19/10 O p.m./Manchester...... 
(+) 
19/10 12 p.m. 
19|10 15 p.m./Arnside Tower... 
j9|10 15 p.m. 
22|'0 22 p.m.|/Euston Road, 
Place of 
Observation. 
Chiswick 
REPORT—1863. 
Apparent Size. 
Globe as large as a 
fist.  Vividly il- 
luminated all 
objects. 
Strong glare seen ; 
from behind the 
observer. 
Light more intense 
than any single 
flash of lightning. 
Brilliant glare seen 
Wellington (So-|4 times % or 10 
merset). 
Great Malvern 
Peckham Rye, 
London. 
London. 
London. 
times Sirius. 
-|St. John’s Wood,|As large as a small 
plate ; 
bright. 
very 
Colour. 
Globe as blue 
as some 
port-fires. 
Diffused 
light, yellow, 
then deep 
Meteor bluish. 
Body and train 
blue. 
Duration. 
A few seconds 
Not very rapid 
=8th-10th magni-|......... eececeeeelene seeesersenaeens 
tude stars. 
= to Mars 
we eeeee ee 
3 secs.; slow 
and uniform 
motion. 
Position, or 
Altitude and © 
Azimuth. 
From the middle o: 
a y Aurige t 
the middle of ) 
Moved along in ar 
upward course, 
Exactly overheat 
when first per 
ceived. From ¢ 
west 
little 
descending fron 
g Persei to f 
Aurige. 3 
The track 
not reach 
Pleiades. j 
A broken line 
fire 
to the 
Bear. 
Position not ase 
tained. 
Chiefly in the 
sky. 
From 10° E. 0 
Delphinus, an 
same altitud 
as Delpkin 
to 7° belo} 
Mars. 3 
