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Date. Hour. 
1862.; h m 
Sept.19,10 13 p.m,/Euston 
1910 13 p.m. 
1910 15 p.m. 
19 
19 
19 
19) 
10 15 p.m. 
sentence eeeene 
10 15 p.m. 
10 15 p.m. 
Place of 
Observation. 
London. 
Brentford......... 
Edinburgh 
(Greenlaw 
Barracks). 
Dullingham Hill, 
near Dulling- 
ham House. 
Hay (S. Wales)..| Diffused light ; su-|Diffused light,|2 or 3 seconds\(Appeared to 
Bristol, Glouces- 
tershire, 
Weston - super - 
Square, 
REPORT—1862. 
Apparent Size. 
Amazing meteor; 
head=full moon; 
light = noonday. 
Gave more light)-cocsscssesesrsers|eres 
than the bright- 
est lightning. 
Completely lighted/The extremity 
A brilliant meteor|Bright light of/20 secs. from/Slanting 
bluish! first flash to 
up the road. 
in the atmo- 
sphere. 
Mare. 
Hav khurst, Kent} 
perior to full 
moon; subsided 
gradually. (Head 
like the moon, 
but much bright- 
er; second ob- 
server.) 
Meteor of unusual/Bodyrich blue;).. 
size and bril- 
liance ; shed 
much light. 
As large as thel......... 
moon, but much 
brighter; noticed 
by candle-light 
with closed 
blinds. 
Colour. Duration. 
Head ruddy ;/20 seconds ... 
the other 
extremity 
and the dif- 
fused light 
blue. 
stetecerer 
seen ee ee teeerenes 
decided blue. 
a 
cast. explosion. 
duration o 
had a yel- 
brightness. 
lowish cast. 
HOE e rere eet eteen 
at explosion 
showed red 
and _ blue 
colour. 
sevseveee(d SECONGS,..... 
L due dens onsanccee 2 to 3 seconds| Would have metthe 
From due E. alti 
Position, or 
Altitude and 
Azimuth. 
Formed an endursiy 
ing cloud off, 
sparks ovecheall | 
R. A, 225 30”, 
The strea i 
passed 0, «, J Ce 
phei to R. A. 174) | 
50™. Both ai 
declination 48 
20’ N.; main} | 
head proceeded] 
N.W. by Nj] 
fragment S.E. | | 
Traversed a direc-| | 
tion slightly S.W,| | 
Nearly S.E........06.fm 
down-| 
wards from E. to 
scend, turn ove 
to the right} 
under « and #3 
Arietis, and de- 
scend almost} § 
vertically ; 
second ob- |) 
server.) Streak) 
passed at | 
brightest —_ part} | 
between « and 
Ceti. I 
In the north-east 
ern sky it ex 
ploded a_ fey { 
degrees above} 
the horizon. | 
tude 28°; to N.E 
altitude 20°. 
] 
horizon 15° fur-| 
ther on its path, 
at 66° W. from N.. 
