238 2 REPORT—1863, 
Place of Position, or 
Date.| Hour. Observation. Apparent Size. Colour. Duration. Altitude and 
Azimuth. 
1862.| h m 
Nov.27|Shortly be-|Havre (France)..|Great fireball ......)...... ssseeeeeeee| Withastonish-|Passed over 
fore 6 p.m. ing rapidity.| town. t 
27/6 O p.m.|Newport, Isle off.............05 Brivacee BlUe) siveseess Moderate Passed under 
Wight. speed. moon, more fi 
to the moon t 
to the horizor 
27| 6 O p.m.|Wrotham (Maid-|About equal to the|/Light white,|....... coh ttenaena Passed under 
stone). moon; light not} like moon- moon, 
quite so bright. | light. 
27; 6 O p.m.|Bridport Rather longer than]...ccc..ssecesserileecees A 3: N.E. to 
; (Dorset). moon’s diameter; greatest — heig 
twice as long as about 20°. | 
broad. 
27; 6 O p.m.|/English Bicknor,|.......... bbe <onnceseen Intense blue...|............s..+..|fhe height abe 
Forest of Dean the horizon 
(Gloucester- guessed to 
shire). about 60°. 
21\'G 0 Pim. |Sutton  “Coart; |. 5-s<cavcacessescesceoelebeeees exc sanesce|saress er oe 
Abingdon. 
27| 6 O p.m.\Cambridge Ob-|Overpowered the|Deep blue ...|Slowly pur-|Passed at 
seryatory. light of the moon sued its) 112°N. P. DR 
with intermittent course. altitudel6°, 
flashes. 8.E. to 8. W 
ta 
27| 6 O p.m.|Honiton, nearLarger than full\Intensely blue|Very slow mo-\Judging from 
Exeter. moon, tion, 10secs.| moon, the 
at least. tude was 
35° from 26 
of S.to 5° E 
27|6 3 p.m.|Pendock (Wor-|Half size of full/[ntense blue...|3 or 4 seconds|Appeared bet 
cestershire). moon. Pleiades 
Aries. 
under 
and burst 
mediately b 
the moon. 
