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REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1864 

 JuoeSO 



July 4 



Hour. 



h 111 

 10 52 p.m. 



9 57 p.m. 



A few mi- 

 nutes be- 

 foielOp.m 



10 p.m. 



30 a.m, 



16 10 55 p.m 



20 

 21 

 24 



28 



28 

 28 



29 

 29 



10 45 p.m 



50 a.m 



10 5 p.m 



9 40 p.m 



10 52 and 



10 53 p.m 



11 50 p.m, 



1 5 a.m. 



2 34 a.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Wolverhampton 

 Ibid 



Bettws-y-Coed, 

 R. Conway (N, 

 Wales). 



Greenwich 



Fairseat, 

 Wrotham 

 (Sevenoaks). 



Hawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Wolverhampton 



Ibid 



Apparent Size. 



= 3rd mag.* 



Half diameter 

 the moon. 



of 



Colour. 



Duration, 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Pale blue , 



= 12-inch globe at 

 200 yards. 



= Jupiter. 



Half the size of a 

 full moon at the 

 same altitude. 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



2^ miles N.W, 

 from Wolver- 

 hampton. 



Wolverhampton 



Ibid, 



Ibid, 

 Ibid, 



= 2nd mag.* ... 



=3rdmag.» ... 

 = 2ndmag.» ... 



Large meteor 



3>V- 



Two meteors = 2nd 



mag.* 

 2> 2^ 



= lstmag.* 



>2nd mag.* 



Greenishwhite 



1^ second ...From j3 Ophiuch 



to 7 Herculis. 

 About 4 sees. ; Disappeared above 



deliberate | Jupiter, near /3 



speed. Librae. 



Livid white ...I Slow ; 5 or 6'Appeared to be at 



seconds. ' tlieheadofConway 



valley, due S. 



1 



Bluish white... '2 seconds. 



Bright golden A few second; 

 colour. 



From 6 Ursa; JNI. 

 joris to a point 

 below Spica Vir- 

 ginis. 



First seen in S.E., 



j at altitude about 



10". 



Bright white .. 



Greenish 



Blue 



Blue 



Orange. 



and 



Slow motion... 



motion. 



Orange 

 blue. 

 Intense white 



Bright orange 



colour. 

 Red 



1-3 second ...[From i Herculis, 

 halfway to 

 Lyr.TE. 



1 second 'From a Pegasi 



j fi Aquarii. 



1 second From a to x Uri 



Majoris. 

 Due N., alt. 50 

 rose upwards. 

 5 or 6 sees. ;:FromS.W.,alt.35°, 

 very slow to N.N.W., alt. 

 35°. 

 From S Cygni t 



« Draconis. 

 FromS.W., alt.30' 

 to N.W., altitude 

 30°. 

 From ? UrsEe Ma- 

 joris to Arcturus. 

 From a Cygni to a 

 Draconis. 



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