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pearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



lowed by a very bril- 

 iliant train. When 

 half way on its course 

 it exploded and threw 

 out a great quan 

 tity of brilUant white 

 sparks, the meteor 

 still pursuing its 

 icourse. 



|; a train of brilliant 

 larks in the form of an 

 ilongated cone, with its 

 ase at Ursa Minor. 



first an ordinary 

 ihooting-star, expand- 

 ng almost instanta- 

 leously to a deep red 

 jail ; followed by a 

 itream of vivid red 

 ight, pale bluish near! 

 he ball, 1° wide, andl 

 J0° in length. Be- 

 bre disappearing, the 

 |)all became bright 

 i)lue, and ultimately 

 liurst, emitting nu- 

 inerous luminous 

 ;ragmeuts, which 

 rvere instantly ex- 

 linguished. 



(irisingly grand and 

 illiant appearance. 



leteor of remarkable 

 illiancy, which disap 

 ared suddenlv. 



rst it was just like 

 tar, and in its course 

 'increased in a start- 

 ;g manner, until at 

 it reached the ap- 

 '•ent size of the moon 

 il exploded, scattering 

 ;s of light in all (U- 

 tions. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Length of 

 the bright 

 streak 30" 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Inclined to the horizon 

 at an angle of between 

 70° and 80°. 



From S. to N. 



From S. to N. 



About 15' 

 or 20°. 



From N. to S. [?] 



Remarks. 



magnificent meteor ; 

 seen by many ob^ 

 servers. 



The sudden flash of 

 the light was like 

 that of the fnll 

 moon emerging from 

 behind a cloud. The 

 meteor itself not 

 seen. No detona- 

 tion heard. Time 

 certainly before lO*" 

 30"° p.m. 



Observer. 



'The Troy Whig,' 

 Oct. 1st, 1868. 



From nearly S. to N. 



Abbe Trueize and 

 Abbe Boiral 

 ' Les Mondes,' 

 2nd ser., vol. 

 -wiii, p. 332. 



The Times,' 

 Oct. 13th, 1868, 



The heavens appeared 

 for a moment to be a 

 mass of fire. 



The observer's attention 

 was first drawn to 

 the meteor by an 

 unusual and startling 

 light. 



The night was very fine 

 and clear, and the 

 meteor cast an im 

 mense glare around. 

 Doubtless the largest 

 meteor ever seen. 



iXo meteor seen on the 

 1-Uh of Nov. 1866 

 was equal to it in 

 magnitude. The light 

 with which objects 

 were illumined was 

 sufficient for the ob- 

 server to have picked 

 up a pin. 



Daily Tele- 

 graph,' Oct. 

 9th. 

 W. H. L. (Ibid). 



H. R. (Ibid). 



W. H. Wood 

 ' Midland 

 Counties 

 Express.' 



