18 



KEPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1863. 

 Dec. 5 



Hour. 



h m 



A few mi- 

 nutes be- 

 fore 8 

 p.m. 



Furnes's Abbey 

 (Lancashire). 



Howden (W. of 

 Hull). 



Blyth (Northum- 

 berland). 



Beaumaris (An- 

 glesey). 



7 54 p.m 



7 55 p.m 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Bath 



Manchester . 



7 55 p.m. 

 7 55 p.m. 

 7 55 p.m. 



Hawkshead, 

 Windsrmere. 



Parkhill, Ross- 

 shire. 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Coast-guard Sta. 

 tion, Camber 

 (Hastings). 



Burton-on-Trent 



Chesterfield 

 (Derbyshire). 



Little Horton, 

 Bradford. 



Haslingden(Lan- 

 cashire). 



Apparent Size. 



Resembled light- 

 ning. 



White 



Red and green 



Bright as full moon 



A strong light 



Two bright flashes. 



Bright as full moon 



Like lightning 



Large fireball 



4>1A 



Large fireball 



Large and bright.. 



Cast shadows 



Colour. 



Paleblue.frag. 

 ments red. 



White 



Pale blue, tail 

 crimson. 



Greenish 

 white, twice 

 changingtored 

 Colours very 

 bright. 



Duration. 



2 or 3 seconds 



Momentary ... 

 2 or 3 seconds 

 Not > 2 sees 



Pale blue . 



3 seconds. 



A few seconds 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



.\bout W.N.W. ; 



almost touched 



the earth. 

 First appeared due 



Vi\, altitude 30°. 



The direction ofl 

 the Hght was W. 

 and S. 



In the same field 

 of view with 

 Andromedse. 



Proceeded almost 

 due S., at a low 

 altitude across) 

 the sky. 



Facing S.E., the 

 flash appeared to 

 be behind. 



From about altitude 

 35° to about alti- 

 tude 40°. 



First appeared 

 an altitude of 30° 

 N.W. by N. 



Higher up in thi 

 sky than Urs 

 Major. 



Nearly due W. .. 



From near y Ursa 

 Majoris to 4' 

 below a Lyrae 

 where it burst 

 (See sketch.) 



