70 ; oy _ -REPORT—1862. 
Place of Position, or 
Date.| Hour. 4 Apparent Size. Colour. Duration. Altitude and | 
Observation. ; ‘Aaah, 
1862.) h m \ 
Aug.28)10 47 p.m./Greenwich ...,..;=2nd mag.* ...... Blue ........./L second .,....|From the neigh-| | 
bourhood of a} | 
Lyre towards 
the W. 
29/11 29 p.m.|[Did.  .....seeeeee]Very Small cecseceeeleccsscceseveeseees(L SeCOnd .,....|From the neigh-| 
bourhood of Ursa} | 
Major towards} 
the N,, i 
appearing 
hind a row of i 
houses. 
Sept.19,About 5 40|Dorking .........,/Sawa most brilliant] ? .......c00 For about + of|The meteor appear-| | 
p.m. light. a minute. ed to be about] | 
50° from the ho-| | 
rizon, and nearlag 
W. or S. of W. 
19 5 45 pm. Delmonden, Like a cricket-ball..|Bright white...|23 to 3 seconds|From altitude 36° 
| Hawkhurst. 54° S. of W., to 
altitude 63°, 379 | 
S. of W. 
19| 6 5 p.m./Worting, Basing--A wonderful light,|...,..:::ssececcse[eccrseeneseeereceelssensesenns danesannces F 
stoke, Hants, | of the size and 7 
form of an egg. t 
ri 
19| 9 45 p.m./Hawkhurst, Kent A large and bright/Red ............ 2 or 3 seconds|From 10° W. of 
head. : S., altitude 28°, 
to 50° W. of S.J) 
altitude 18°) | 
where the | 
meteor. disape| |) 
peared _ behind} |) 
obstacles. {4 
19} 9 45 p.m./Worcester ...... Sudden bright |...scccescecseoee. Rapid Foscncysns In the S.E. .....c.saitt 
; light;._ brilliant; H 
ball of light. 
19 About 1013,Gedling, _ near Exceedingly bright; Colour bright ‘Slow in move-|From S.E. by S. 
p.m. Nottingham so bright as to| blue,purple,| ment; du-| S.by E. Whe 
(33 miles E. of} obliterate allthe) and crim-| rationabout| first seen, th 
Nottingham). | stars and Mars) son, the) orundertwo} meteor was pass 
(which was very! train being) seconds,and|. ingneary Pega 
near to it); it} of the same| the middle) it ended near 0 
| | gave as much colours. of the train} Adquarii. Vi 
| | light as the lasting two ) 
| | brightest flashes secs. more a 
of lightning. after the j if : 
’ meteor _it- at 
self had | 
; vanished, 
19/10 13 p.m./Beeston, near |Not above half the|Exceedingly |Slow.........- . From 40° ab 
Nottingham. ; sizeofthemoon.| bright; as S.E...by S. 
light as rizon to about 
day ; colour 20° to 25° above 
vivid blue S. by E. horizon; 
and reddish. the same meteor 
as above. | 
