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Direction ; noting also 
Length of | whether Horizontal, 
Path. Perpendicular, or 
Inclined. 
earance; Train, if any, 
and its Duration. 
Remarks. Observer. 
‘St.  Andrew’s 
Gazette,’ Feb. 
1863. 
Myers ci hin eT bs spine V is umahaascadbses 
N.E. direction. 
<e flashes in front. 
dy dazzling appear- 
ce, the hinder part 
eaking into sparks, 
71 Oe Paes Eastward, - horizontal, 
James Gorle. 
below Cassiopeia. 
POPP R ERTS TEETER OE eee eee eeeeeeeeeees seeeeteeseee 
J. White; com- 
municated by 
A. Buchan. 
A. S. Herschel. 
Seen TOP e arenes eee eee eeeeeeseenes 
een shooting-stars ; 5/5° to 30°... Radiant, X Leonis ...... 
tails or a sparkling 
earance ; notracks left. 
On Feb. 15th, 9% 20™ 
p.m. to 9° 50™ p.m., 
8 appeared in 30 min. 
/Presented a good radiant/Qn the idth, 6 appeared|R. P. Greg. 
point in Leo Minor. in 30 minutes. 
punded by a brushy 
nebulous envelope 3° 
TOR e eee ee ee eel eee nee OOe estes eeeeeeeesrereee 
st tailed; red; long 
arrow-like. 
FO eee ebeneeee 
sseoeeeeeee|Moved towards IV. of a............ceccssceseee ..-|Mrs. M¢Leod. 
watchface held with 
XII. vertical. 
trese}00™  sessesees/Fell vertically E. to W..|No detonation ......... Communicated 
by Dr. O. 
Buchner. 
T. Crumplen 
Lt ES eee Seer aca ey Sema oe A. S. Herschel. 
arrow-like, dull red. 
nh One - third|Horizontal, W. to E. W. Pengelly 
Betelgeux 
to Sirius. 
sat pa Betelgeux |Sensibly horizontal)! . gs secseeaesessvececseete eth. 
to Sirius. | S.E. to N.W. 
shooting - stars ;!10° to 35°.,|Two radiants; ° eo’s|)...% eee ake A. S. Herschel. 
) were tailed; one head and Capella. 
|@ track for 1 sec. 
red 2n 
ving a track 6°, one 
ond, white. 
ittailed ; nucleus and Id. 
arrow-like, dull red. 
