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REPORT — 1864. 



i 



Date. 



Hour. 



1864. 

 Apr. 20 



20 

 20 



20 



20 

 20 



20 

 20 



20 



20 



20 

 20 



20 



20 



20 

 20 



20 

 21 

 25 



Place of 

 Observation. 



h m s 



40 a.m.jHawkhurst 



(Kent). 



53 a.in. 



59 a.m. 



1 28 a.m. 



1 57 a.m. 



2 25 a.m. 



2 25 30 



a.m. 

 2 29 30 



a.m. 



2 40 30 

 a.m. 



2 40 a.m 



2 55 30 

 a.m. 



3 30 a.m. 



10 46 p.m. 



10 55 p.m, 



11 26 p.m, 

 11 36 p.m 



11 40 p.m 



11 20 p.m 



11 30 p.m 



Apparent Size. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Wolverhampton 



Ha'nkhurst 



(Kent). 

 Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Trafalgar Square 

 (London). 



Havpkhurst 



(Kent). 

 Wolverhampton 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Wolverhampton 



Nuneaton 

 (Coventry). 



= lst mag.*.. 



= lst mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.* 



= 3rd mag.* 



= 2nd mag.# 

 = 2nd mag.* 



= lst mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.* 



>lst mag.* 

 Nearly = 11 



>lst mag.* 

 Nearly =J^ 



= 3rd mag.# 

 = % 



= 2^ mag.*.. 

 = lst mag.» 



= 3rd mag.* 

 =3rd mag.* 



= 3rd mag.* 



>V 



3> n 



Orange yellow 0'8 second 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



White 



Yellow 



Blue 



Yellow 



Yellow 



Yellow 



Yellow 



White 



Bright blue... 



Dull 



Golden red ... 



Yellow 



Yellow, at last 

 orange. 



0'7 second 

 0'7 second 



0-9 second 

 0-7 second 



0-8 second 

 0-9 second 



0"9 second 



f second 

 0-6 second 



0-6 second 

 r2 second 



White 1 second 



White I second 



White 



Silvery blue... 



Pale blue . 



0-9 second 



Very rapid 



4 seconds ; 

 very slow. 



...'From^(«,/3) Her 



culis to ^ (k 



Ophiuchi, y Her- 



culis). 

 ... To X from i (J, |) 



Draconis. 

 ...To^ {(3,ii) Bootis, 



halfway from jj 



Herculis. 

 ... From y Ursse Mi- 



noris to 40 Dra 



conis. 

 ... From \ to S Ophi- 

 uchi. 

 ... From 1° above 



a Lyrae to n 



Lyrae. 

 From i (?;, S) to ^ 



(y, X) Cygni. 

 From i (a Lyra;, 



I Herculis), half. 



way to d Dra- 



coiiis. 

 , To as Equulei, half 



way from * Del- 



phini. 



Disappeared at alti- 

 tude 5°, 2\° W 

 of magnetic S. 



Fell vertically to < 

 Delphini. 



From overhead to- 

 wards the east 

 horizon. 



From ^ (t, «) Dra- i 

 conis to V Ursae 

 Minoris. 



From ^ (ii Bootis, 

 I Draconis) to A. 

 Bootis and 4° 

 beyond. 



From 7] Herculis to 

 Z Coronae. 



On a line from « 

 Draconis to l 

 (0, N) Camelo- 

 pardali. Centre 

 midway. 



From ^ {t}, a), half- 

 way to I Her. 

 culis. 



From overhead, de- 

 scended to the 

 west horizon. 



From /3 to r Vir- 

 ginis. 



