1861. 
July 16 
16 
16 
16 
Hour. 
hm 
11 34 p.m. 
11 38 p.m. 
11 40 p.m. 
About } to 
12 p.m. 
Aug. 4 
rs 
a 
* 
=x) 
8 
8 
8 
810 11 p.m. 
About 10 
p-m. 
11 37 p.m. 
Midnight ... 
10 10 p.m. 
11 21 p.m. 
11 22 p.m.| 
10 21 pm. 
10 31} p.m. 
10 313 p.m. 
REPORT—1862. 
Place of 
West End,Hamp-|Ist maget..cccssssese| 2 seceverdesvenes 
stead, 
Manchester, Considerably _ex-|Vivid__bluish- 
Lat. 53° 29"5,| ceeding 2 in| white. 
Long.2°15’W,| _ brilliancy. 
> 
© C8C Feet ee eTeee 
Estimated not 
to have ex- 
ceeded 2 
seconds, 
Trafalgar Square,|Equalled in size the| ? ....+.+.sdeeeess 
London. great meteor, 
11.33 p.m., July 
16. 
Deal . cscocsseceeeJONd MAG+ ...20000. U, eseccvendsvvesc 
Greenwich Ob-|2nd mag.x ......... Blue ....sccoceee 
servatory. 
Thid-..2<otesassatae Very small ......... Eeeeaes dee hédeses 
Wyte Se aessacana: PNOQUNAGN “oosccssoalhh wececocabheesuss 
Occupied 
seconds 
passage. 
10 
in 
Fast motion... 
1 to 2 seconds 
1 second ...... 
Very rapid; 
2 seconds. 
Position, or 
Observativh. Apparent Size. Colour. Duration. Ss A 
\Between St. 2 cdicceccdvancssvicoes| 2 cocncscadsadsss|sesstasditavetess-\Otiginated | unde 
Albans and the Milky Wa 
~ Barnet. below Cassiopei 
and __ explode 
about the sam 
height near th 
opposite horizon 
Seacombe, Birk-|Much brighter than|Brilliantbluish 10 to 13 secs. From altitude 40 
enhead, Che-| Ist mag.x tint. S.E. by E. t 
shire. S. by W. 
Bristol ......40+«.|Very large ..... Goad sy exendeve Paawees 2 sccvocseceoetss[Altibude 70° . ses.am 
Brading Downs,/A ball of fire, in-|Blue.....é..00- 5 or 6 seconds Originated some 
Isle of Wight.| tensely brilliant. what nearer td 
the horizon,N.E.y 
than it attained 
before explosion; 
5.W. 
Bristol ,.....+.....|Very brilliant ....../Deep blue ...\Quick .+esce....From a directior 
nearly due N.; if 
shot in a westerl 
direction toward 
the horizon. 
Flimwell, Hurst/Like Pleiades, but| ? ss:ecssecccsees| 2 seceeteeveees-| Neat 30 Aquarii ..4) 
Green, Sussex.| three times as | 
bright. q 
Tid. esecsdescoasaes Jtpiter  ..cssccssees Draavens éséeeeeee/Moved slowly |Centre 30° E. from 
S.; altitude 47°. 
From 8° E. of S.¥# 
altitude 22° to 
10° W. of S.¥ 
altitude 10°. 
Disappeared abo 
2° west of the) 
star s+ Capri+ 
corni. 
From about « Co 
rone to x Ursa 
Majoris ; near th 
horizon. 
From y Draconis... 
Through Cassiopeia} 
p Cygni to Sagittad 
a Cygni to Del-| 
phinus. 
