264 



REPORT — 1869. 



Date. 



1869. 

 July 16 



Hour. 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



m 

 35 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Position, or 



Altitude and 



Azimuth. 



p.m. Kensington, 

 London. 



Splendid meteor. 



Light of in- Immensely 

 tense white- rapid, 

 heat. 



Shot from tl 

 zenith towan 



I the S.S.E. 



16 11 35 p.m. In the north of Large meteor Nucleus quite! Kapid motion. 



1 London. I white. 



16;il 36 p.m. 



17 

 20 



Beckenham 



(Kent). 



Reddish- 

 yellow. 



21 



10 34 p.m. Ilawkhurst i=2ndmag.» Yellow 



(Kent). i ! 



9 35 p.m. .Sew York, Half the apparent Emeraid- 



(local time). United States, diameter of the green. 



moon. 



11 40 p.m. Ibid =2ndmag.* Yellow 



I or 2 seconds Disappeared ab( 

 1° to the rit 

 of c Penasi. 



Aug. 3 



9 10 p.m. Brieg, Vallais, ! = lstmag.». 

 (Geneva ] Switzerland, j 

 time). 



0'6 second ... Disappeared at 

 Draconis. 



5 seconds Ipirst appeared 



bout 45° abi 

 theN.E.lioriz 

 at a point 

 north of « Cyc 

 and disappea 

 in a N. by 

 direction. 



.jOG second ... Disappeared at 

 Tarandi. 



White 



1-5 sec. ; slow From ? Cassiop 

 motion. to y Persei. 



