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EEPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1864. 

 Aug. 2 



Hour. 



h tn 



10 55 p.m, 



11 25 p.m, 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Wolverhampton 

 Greenwich 



11 27 andlbid 

 11 29 p.m. 



8 30 p.m. 'Cherbourg 

 (France). 



10 10 p.- 



10 17 p.m. 



10 22 p.m. 

 10 35 p.m. 



10 38 p.m. 

 10 45 p.m. 

 10 50 p.m. 



10 57 p.m. 



11 3 p.m. 



Hay (S. Wales). 



Ibid 



Large fireball 

 = lst mag.4t 

 = lst mag.i* 



>2nd mag.* 



Very brilliant 

 teor. 



Hay (S. Wales).. =lst mag.* 



Wolverhampton 

 Greenvyich 



Apparent Size. 



= 2nd mag.ff 

 = lst mag.*.., 



Small meteors. 



Colour. 



Orange. 

 Blue . 



Blue . 



Yellowish 



Whitish 



White 



me- Blue 



Greenwich 



Ilawkhurst 

 (Kent). 



Ibid, 



Ibid 



11 8 p.m. 'Wolverhampton 



1 a.m. Weston - super - 

 to Mare 



1 30 a.m 



2 25 a.m. Wolverhampton 



10 25 p.m. 



Ibid, 



=2nd mag.# 



=3rd mag.* 



=2nd mag.# 



= 3rd mag.* 



= 2nd mag.» 



Many 1st and 2nd 

 mag. shooting- 

 stars. 



= 2ndmag.» ..., 



Blue 



Colourless 



Colourless 



Colourless 



Golden yellow 



-2nd mag.> 



White 



White 



Duration. 



1^ second 



Rapid motion. 



Very slow mo- 

 tion. 



1 second 



H second 



H second 



2 seconds. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From i Cassiopeiae 



to 6 Persei. 

 To y Draconis 



Two small meteors 

 seen beneath 

 Ursa Major. 



A few degrees 

 above the south 

 horizon. 



Centre midway be- 

 tween Wega and 

 y, /3 Draconis. 



From 6 Cygni to m 

 Scutum Sobieski. 



From a Draconis to 

 Arcturus. 



Passed above the 

 tail-stars of Ursa 

 Major to e )5o- 

 otis. 



From Scutum So- 

 bieski to Bow of 

 Sagittarius. 



From Vulpecula, 

 across Corona 

 Borealis. 



From a Cygni to 

 Head of Draco. 



From i (13, jj) Pe- 

 gasi nearly to 4 

 Pegasi. 



From i (/3, r,) 

 Pegasi, nearly 

 to a Pegasi, in 

 dining towards 

 y Pegasi. 



From a Aquilae to 

 ;; Serpentis. 



Radiant near the 

 Pleiades. 



From a Ceti to^ 

 wards the south 

 horizon. 



From ^ Ursae Ma 

 joris to 12 Comae 

 Berenices. 



