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REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



18G4. 

 Apr. 29 



29 

 29 



May 4 

 13 



14 



17 



17 



28 



h m 



8 46 p.m. 



10 20 p.m. 

 10 58 p.m. 



8 28 p.m. 



9 24 p.m. 



8 p.m. 



4 p.m. 



10 15 p.m, 

 10 1 p.m 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Puycharnand 

 (France). 



Greenwich ., 



Montauban(Tou. 

 louse, France), 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Hawkhurst 



(Kent). 

 Hay (S. Wales). 



= Arcturus 



= 3rd mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.* 



3 > Venus 



:2udmag.* 



• full moon 



Large meteor 



— a, Lyra;.... 

 3 or 4 > 2^ 



June 6 



9 48 p.m. 



1 1 4 p.m. 



10 a.m. 



17 a.m. 



56 a.m 



10 



10 p.m 



+ 



8 p.m 



Paris (France)... 



Wolverhampton 

 Ibid 



Ibid.. 



Ibid 



St. Heliers 

 (Jersey). 



Bagshot( Surrey) 



Venus 



= 2nd mag.* 

 = lst mag.* 



= 2nd mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.* 



Like Arcturus 



2 seconds. 



Whit(! . 

 Yellow . 



0-9 second 



Brilliant white 



White 



White 



White 



White, like 1\. 



Nucleus, tail, 

 and frag- 

 ments white. 



Bluish 

 White 



White .... 

 Pale blue , 



Quarter diameter 

 of the moon. 



Yellow . 



Large meteor 



Ruddy 



1 second 



2^ sees. ; slow 



0'5 second ... 



3 to 5 seconds 



2 or 3 seconds 

 Slow motion... 



2 seconds 



2 seconds 



\ second 



2 seconds 



Slow motion. 



Almost mo. 

 mentary. 



From /3 Ursse Mi- 

 noris to Polaris, 

 and i as far 

 beyond. 



Centre i Bootis 



From Draconis to 

 ^.(p Draconis, « 

 Cepbei). | 



From 2 Draconis to' 

 a. Cephei. i 



Saw about 8° path 

 of a meteor in N., 

 altitude « Cygni j 

 azimuth 10° W. 

 of that star. | 



From Leo, passing' 

 east of Saturn 

 and Spica to a 

 few degrees be- 

 low Jupiter. 



Descended from 

 altitude 45° due 

 N. 



Between Auriga 

 and Gemini. 



Blazed out -^ or \ 

 of the distance 

 from Jupiter to 

 Spica. 



From between Co- 

 rona and the feet 

 of Hercules to 

 between Perseus 

 and Capella. 



From ^ Cygni to 



Persei. 

 From overhead, 



halfway to the 



N.E. horizon. 

 From T Virginis to 



the horizon. 

 From e CassiO'' 



peise to e Au- 



rigae. 

 In the S.E., at an 



altitude of about 



20°. 



In the S.E. sky,: 

 altitude about 

 30°. 



