2 REPORT 1864. 



should not, "before the present Eeport, have been assigned to the meteors of 

 the 10th of April, appears the more remarkahle, as this date was noticed in 

 his Catalogue of fireballs by Baumhauer in 1845, and by Wolf in 1856 ; and 

 astronomers have been aware for more than thirty years, that when meteors 

 are periodical, they invariably take their directions from a fixed perspective 



A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS 



Date. 



Hour. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



1863. 

 Jan. 30 



Feb. 



Mar.l2 



17 

 JunelO 



Aug. 10 



10 



12 

 12 



12 



14 



m 

 



6 



p.m. 



p.m 



1 a.m. 



7 p.m, 



9 26 p.m, 



10 40 p.m. 

 to 11 20 

 p.m. 



About 9p.m. 



10 55 p.m. 



11 5 p.m. 



11 39 p.m. 



15 

 15 



IG 



Bannockburn 

 (Stirling). 



Mil ton Mills (two 

 miles south of 

 Stirling). 



Island of Rhodes 

 (Mediterra- 

 nean). 



Large 



Red 



A few seconds 

 A few seconds 



Magnificent bolide 



South 



N,E., altitude 45°. 



Burst over the is 

 land of Rhodes. 



Ibid 



Bolide 



Brading (Isle of 

 Wight). 



Fairlight (Ilast- 



ings). 



Eddystone Rock 



(English 



Channel). 

 Euston Road 



(London). 

 Ibid 



Very much > 1).... 



Many almost = 

 Venus. Others 

 quite small. 



White 



Ibid, 



9 58 p.m. Trafalgar Square 

 (London). 



9 55 p.m. 



Ibid, 



10 30 p.m. Ibid 



9 23 p.m. 'Sheffield 



= n- 



=3^mag.».., 

 =2nd mag.4: 



= lst raag.* 



=2nd mag.* 



= 2nd mag.* 



=3rd mag.« 



:Ven\is at greatest 

 brightness. 



Orange colour 



Bluish 



Bluish 



White 



1 second 



0-8 second 



0*3 second 



0'5 second 



From a few degrees 

 E. of 2/. , halfway 

 to the horizon. 



Those in N.E. were 

 short (1° or 2°) 

 and faint, but 

 left trains. 



Shot directly across 

 « Lyrae. 



From near e Her- 

 cuUs. 



From 2° W. of 

 Cygni to near 

 Aquilae. 



From 4° above Po, 

 laris to 1 ^"^ abovi 

 d Ursae Majoris. 



Passed above 

 Pegasi from 

 R. A. 328^°, N 

 DecL 20i° 

 R. A. 346°, N 

 Decl. 15J°. 



From 2° W. of 5 

 HercuHs to 

 Coronae. 



Passed below 

 Andromedae from 

 R. A. 354°, N. 

 Decl. 30° toR.A 

 3",N.Decl.l9i°, 



From 3° E. of y 

 Delphini to p An- 

 tinoi. 



