2 REPORT 1861. 



They would earnestly press upon the Members of the British Association 

 the necessity of more complete and numerous observations, noting the times 

 of appearance and disappearance, by a watch regulated to railway time, or 

 whose error from railway time is known nearly ; the size, colour, and general 

 description of the meteor, and its place among the stars at its first appear- 

 ance and at its last appearance. If. these particulars were received from 

 three or four observers, separated from each other by some little distance, 

 sufficient information would be furnished to determine in many cases the 



Date. 



1849. 

 Aug. 11 



1859. 

 Oct. 25 



1860. 

 Mar. 10 



10 



10 



10 



Hour. 



h m 

 Midnight 



7 15 p.m, 

 9 p.m< 

 p.m. 

 p.m 

 p.m 



Globular; 12 times the 

 size of Venus when 

 seen in her full 

 splendour. 



Very large 



July 



10 

 5 

 6 



Appearance and 

 Magnitude. 



= fmoon 



Brilliant meteor 



Much the same as at 

 Bradford. 



9 p.m, 



10 20 p.m, 



From 10 till 

 11 p.m. 



10 25 p.m. 



Brilliant 



= 1st mag. * 



Brightness 

 and Colour. 



Bright blue . 



Intensely 



white. 



Purple .... 



Scarlet before 

 bursting, 

 green after, 

 wards. 



Reddish 



Train or Sparks. 



Velocity or 

 Duration. 



Burst into fragments of a 

 red colour. 



30 seconds 



8 seconds 



8 



10 



Six small meteors 

 from 2nd to 4th 

 mag. 



Blue 



Colourless 



= Venus, 

 bright. 



and 



FromlOp.m. 

 till mid- 

 night, 



In the two 

 hours pre 

 ceding 2 

 a.m. 



11 15 p.m, 



From 2nd mag. * to = 

 Venus. 



From 3rd mag. * to= 

 Venus. 



Streak left .. 

 Slight trains 



Bluish 



Blue 



Blue or colour- 

 less. 



Twice the size of 

 Venus, and brighter. 



Train 



Trains , 



Trains long 



Blue 



Rapid 

 Rapid 



Left a streak in the sky 

 which lingered after the 

 meteor had vanished. 



1 second ; movec 

 over 20° of sky. 



Rapid 



Rapid ; duratioi 

 from O'l sec. t 

 lisec. 



Slow ; duration 

 second. 



