



Mar. 21 

 April 1 



April 17 



7 15 p.m. 



7 40 p.m. 



8 10 p.m. 



Between 10 

 & 11 p.m 



= 2/ in size. 



Increased rapidly un- Blue, 

 til four times the 

 apparent size of 

 Jupiter. 



Train of separate sparks. 



Slow. Duration 



sees. 



= Venus 



=four times size of 2/. 



Bright . 



With tail . 

 Long tail . 



Slow. 



= Venus. 



Six times size of Ju- 

 piter. 



Venus. 



= Venus 



=2nd mag. * 



Bright as Ve- 

 nus. Colour 

 of Venus. 



Very bright, 

 almost like 

 lightning in 

 appearance. 

 Red in co- 

 lour. 



Brighter than 

 Venus. 



Brighter than 



Venus. 

 Yellow 



Moderate speed, trail of 

 sparks left in its track 

 for 3 seconds after the 

 meteor had vanished. 



Burst into fragments . . . 



Moderate speed 



Slight tail 



Slow. 



Slow. 



Slow. 



1857. 

 Aug. 1611 45 p.m. 



Observations of Luminous Meteors 



1858. 

 Aug. 8 



Auk. 8 



Aug 8 



8 45 p.m. 



9 15 p.m. 



9 38 p.m. 



Equal to the size of Ju- Bluish white .. 

 piter, but very supe- 

 rior to that planet 

 in brightness. 



Very bright, and Blue 

 about the size of 

 Jupiter. 



Small but bright. 



Blue. 



Small, about size 

 Saturn. 



of Moderately 

 bright. 



It was accompanied by a 

 train. 



It left a faint yellow train 

 of light in its path. 



Left a train visible for 

 several seconds. 



No train 



Slow, but its dura- 

 tion was short, i 

 it did not travel 

 above 5° or 8° 



Moderate 



Very slow 



Rapid in its mo- 

 tion ; visible for 

 about 0'5 second] 

 only. 



