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ppearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Lengtii of 

 Path. 



ih a luminous streak on 

 its course. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Moving from E. to W. 



l'"orebl:or- 

 tc.'ied 

 course. 



ft a slight streak. 



't a streak which was 

 ibxtinguished at once. 



I|ft a streak which lasted 

 ■athcr longer than that 

 )f the previous meteor. 



From S.E. toN.W.. 



From Radiant, ■ 

 or R], 2- 



From Radiant T, 



Ceti ; 



The meteor cast a vivid 

 light. A few mo- 

 ments after its dis- 

 appearance there was 

 heard a dull rumbling 

 sound like that of a 

 carriage rolling over 

 a pavement. 



The meteor threw a 

 strong light. Seen 

 also at Louvain, 

 Liege, and Antwerp. 

 According to the de- 

 scription at Paris, 

 a violent explosion 

 was heard a few- 

 minutes after its dis- 

 appearance. 



Observer, 



From Radiant F„ 

 From Radiant F., 



i' I'oni Radiant, 

 or U. 



Get: 



t a streak 



Directed from the Ra- 

 diant in Orion. 



From Radiant R , 



Directed from RadiantO 



Mons. Roze ; 

 ' Comptes 

 Rendus,' 

 vol. l.xvii. p. 

 771, Oct. 12th, 

 1868. 



M 



Marehal ; 

 ' Annales de 

 rObservatoire 

 de Bruxelles ' 

 for 1868-69, 

 p. 168. 



W. H. Wood. 



Tl'.is and the next two 

 meteors were observed 

 within a quarter of a 

 minute of time. 



No moon ; stars verj 

 bright. Another mi- 

 nute meteor was seen, 

 almost simultaneous 

 and nearly in the 

 same position, with 

 this one. 



Two other meteors ap- 

 peared at about 11'' 

 p.m. from the bright 

 star in the head of 

 Petus [.'a Ceti] to the 

 head of Capricornus. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



J. E. Clark. 



W. Jackson. 



B. Livingstone ; 

 'Daily News.' 



W. II. Woo J. 

 fd. 



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