92 REPORT — 1864'. 



azimuth W. from S. 23G°, altitude 9°. Began 126 miles above the North Sea 

 (N. lat. 51° 55', long. 1° 55' E.) ; disappeared 108 miles above the Sussex 

 coast (N. lat. 50° 55', long. 0° 27' E.). 



(9.) Fireball; 1863, December 27th, 6" 55" p.m. 

 Observations, at East Harptree and at Dulverton in Somersetshire (see 

 Catalogue), agree with a path of eighty miles in 4 seconds. Direction, from 

 azimuth W. from S. 277°, altitude 45°. Began eighty miles above the 

 Channel (N. lat. 50° 37', long. 0° 42' W.) ; disappeared twenty-five miles 

 above Poole, in Dorsetshire (N. lat. 50° 43', long. 2° 0' W.). The fireball 

 agrees with an aerolitic date. 



(10.) EirebaU ; 1864, January 3rd, 8'' 25"" p.m. 

 In the north of England ; observed at Liverpool, and Epping, near London 

 (see Catalogue). 



(11.) EirebaU ; 1864, January 7th, 8'^ 36'" p.m. 

 South of the Cornish coast ; observed at Weston-super-Mare and Dul- 

 verton, in Somersetshire (see Catalogue). The overcast state of the sky 

 appears to have precluded more general observations. 



(12.) Shooting-star J 1864, AprU 10th, 9" SO"" p.m. 

 Observed at Greenwich Observatory and Hawkhurst (see Catalogue). The 

 position, in N.W., is luifavom-able for calculation. 



(13.) Shooting-star ; 1864, April 20th, 2" 40™ 30^ a.m. 



Observed at London and Hawkhurst (see Catalogue). The view was im- 

 paired by sunrise. 



(14.) EirebaU ; 1864, July 4th, 10'> 0"' p.m. 



Observed at Llanrwst (N. Wales) and at Wolverhampton, by Mr. T. M. 

 Simkiss (see Catalog-ue), who concludes the path to have been from fifty miles 

 above Stafford to thirty miles above Llandovery (in Wales). The meteor 

 observed through clouds at Greemvich (see Catalogue) is perhaps identical 

 with this. 



(15.) EirebaU; 1864, August 6th, 10" 20"" p.m. 



Observed at Wrotham (Kent) and at Paris (see Catalogue). It also 

 attracted attention in Germany. Erom observations at Miinster, Essen, and 

 Kempen, Professor Hcis concludes its path to have been directed from a 

 considerable height above the North Sea, north-west of HoUand, to thii-ty or 

 thii-ty-five miles above the sea, due north of Holland. It feU with a steep 

 incKue from S.W. towards N.E. 



(16.) EirebaU; 1864, August 9th, 0" 52™ a.m. 

 Observed at Hawkhurst, and at the Luxembourg in Paris (see Catalogue). 

 Path, after the expansion, twenty-nine miles in one second. Direction, 

 from azimuth W. from S. 250°, altitude 60°. Expanded 106 miles abovo 

 the North Sea (N. lat. 53° 15', long. 3° 22' E.) ; disappeared eighty-two nules 

 above the sea (N. lat. 53° 11', long. 3° 4' E.). 



(17.) EirebaU; 1864, August 10th, 8" 45™ 50^ p.m. 

 Observed in Italy. Belongs among the few whose paths are known to 

 lie from the west to the east of the meridian. Path, sixty miles in 3 or 4 

 seconds. Telocity, fifteen or twenty miles per second. Direction, from 

 azimuth W. from S. 30°, altitude 12° (near Antares). Began forty miles 

 above Lecco (N. lat. 45° 52', long. E. 9° 25') ; disappeared thirty miles above 



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