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REPORT— 1869. 



Date. 



1868. 

 Sept.29 



Oct. 7 



Hour. 



h m 

 Evenino; .. 



Troy, U. S. Ame- 



About 10 15 



p.m. 

 (Paristime) 



At night 



About 11 30 

 p.m. 



About 1 1 45 

 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Large meteor 



Chirac, Lozere, 

 France. 



Liskeard 

 (Cornwall). 



Sandwich 



(Kent). 



Levtonstone 



Apparent Size. 



As bright as the full 

 moon. 



20' or 30' in dia 

 meter. 



Colour. 



Bright rose 

 and red. 



Like moon- 

 light ; bluish. 



Red and blue. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



10 seconds ... 



First appeared 

 an altitude 

 about 50° in t 

 N.E. 



About 3 sees. 



About 11 45 Walworth, 

 p.m. London. 



711 48 p.m, 



Large meteor 

 ,. Large meteor 



Large meteor 



Wolverhampton 



About the apparent 

 size of full moon. 



Purple and red 



Colours of the 

 train orange 

 yellow, and 

 blue. 



Disappeared m 

 Ursa Minor 



I 



3 or 4 seconds! It started from ( 

 centre of t 

 heavens and tc 

 a southerly 

 rection. 

 iDescended to 

 right of 

 cluster of st 

 known as C 

 siopeia's Chaii 



Disappeared a i 

 degrees abi 

 the northern 

 rizon. 



