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2 REPORT— 1862. 
A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS 
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Place of J Position, or 
Date. Hour. bservation. Apparent Size. Colour. Duration. pee bm 
1861.|h m 
July 16| 9 30 p.m.)/Weston - super -|Large as Venus at Duller than 3or 4 seconds; Exploded when W 
Mare. (Also) max. Venus at; moving altitude 45°. 
seen in Dor- max. bril-) slowly. 
setshire.) liancy. 
16| 9 58 p.m. Whitehall, Lon-/Very large ball, but Very brilliant. Slower than Began almost E 
don. not quite full. meteors and disappeare/ 
= usually behind the © 
move ; houses on th 
‘“leisurely.”| west side 
Whitehall. 
16\Exactly 10/Gainford, Darl-|Like Jupiter, seen’.,.......+++....-/Motion not/From 10° below 
p-m. ington, York-| in a good tele- rapid. Aquile, throug 
shire. scope, but not! the E. to N.E, 
exactly spherical. from altitude 30) 
to about altitue 
20°, 
VGheas23 seseeeese|Greenwich and |Kensington. Alrea\dy inserted, |p. 10 ofReport) for 1861 .......++4 
16\Soon after |Derby ...........-/ Like a rocket ...... ? ssesceceveeeeee{ndured very|Went N. ........ 
10 p.m. long, about 
16}10 p.m., or 
15m. after 
10 p.m. 
16\Between 10 
p-m. and 
half-past. 
16/About10 40 
p-m. 
16) ? 
Southborough, 
Tunbridge- of the ob-| Came from o 
wells. server walk-| a wing of # 
ing (at call)} house; isa 
13 orl4yds.| pearedsome lit 
from another} distance aboy 
room, saw} the horizon. 
the spark 
which was 
cast off at 
the close. 
Whitburn, near|Like ball of quick-| ? ....pcsseeeeee, 2 ceeeeceeseeeees|DUC Euseeyeseee sens 
Sunderland, silver, or an i 
Durhan. enormous star. 4 
Furness Abbey,/Threw a strong) ?.,.......+...../Moved very|/From behind ah 
Lancashire. light. slowly ; south of 
: ; “gracefully”| Abbey; Nort 
ward through I 
lost behind tree 
Penmaen-Mawr, |Very large ......... Ear rcree, es s+... Very slow in/Over the hills | 
Conway, N. | its motion,! and S. of Pel 
Wales. “quiet and} maen-Vach ; di 
? 
TORR EEO Ree etter eneee 
? ccsesecseeeeeee/A COmpanion|From §.B. to 
15 seconds. 
deliberate.’’} appeared behit 
Penmaen-Va 
