320 REPORT—1863. 
(5.) 1862, September 22nd, 10" 22™ p.m. 
This falling star resembled in character that of November Ist, 1860 (No. 2). 
The point of disappearance is situated twenty miles above Dungeness Point, 
where the meteor arrived from an origin exhibiting little apparent parallax at 
London and Etchingham, but having its direction in the constellation of the 
Dolphin. If the commencement of the visible path is placed 150 miles 
above the Cape of la Hogue, an interval of 170 miles to the point of extine- 
tion was traversed by this meteor in 43 seconds of time. The meteor re- 
sembled Mars. A globe of ignited gas two feet in diameter would sufficiently 
represent the intensity of its light. 
(6.) 1862, September 25th, 6" 15™ p.m. 
Exact accounts of the two meteors which appeared in the South of England at 
sunset of this evening are rare. The first was distinguished by a remarkable 
contrast of red and green colour in the head and vaporous envelope of the 
meteor. A low flight with moderate velocity over the county of Hampshire, 
is rendered probable by the observations at Weston-super-Mare, Ventnor, 
Lamberhurst, and Ticehurst, performing sixty or seventy miles in six or seven 
seconds of time from forty-five miles above Petworth in Sussex, to fifteen miles 
above Salisbury town. The meteor was splendid even in daylight, but no 
report was audible. 
(7.) 1862, September 25th, 6" 30™ p.m. 
The second meteor was vertical at Weston-super-Mare. It was seen at 
a considerable altitude in the S.W. at Hay and Great Malvern, and nearly 
in the zenith at Kimmeridge in Dorsetshire, at the time of its first appearance, 
descending thence towards the south of west from all the stations where 
it was observed. A nearly horizontal course from sixty miles above Swindon 
in Wiltshire to forty miles above Padstow in Cornwall, corresponds most 
closely with the observations of the flight. This meteor was globular, white 
or blue, and attained a size before disappearance compared at Corwen in North 
Wales with that of the moon. No report followed its disappearance. 
(8.) 1862, November 16th, 10" 45™ p.m. 
If this meteor did not move cover the open sea, it may be surmised to have 
passed above Start Point (at a height of forty miles), and downwards towards 
the sea in the neighbourhood of St. Ives, in Cornwall. This result is un- 
certain, from the absence of precision in the observations. The meteor appears 
indeed to have been of the class of larger falling-stars*, and not a distant fire- 
ball. 
(9.) 1862, November 26th, 6" 40™ p.m. 
Vertical over Selkirk. At Leeds the meteor traversed the last two stars in 
the tail of Ursa ; its middle point had an altitude of 19° directly over Selkirk. 
The height above this town was therefore forty-two miles, and in its onward 
course the meteor was directed to an earth point upon the Kirkcudbright 
coast. The meteor terminated at an elevation of twenty miles, with great 
brilliancy, and with a loud report audible at Selkirk. 
(10.) 1862, November 27th, 5" 47™ p.m. 
The path of this brilliant meteor was sensibly horizontal. From thirty 
miles above the mouth of the Scheldt (lat. N. 52° 6’, long. E. 3° 7’), to twenty- 
eight miles above the mouth of the Seine (lat. N. 49° 49’, long. W. 0° 23’), 
the meteor travelled 220 miles with varying brilliancy in 5 seconds. At 
* See Nos. (2) and (5). t See this Appendix, No. III. 
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