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REPORT — 1860. 



Date. 



1800. 

 Mar. 10 



Mar. 15 



April 14 



April 2(3 



Hour. 



li m 



9 50 p.m 



2 a.m 



9 4 p.m. 



i 52 p.m 



Appearance and 

 Magnitude.' 



It 



appeared about 

 rds of the size of 



the moon. 



Very bright, at 

 first purple- 

 red and 

 then green, 

 = Venus. 



Brightness 

 and Colour. 



Very bright . 



Equal to Al- 

 debaran in 



brightness. 



At first bril- 

 liant white, 

 and after- 

 wards pur- 

 ple-red. 



Train or Sparks. 



Visible for a second 

 or two. 



2 or 3 sees. 



It left a very luminous tail 

 behind it. 



Velocity or 

 Duration. 



It was visible about 

 a second. 



APPENDIX. 



No. 1. — In the Journal of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia, February 

 1860, is a collection of observations of a very remarkable meteor seen by 

 daylight, on November 15, 1859, by Benjamin P. Marsh, Esq. 



This meteor made its appearance at about half-past 9 o'clock a.m. (New 

 York time), the weather being perfectly clear, and the sun shining brightly/ 



It was seen at Salem, Boston, and New Bedford, Massachusetts ; Provi- 

 dence, Rhode Island ; New Haven, and many other places in Connecticut ; 

 New York City ; Paterson, Medford, and Tuckerton, New Jersey ; Dover, 

 and other places in Delaware ; Washington City ; Alexandria, Fredericks- 

 burg, and Petersburg, Virginia. 



It was heard at Medford, New Jersey, and at all places in that State, south 

 of a line joining Tuckerton and Bridgeton, and throughout nearly the whole 

 of Delaware. 



With perhaps two or three exceptions, it wa3 not seen by any one in New 

 Jersey, south of the Camden and Atlantic Railroad ; that is to say, through- 

 out the very region xohere the report ivas loudest. 



Many persons there saw a momentary flash of light "like the reflexion of 

 the sun from a looking-glass," but could not tell where it came from. The 

 appearance of the meteor as seen at many places is described, and the results 

 from their discussion are as follows: — 



1. The inclination of the meteor's point to the vertical was probably about 

 35°, and the direction of its motion nearly west. The observations at Med- 

 ford and Petersburg indicate a much more southerly movement, but those of 

 Washington, Alexandria, and Dover, require it to have been almost due west. 



2. The column of smoke was near 1000 feet in diameter, and its base was 



