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Papenburg. The situations of these places, with the exception of Lippstadt, 

 E. long, (from Greenwich) 33 m 20 s -9, N. lat. 51° 41', and Papenburg, E. long. 



Fia;. 3. 



'a lor 



(from Greenwich) 29 m 31 s -0, N. lat. 53° 4' 30", are given in the Report for 

 1863. The comparative observations given in Tables I. and II. (p. 126) were 

 obtained : — 



No. 4. Length of Path ninety-one miles. 



No. 5. Length of Path sixty miles. 



No. 6. At both stations blue : shot upwards ; at Minister from altitude 51° 

 to 71°, at Peckeloh from altitude 45° to 56°. 



The radiants observed at Miinster in the year 1865 were as follows : — 



1865, Apr. 15-29 / ^ ' a= ?i?°' ? = t flo 1 in all 38 meteors. 

 ' l \M g .a=l/o , <5= +54° J 



1865, July 27 to 

 Aug. 10. 



' From A came 26 meteors=21 per cent 



„ B „ 43 „ =35 „ 



■\T z, A 



„ Uncertain radiants ,,49 „ =40 „ 



In all 123 meteors. 



III. Large Meteors. 

 (1.) 1864, September 24th, 12" 20 m (noon). Tarbes (S. France). 



The occurrence is described in the ' Comptes Rendus' (for 1864, October 3rd 

 and 10th). The meteor presented the appearance of a ball of fire moving with 

 the rapidity of a flash of lightning, and leaving a cloud of smoke for several 

 minutes. It was seen in broad day as far south as the Balearic Islands, and 

 as far north as Nerac, and Couzon in Creuse. The point of disappearance was 

 nearly over Tarbes, and the flight assigned by M. Le Verrier is forty miles 

 high above the Department of Gers. The following extract of a letter from 



