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REPORT — 1869. 



Date. 



1868. 

 Oct. 7 



h m s 

 About 1150 

 p.m. 



Hour. 



About 11 50 

 p.m. 



About 11 50 

 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Brigbton 

 (^Sussex). 



fjQrgc meteor 



Uamsgate 

 (Kent). 



Wimbledon , 



About 11 53 

 p.m. 



About 11 55 

 p.m. 



711 59 54 

 p.m. 

 (Paris time) 



A great fireball 



Colour. 



1^1 ue, then red 



The body 

 white, and 

 the tail ol 

 all the co- 

 lours of the 

 rainbow. 



Very large meteor 



Red 



Duration. 



Lasted fully 

 half a sec. 



Gordon Square, 

 London. 



Sandown, Coast 

 guard Station, 

 Isle of Wight, 



Large meteor 



At first a small fire- 

 ball, gradually 

 enlarging. 



Various 



Lasted several 

 seconds. 



Position, or 



Altitude and ! 



Azimuth. 



Lasted only a 

 moment. 



2 or 3 seconds 



Belleville, Paris Apparent diameter 

 30'. 



About 12 



p.m. 

 (local time). 



Angers, France... 



Large meteor 



At first white, 7 seconds, 

 then red. 

 The frag- 

 ments blue, 

 yellow, and 

 green. 



First appeared i 

 considerable 

 height above 

 horizon, due 



About 1 5 sec 



Passed from S( 

 of a Cephe 

 north of J} I 

 Minoris, and 

 wards betw© 

 and y Ursae 

 noris. 



At an appf 

 altitude of 

 above the 

 rizon. 



