Date. 
1862. 
Sept.24 
25 
25 
25 
25 
REPORT—1862. 
Position, or 
Place of - é : 
Hour. Observation. Apparent Size. Colour. Duration. ane 
hm c 
8 15 p.m./Broadstairs, Kent] Venus at its bright-\Blue  ......... '2 seconds...... Entered the Milk 
est, or somewhat! Way from th 
brighter. left, and disap 
peared a_ littl 
below « Aquilzs 
6 15 p.m.|Weston - super -|Much larger than Red .........+./5 to 8 seconds|Appeared due E. 
Mare. Venus ; very| altitude 26° 
splendid meteor. disappeared S.E 
altitude 18°, 
6 15 p.m.|Ticehurst, Sussex|As large as aGreen nucleus'2 or 3 seconds|From altitude 45! 
cricket-ball. within a red to altitude 15° 
envelope. a little S. 
the point 
sunset. 
6 15 p.m./Lamberhurst, {Large and bright...|.......... Sevowces|oecere octet seen Appeared 60° 
Sussex. from S., i 
tude 40; disa 
peared due W 
altitude 20°. 
6 30 p.m.) Weston - super -|Larger than Venus/White, with/3 seconds...... From 15° E 
Mare. blue tint. of the zenith 
S.W. 
6 30 p.m.|Stonyhurst ...... —=SITIUS) .sscus0 eseerjansee Cn squpesccoet|denncauabe cures .../Inclined — at 
disappeared at { 
height of 10° 0. 
11° above 
horizon. 
6 35 p-m.JOxford.  ....5..0c]-see8 A sccachcacenecdoe xt 
I. Meteor, 1861, July 16th, 10" 15™ p.w, G.M.T. 
By Mrs. E, Addison, of Gainsford, Durham, this meteor was first seen 29° 
from the horizon, in the direction of the towns Dunkirk or Ostend, upon the 
Greenwich latitude. Mr. J. Howe, of Greenwich, observed the meteor to pass 
within 8° or 9° of his zenith, as may be inferred from the position of a Lyre 
at the time of the meteor’s appearance; but this is at variance with the ac- 
counts of Mr. Charles Reed at Westminster, and Mrs. Davies at South- 
borough, who describe the meteor in the E. as far from vertical. If we 
assume the meteor to have passed over Dunkirk at an altitude of 30°, as seen 
from Gainsford, its height was here 172 miles above the French coast. The 
obstruction of houses on the west side of Whitehall in Mr. Charles Reed’s 
account, shows the meteor to have disappeared nearly due N. from London, 
at an altitude of 10°, pointed out by Mr. Howe at Greeny ich, At Gainsford, 
