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REPORT — 1865. 



Date. Hour. 



1865. 

 Aug. 2 6 



20 



26 



27 

 27 

 29 



h iu s 

 9 52 30 

 p.m. 



10 4 p.m. 



10 25 p.m 



8 15 p.m 



9 5 p.m 



Greenwich 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Perigueux (S. 

 France). 



Ibid 



8 38 p.m. Greenwich 



Apparent Size. 



= Venus 



= 3rd mag.* 



= 4th mag.* 



= 3rd mag.* 



= 2nd mag.* 



= lst mag.* 



Colour. 



Blue 



Blue 



Blue 



White 



White 



White 



Duration. 



S seconds. 



h second 



Very rapid 

 motion. 



- 7 second 

 07 second 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From i Cassiopeia! 

 disappeared 

 the neighbou 

 hood of a Perse 



From direction ill 

 ft Cephei ; di 

 appeared near i 

 Corona; Boreali i 



From the directic 1 

 of <r Ursse M 

 noris to a poii 

 aboveaDraconi 



To o Honorium, ' 

 of the way fro 

 e Cephei. 



From 9 Cassiopeil 

 to £ (S Cassiij 

 peiai, x Persei' 



From a point 5d 

 altitude ; 5° rigl 

 of Polaris to 

 point midwi 

 between S Urs 

 Majoris and 

 Draconis. 



APPENDIX. 



I. Meteors doubly observed. 



(1.) Fireball; 1864, August 31st, 10 h 31 ra p.m. 



At Exeter, the meteor disappeared at an altitude of 18° in the E.N.E., 

 whilst at Frant in Sussex it appeared to move at an altitude of about 50° in 

 the W., disappearing S.W. From Exeter to Frant, the direct distance is 

 1G7 British statute miles, and the distance of the meteor from the earth at 

 disappearance was from forty-five to fifty miles above Chichester, on the 

 coast of Sussex. The character of the data does not permit the investigation 

 to be carried further. 



(2.) Fireball; 1864, November 11th, 5 h 35 m p.m. 



The meteor was vertical over the west of Auvergne, where it was seen in 

 twilight, and over the valleys of the Lot, Dordogne, and Garonne, in the 

 south of France. It was observed at Hawkhurst, Tunbridge, and West 

 Pcckham, near Maidstone, in Kent. The height at disappearance, derived 

 from the English, compared with the French observations, is forty -five miles, 

 between Limoges and Rhodez. The flight, of more than eighty miles, was 

 accompanied by a brilliant streak, which remained visible several minutes in 

 the twilight. This was nearly horizontal, directed from between N.E. and N. 





