48 



REPORT^1864. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



1864. 

 Jidy29 



29 



29 

 29 



h m 

 10 p.m. 



10 5 p.m. 



10 44 p.m. 

 10 45 p.m. 



Wolverhampton 

 Ibid 



= 2nd mae.* Blue 



V- 



Weston - super 



Mare. 

 Greenwich 



= 3rd mag.* 

 = lst mag.*.. 



29 



29 

 29 



29 



29 



29 



10 49 p.m. 



10 57 p.m. 



11 3 p.m. 



11 40 p.m. 



11 42 p.ra 



Midnight . . 



Weston - super 

 Mare. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



»lst mag.* 



= 3rd mag.* 

 = Sirius 



Greenwich 



Ibid, 



Ibid , 



= 2nd mag.* 



= 4th mag.* 



= 3rd mag.» 



30 



30 



30 

 31 

 Aug. 1 

 1 

 2 

 2 



10 a.m 



Ibid, 



11 p.m. Weston - super • 

 Mare. 



11 18 p.m. Wolverhampton 



30 a.m. 



9 54 p.m. 



9 57 p.m. 

 10 15 p.m. 

 10 15 p.m. 



Ibid 



Weston - super 



Mare. 

 Ibid 



Ibid. 



Beeston Observa- 

 tory (Notting- 

 ham). 



> 1st mag.* , 



= 2nd mag.# 

 = 2nd mag.* 

 >-lst mag.* 

 >l8t mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.* 

 Large meteor 



Very red 



Blue . 

 Orange. 



Blue . 



Blue 

 Blue 



Not less than 

 4 seconds. 



4 second 



Less than I see. 



Brilliant blue 



1 second 



^ second 

 1 3 second .. 



Rapid ; less 

 than 1 sec. 



Rapid motion 



Momentary . 



Blue 



Very rapid 

 motion. 



Yellow . 



f second 



Blue 



Orange 



Bluish white.. 

 Pale yellow . . 

 Colourless .. 

 Blue 



2 seconds. . 

 1| second 

 I second .. 



2 sees. ; slow 



motion. 

 ^ second ... 



From X Aquilae to 



Serpentis. 

 From a Serpentis 



to X Ursae Ma- 



joris. 

 From £ to e Pegasi. 



From/JAndromedcC, 

 curved towards c 

 Andromedae, and 

 disappeared near 

 y Pegasi. 



From a Lyrae to S 

 Draconis. 



From X Aquilae 



From TT Herculis to 

 X Serpentis. 



From direction f ' 

 a Lyrje, passe 

 across j3 Draco- 

 nis to 6 Draco- 

 nis. 



From the direction 

 of a Andromeda, 

 passed rapidly 

 across Cygnus, 

 and disappeared 

 near S Cygni 



A meteor appeared 



nearVulpecula,anfl 



disappeared almost 



immediately with 

 scarcely any per 



ceptible path ; a 



flash only. 



From a point near 

 ^ Cygni across c 

 Aquila: and about 

 15° heyond that 

 star. 



From e Ursae Ma- 

 joris to Cor Ca- 

 rol!. 



From a Aquilae to S 

 Ophiuchi. 



From o to X Ursw 

 Majoris. 



From e Pegasi to 6 

 Aquilae. 



From 6 to a Pegasi 



From ~ to A. Sagit- 



tarii. 

 Moved from N.E. 



to S.W., across 



the zenith. 



t 



t 



