58 



REPORT 1866, 



Date. 



13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 



13 



13 



13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 

 13 



13 

 13 



13 



Hour. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



h m 

 4 16 



a.m. 



4 22 



a.m. 

 4 30 



a.m. 

 4 37 



a.m. 

 4 42 



a.m. 



4 59 

 a.m. 



.\bout 

 a.m. 



5 7 

 a.m. 



5 12 



a.m. 

 5 16 



a.m. 

 5 18 



a.m. 

 5 26 



a.m. 

 5 39 



a.m. 

 5 44 



a.m. 

 5 42 



s 

 12 



12 



Streatham, near 

 London. 



[bid, 



14 I [bid. 



i 



43 



22 



49 



5 



17 



12 



48 

 17 

 40 

 48 

 30 

 p.m. 



5 42 

 5 42 



About 

 p.m. 



p.m. 

 p.m. 



Ibid 

 Ibid, 

 [bid , 

 [bid, 



Ibid, 



Ibid. 

 Ibid, 

 [bid. 

 [bid. 

 [bid. 

 Ibid. 



Apparent Size. 



= Sirius 



=Procyon 



As bright as Jupiter 



=Vega Lyrse 



As bright as Jupiter 



As bright as Venus 



Apparent size of 

 the moon. 



=f, apparent di- 

 ameter of tlie 

 moon. 



Apparent size of 

 the moon. 



.As briglit as Venus 



Colour. 



Yellow 1 second 



Duration. 



Yellow 



Yellow ..., 



White 



Yellow ..., 

 Pale yellow . 

 White 



Blue 



1 seconds. 



2 seconds. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From 1 14° 



to 102 



From 137'= 



to 126 



From 116° 



to 98 



From 150° 



to 147 



From 185° 



to 192 



From 100° 



to 150 



From 187° 



to 160 



+ 30° 

 4- 20. 



+ 2° 

 — 4. 

 + 20° 

 + 19. 

 + 20° 

 0. 

 + 28° 

 + 57. 

 + 2P 

 + 10. 

 4-25" 

 + 62. 



:Sirius 

 = Sirius 



Primrose Hill, 

 London. 



Nearly as bright as 



Venus. 

 = Sirius , 



From 3rd mag.* to 

 = 3x ? at max- 

 imum. 



Marlcet Drayton, Very bright 



Salop. 

 Near Plymouth.. A fine meteor , 



Reddish purple 



Purplish yel- 

 low [.'].' 

 Orange colour 



Yellow 



Golden yellow 

 Blui&h white... 



From 153° + 22° 

 to 1 75 -f 20. 



From 156° 

 to 167 

 From 124° 

 to 118 

 From 196° 

 to 205 



+ 26° 

 + 20. 

 + 27- 

 + 24. 

 + 56° 

 + 64. 



White ... 



25 seconds , 



White 



to 159 



From 114° 



to 100 



5 42Tauuton Large meteor 



Moved slowly, 



I especially to- 



iwardsflieclose 



Pale green ...A few seconds 



13 5 45 p.m. Boulogne liar- 13rillitnt meteor 

 hour. 



Slow and dig- 

 nified motion. 



From 150° +34° 

 + 34. 

 + 10° 

 - 2. 

 From 120° +22° ||L 

 to 100 + 8. ' 

 From below <^ 

 Draconis, pass- 

 ing between a 

 Lyrfc and y Dra- 

 conis, and on to- 

 wards B ller- 

 culis. 

 FromE.toW.,40°a- 

 bove the S. horizon. 

 From E.N.E. to 

 S.W. 



Commenced at an 

 altitude of 4.'i 

 or 50' in tl'.t 

 E., passed in ;j 

 slightly northern 

 direction over- 

 head, and disap- 

 peared in the N\'. 

 at the same a!(i 

 ti;de. 



Crossed the moutb 

 of the liarboMi 

 in a westerly di 

 rection at an ele- I 

 vaiion of 30° or 

 35°. 



