4 REPORT—1862. 
Date Hour. Place of Apparent Size Colour 
: ; Observation. PP ° . 
1861.;h m 
July 1611 0 p.m.|Bristol .........../Much > than any Clear bluish...|About 14 sec. 
planet. 
16)114 p.m....|Sittingbourne, |Threw a brilliant/As it neared) ? 
Kent. light when high) the horizon 
in the heavens,| it assumed 
expanding and) a_ beautiful 
increasing in| blue colour. 
brightness as it 
neared the ho- 
rizon. 
16)114 p.m. ...|Banburv .,.......|Like a toy balloon../Bright —clear| ? 
blue 
white. 
and 
1G}11 30 p.m.|Frome .,,eccveeres| 2 sevesesserereneseeers 
16|113 p.m, ...|EastIsleyDowns,|Large as a full) ? ...seccevcseeee 
Position, or 
Altitude and 
Azimuth. 
Duration. 
seseesereeeeees/EVODably burst in 
view in the 
zenith. First 
seen high in the 
heavens, going 
S.W. Lost in 
haze of the 
horizon. 
sessssseesseees(O” above 6 Pegasi; 
3° above 8 Aqui- 
le; 2° above 
Serpentis. Here 
houses inter- 
vened. Deve 
loped the ta 
in the last 30° 
of the visible 
track. 
seesseeereseess(Disappeared a few 
degrees above 
the horizon. { 
Appeared near the 
Newbury, moon, and more meridian ; disap- 
Berks. light. peared behind 
cloud. 
VGLIZ p.m. ...|BrentwoOd seseee|i2 cchcnsscoccecsscocace| 2 debeeceosrssese] © susovcuuveunten|t. aurecusen sah dvartem 
1G\114 p.m, |Cheltenham.,....|? vcscsccesessceesseeee! ? secesesseeeeees{Half aminute;From about 45° 
or soon steady and altitude to about 
after. | equable. 30° altitude. | 
16/11 32 p.m.|Flimwell, Hurst|Like Capella in the,White in (3seconds from Passed in zenith 
Green, Sussex.| zenith. Lit up} zenith and] zenithtoex-| between # y Dra- 
the clouds like) upon the} plosion. conis ; burst 
crescent moon) clouds. about 7 Ophiuchi. 
at 45°. 
16/11 33 p.m.'Sandown, Isle of|Large signal-rocket) ? ......sesseee0 
Wight. 
16/11 33 p.m./TavistockSquare,/A sudden lumino-! ? ...... 
Euston Road,| sity overhead. 
London. 
seetee 
From the zenith, 
near a Lyre, td 
a few degrees 
from the S.W. 
horizon. ’ 
4 seconds from/|First seen 15° south 
zenith  to| ofzenith; passed 
disappear- downwards di- 
ance. rect through 
Scorpio, and dis- 
appeared _ near 
the horizon. 
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