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REPORT 1864'. 



Date. 



1864. 

 Jan. 21 



Hour. 



21 



21 

 23 



29 



29 

 29 



29 

 29 

 29 

 Feb. 2 



h m s 

 8 40 p.m. 



8 55 p.m 



10 p.m 

 AboutSp.m 



8 30 p.m. 



8 42 p.m 



8 49 p.m 



9 8 p.m. 

 9 15 p.m 

 9 27 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Lamberhurst 

 (Kent). 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid 



Liverpool. 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Weston - super 



Mare. 

 Ibid 



Ibid, 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 

 Ibid 



36 a.m. Wimbledon 

 (Surrey). 



10 30 p.m 



Apparent Size. 



Bright meteor ... 



Yellow . 



• Venus 



= lst mag.* 

 Large meteor 



= 2nd mag.* 



= Sirius 



=3rd mag.* 



= lst mag.*. 

 = Sirius .... 



Colour. 



Greenish yel 

 low. 



White 



White 



Orange colour 

 Blue 



A clear disk. Seen 

 through clouds 

 which obscured 

 Sirius. 



Souihgate Road 

 (London). 



=3rd mag.* 



Blue... 



White 



White 



Duration. 



3-5 seconds ; 

 relaxing its 

 speed. 



0*4 second ... 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Low in the N. 



X 



0-6 second ... 



2-5 seconds ... 



2-5 seconds ; 

 slow motion. 



= S Ursae Majoris. 



I second 



0-7 second ... 



0*6 second .. 



Rather rapid 

 flight for so 

 large a me- 

 teor. 



From 'C Leonis to 

 a point near x 

 Leonis, R. A. 1 

 52™, N. Dec! 

 12°. 



From p to M C» 

 melopardali. 



Commenced near 

 a Cephei. Dis- 

 appeared altitude 

 40° N.W. 



From g Lyncis, | 

 of the course to-i 

 Gerainorura 



From stars (5), (8) 

 to 6 Andromedae. 



Commencement in 

 R. A. 47°, S. 

 Decl. 22° 



From Cor Caroli 

 X Bootis. 



From X Herculis to 

 i Bootis. 



Commenced at y 

 Ceti. 



From a HydraSj 

 almost to the 

 horizon. 



a. 



1 



In Ursa Major. 



