108 



REPORT 1866. 



1866. 

 June20 



Date. 



Hour. 



h in 

 11 p.m. 



2012 21 a.m. 

 '(local time.) 

 24 11 13 p.m. 



July 5 About noon 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Wrotham, Maid- 

 stone, Kent. 



Delft (Holland). 

 Derby 



Hawlthurst 

 (Kent). 



nil to Ibid 



11 30 p.m. 



15 



50 a.m. Primrose Hill 

 (London). 



15 11 20 p.m. Ibid 



1511 37 p.m. 



Ibid, 



1610 35 p.m. Birmingham 



1610 42 p.m. 



Ibid, 



1610 46 p.m.jlbid , 

 1610 45 p.m.llbid. 



16 



11 p.m, 



Ibid, 



Apparent Size. 



fjarge meteor 



One quarter of the 

 apparent dia 

 meter of the 

 moon. 



Large meteor 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



Golden 



Pure white ; 

 intense light 

 but colour- 

 less. 



2 seconds ; 

 very rapid. 



Silvery white. 



First appeared nej 

 /3 Lyrse, an 

 passed across 

 Herculis and 

 Coronse ; disaj 

 pearing behiii 

 buildings in tl 

 W.S.W. 



Moved along thes! 

 above the upp 



edge ofa dark clou 



= 2ndor3rdmag.« 

 = 2nd mag.* 



= 3rd mag.» 

 = lst mag.*.. 



= 2ud mag.* 



Light orange 

 colour. 



White 



0-8 second 



Three rather brig'i 

 shooting - star.' 

 near y Pegasi. 



Commenced at 

 Lyrse. 



Yellow 0-5 second ... 



Yellow 1 second 



White 



= 2nd mag.* Blue . 



= 3rd mag.* 'Yellow. 



= 2ndmag.* White , 



0*5 second 



fl-5 second 



From a. Aqui 



to k Scuti S 



biesii. 

 From 6 Aquilae 



a point in R. 



263"^, N. De 



9°. 

 From S Cygni to 



point in R. 



295°, N. De 



32°. ; 



From a. Cygni to' 

 Sagitta?. 

 0-7 second ... From 42 (Fl.) D 

 conis to 1^ D 

 eonis. 

 1-2 second ...iFrom 2° S. nfi 

 I Camelopardi | 

 1°N. ofj;Ui 

 Majoris. 



