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REPORT—1862. 
Meteor, 1861, August 6th, 11" 21™ p.x. G.M.T. 
The accounts of Mr. Joseph Baxendell at Manchester, and Messrs. T. 
Crumplen and J. Townsend at London, determine the centre of this meteor 
at eighty miles above a point halfway between Leicester and Birmingham ; 
and, assuming its course to have been direct upon Manchester, a path of 176 
miles in five seconds is inferred, from 126 miles above Winchester to twenty- 
one miles above the northern point of Staffordshire. 
Shooting-stars, August 8th, 10th, and 11th. 
Time. Appearance. 
h m : 
A. 1861. Aug. 8, 10 313 p.m.G.M.T.| A second-magnitude star. 
B. ” » 8, 4 5, ” A flash ; first-magnitude. 
C. . 3) LO, Obed ey F Fine tailed shooting-star; first-magni- 
tude star. 
D. 19 ap UU aOR Fe 5, Third-magnitude star. 
ts Es rf J dy O20 Fs, 3 Bright white-tailed shooting-star, and 
; equal to Venus. 
| Place of Centre. Direction of Flight. 
A. 67 miles over Sandhurst (Kent). From alt. 46°, 3° N. of E. 
B. 50 miles over Bury St. Edmunds. | Nearly vertical ; down. 
Cc. 20 miles E. of N. Foreland; 47 miles over the sea.) From alt. 38°, 48° N. of E. 
D. 70 miles over Leatherhead. From alt. 54°, 20° N. of E. 
E. 70 miles E. of Ipswich ; 32 miles above the sea. | From alt. 42°, 70° N. of LE. § 
Length of Flight. Velocity of Flight. 
A. 20 miles (approx.). 30 miles a second (approx.). ; 
B. 6 miles. | 
C. 35 miles (approx.). | 30 miles a second (approx.). 
D. 20 miles (approx.). 30 miles a second (approx.). : 
| E. 36 miles. 27 miles a second. H 
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Brilliance. | 
A. At 352 yards would have shown like full moon. 
B. At 398 yards iy y rr 
Cc. At 692 yards 5 as 9 
D. At 274 yards ~ ” + 
i. At 1484 yards 7 % 7 
Meteor, 1861, November 12th, 5" 49™ p.m, 
. The accounts of Mr. TL. and Mr. W. Penn at Oxwich and Stone, place 
the earliest appearance of this meteor at 90 to 100 miles over Peter- 
borough or Cambridge. Its approach to the zenith, both at Hay and at 
Bristol, indicates a passage between the latter stations; and the remaining 
accounts will be found to be satisfied with considerable accuracy by a course of 
" sixty miles above Lundy island, terminated with a slight dip towards the sea, 
