68 



REPORT 1864. 



Date. 



1864. 

 Aug. 9 



10 

 10 

 10 

 10 



10 

 10 

 10 



10 



10 

 10 

 10 



10 

 10 



Hour. 



10 



h m s 

 11 59 30 



p.m. 



30 



a.m. 

 1 10 



a.m. 

 3 40 



a.m. 

 7 31 



a.m. 



7 35 



a.m. 

 8 40 



a.m. 

 10 a.m, 



13 a.m. 



16 45 



a.m. 

 17 30 



a.m. 

 18 35 



a.m. 



19 30 

 a.m. 



21 a.ra. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Greenwich 



Beeston 



vatorv 



Ibid....'. 



Obser 



Apparent Size. 



Verj- brilliant 



= lst mag.* 



= lst mag.* 

 i 

 Ibid '=2nd mag.* 



Ibid 



Colour. 



Blue 



Duration. 



I second -f- . 



Rapid 



Yellow . 



Yellow Rapid 



Yellow Rapid 



I 



= lst mag.it Yellow Rapid 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Greenwich 



Ibid. 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 

 Greenwich ..., 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 



10 

 10 



25 30 

 a.m. 

 (2 meteors.) 



Ibid, 



Greenwich 



==lst mag.* 

 =2nd mag.* 

 = 2nd mag.* 



Yellow 

 Yellow 

 Blue . 



Rapid ... 

 Rapid ... 

 1 second 



Ibid, 



29 a.m. 



1 15 40 

 a.m. 



Bright meteor . 



=3rd mag.* . 

 = 2nd mag.* . 

 =3rd mag.* , 



=3rd mag.# . 

 = 2nd mag.* . 



Blue 



Colourless ... 

 Bluish white.., 

 Yellow 



Yellow 



Blue 



1 second 



Slow ... 

 1 second 

 Rapid ... 



Rapid 



1 second 



No. 1, =3rd mag.* 

 No. 2, =lst mag.* 



Beeston Obser- 

 vatory. 

 Ibid 



=4th mag.* 



:3rd mag.* 



Blue 



Rapid motiou.. 



Orange red 



Rapid 



Fell vertically from 

 the space between 

 Auriga and Perseus 

 towards horizon. 

 From I across 



Pegasi. 

 From 9 Delphini 



across 9 Antinoi 

 From y Trianguli.. 



From 0^ 30' N. ofe 

 Cassiopeiae to- 

 wards/3 Cephei, 



From jj Pegasi 

 across Lacerta. 



X Draconis across 

 ? Ursae Majoris. 



Passed close to y 

 Pegasi ; centre 

 of path near that 

 star. 



From /3 Aquarii to 

 a point near S 

 Aquarii. 

 From a Tauri per- 

 pendicularly down 

 Passed about 7' 

 below Equuleus. 

 From No. 5 Dra- 

 conis to 7j Ursae 

 Majoris. 

 Started halfway 

 between « and j8 

 Persei. 



From a point mid- 

 way between a Pe- 

 gasi and the hori- 

 zon ; fell almost 

 perpendicularly to 

 wards S.S.E. hori- 

 zon. 



Two meteors pursu- 

 ing parallel paths 

 in Pegasus ; No 



1 seen before No, 



2 by less than ^ 

 second. 



From t) towards 9 

 Persei. 



From H 19 Came- 

 lopardi to X Dra- 

 conis. 



