22 
Place of 
Date. Hour. Observation. 
.1861.| h m 
Wov. 8} 8 5 p.m. Exeter ...........- 
a 
| 
| 
10) 9 22 p.m. Greenwich 
1010 34 
1010 38 
1011 1 
EBD) 0 
10 36 
11 
1110 52 
12,5 45 
p-m. 
p-m. 
p-m. 
p.m. 
p-m. 
p.m. 
p-m.) 
p-m. 
‘Ibid. 
. [bid. 
‘Hay, S. Wales... 
. Weston - super - 
Ibid. 
eeeereeeneee 
Ibid. 
Ibid. 
Ibid. 
Mare. 
Southern Hay, 
Exeter. 
Barlaston, Stone 
REPORT— 1862. 
Apparent Size. Colour. 
Larger than & Ro-|.....ssssseeeeeees 
man candle-ball. 
eens 
seereeeneseeeee DIUC — eeneesees 
= 2nd mag.* 
Pear-shaped; 30’ |A fine blue 
by 15’ at first, 
but 20’ by 10’ 
at middle of its 
course. 
| 
Nearly the size of] ? ....cc..sessse 
the moon. 
Larger than any 
Roman candle- 
ball. 
Elongated as long Greenish 
as the moon’s| white. 
diameter. 
Deep blue 
Saleoeeee 1 to 2 seconds From the 
... About 5 secs... From near the body) 
Sel Pees ans aetestes From the tail of th 
Position, or 
Altitude and 
Azimuth. 
Duration. 
—_—_— 
a seeseeseeees|9.5.E., over Torbay 
or mouth of the 
Exe. From alti- 
tude 30° or 40° 
Momentary ... 
and a Draconis. }) 
From ce Tauri 
a point a littl 
above 2” Gemi-} 
norum, 
From between 
Tauri and 1 Ge-|| 
minorum to 
Aurige. 
Passed from y Ge-|| 
minorum in 
westerly direc. 
tion, across th 
upper part of 
Orion. 
Fell from a fey 
degrees W. 
Ursa Major | 
about 10° fron 
Aldebaran. . 
1 second ...... 
1 second 
2 seconds...... 
Lyn 
constellation ; 
disappeared a 
few degrees beloy 
Polaris. 
From « Eridani to-} 
wards the S. ho 
rizon. 
of Cygnus. Alti 
tude 60° or 70° 
horizon, W. 
3 seconds...... From 3° above 
Great Bear. 
From 20° W. 
S. altitude 40°. 
to 40° W. of S._ 
altitude 8° or || 
Fell slower 
than a 
shooting - 
star. 
9°. | 
