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REPORT 1869. 



Date. 



1868. 

 Nov. 2 



Hour. 



h m 



8 20 p.m 



3 About 3 15 

 p.m. 



About 3 15 

 p.m. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Primrose Hill , 



Bilston, Stafford' 

 shire. 



Leamington. 



3 About 3 15 Rugby 

 p.m. 



About 3 15 

 p.m. 



About 3 15 

 p.m. 



3 17 p.m 



8 5 p.m. 



Birmingham 



Iljid , 



Ibid , 



Ibid , 



Apparent Size. 



= 3rd ma";.* 



Large meteor 



As large as a rock el 



Very large meteor 



Colour. 



White and red 



Duration. 



Very brief 



Appeared as large 

 as the crescent 

 moon. 



Large and brilliant 

 meteor. 



Shorter axis ^ ; 

 longer axis f of 

 the moon's ap- 

 parent diameter, 



= 3rd mac;.- 



White, like ig- 

 nited mag 

 nesium. 



White and red 



Vivid vfhite, 

 and red. 



Pale blue 



Moved slowl 



Very rapid 

 motion. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



From 358°+33'= 

 to 355 +10 



In the S.E 



3 seconds. 



2 sees. ; slow 

 motion. 



Descended in the' 

 S.E., and disap-' 

 peared on thel 

 verge of the ho- 

 rizon. 



Shot across the sky 

 and disappeared 

 behind buildings 

 in the E.S.E. 



In the S.E. Fell 

 apparently be- 

 tween the spec 

 tator and Yeard- 

 ley church 

 nearly in 

 E.S.E. 



Commenced at azi- 

 muth 33° E. of 

 S., alt. 32°; dis- 

 appeared at azi- 

 muth 60° E. of 

 S., alt. 10° or 

 12°. Positions 

 measured from 

 observed fixed 

 landmarks. 



i. e. 

 the 



From 

 to 



23°+ 9° 

 20 +14 



