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REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1863. 

 Sept. 7 



10 

 11 

 13 



16 



17 

 17 

 17 

 17 



17 



20 



20 



21 



Oct. 4 



Hour. 



h m s 

 11 18 p.m. 



11 18 20 

 p.m. 



11 21 p.m. 



11 30 p.m. 



Disappear- 

 ance 

 8 26 38 

 p.m. 



8 51 p.m. 



8 45 p.m. 



7 21 p.m. 



10 53 p.m. 



9 11 p.m. 

 9 17 p.m. 

 9 24 p.m. 

 9 43 p.m. 



10 7 p.m. 



8 35 p.m. 

 10 1 p.m. 



1 50 a.m. 



7 35 p.m. 



Trafalgar Square 

 (Loudon). 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Weston -_super 

 Mare. 



BeestonObserva. 

 tory (Notting- 

 ham). 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Queenstown 

 (Ireland). 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Euston Road 

 (London). 



Wisbech (Cam- 

 bridgeshire). 

 Ibid 



Euston Road 



(London). 

 Wisbech (Cam. 



bridgeshire). 



Euston Road 

 (London), 



Wisbech (Cam- 

 bridgeshire). 



Trafalgar Square 

 (London). 



Coast-guard Sta- 

 tion, Camber 

 (Hastings). 



Wisbech (Cam- 

 bridgeshire). 



Apparent Size. 



= 3rd mag.* 



= H mag.# , 



= lst mag.*. 



=3rd mag.# 



= 2nd mag.*, in 

 creasing by im 

 pulses to one 

 third diameter of 

 the moon. 



= 1st mag.*. 



Large and brilliant 

 meteor. 



= 3 diameters of 

 Venus. 



=Capella. 



Colour. 



Dull white 

 Bluish 



White 



Blue 



Yellow 



Blue 



0"4 second ... 

 0-3 second ... 



Very brief ... 



2^ seconds ; 

 slow. 



6 seconds (17 

 per second). 



1 second 



White 



>lst mag.* 

 >lst mag.* 



= 2^ mag.* 

 >-lst mag.* 



= 3^ mag.* 



>lst raag.» 



Vivid bluish 

 white, then 

 ruddy and 

 dull. 



Yellow ... 



White 

 White 



White 



White 



=2-J- mag.* jWhite 



Large meteor Reddish white 



= lstmag.* Yellow 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Very rapid 

 speed. 



1 second 



0"8 second .. 



0-5 second .. 



2 seconds 



0-5 second ... 



2 seconds 



0'5 second ... 



2 seconds. 



From near A Dra. 

 conis to near jj 

 Urs» Majoris. 



From between rj 

 and Z Draconis 

 to very near n 

 Herculis. 



Between /3 and y 

 Draconis ; im- 

 perfect view. 



From head of Ca- 

 melopardalus to 

 ■5 {k, a) Ursse 

 Majoris. 



From -J- (a, t) Aqui- 

 lajtol= 30' above 

 Arcturus. 



From a Aquilae to a 

 point in R. A 

 28C°,S.DecL6°. 



Advanced from 

 S.W., and disap- 

 peared S.E. 



From ^ (c, e) Ursae 

 Minoris to 

 («, /3) Ursje Mai 

 joris. 



From X Persei to a 

 point R. A. 103°, 

 N, DecL 54i° 



From 1 Lyrae to 17 



Draconis. 

 From <p Persei to tj 



Tarandi. 

 From S to » Aquilae 



From \p Cassio- 



peiae to head of 



Cepheus. 

 From -i {(3, k) Cas- 



siopeiae to y An 



dromedae. 

 From across 6 



Andromedae and 



as far again. 

 A few degrees below 



« Persei, 



Moved horizontally 

 at a low altitude. 



From <p Persei to jj 

 Piscium. 



