372 



REPORT 1867. 



Mean 

 Solar 

 Time. 



Notes. 



S 

 oiz; 



h m 

 54 

 55 



14 56 



15 



•s 





 10 



9 



1 

 48 



1 

 11 

 12 31 

 19 54 

 21 18 

 25 13 

 28 23 

 30 5 

 32 41 

 35 49 



40 1 



41 51 



51 48 



52 43 



53 46 

 64 37 

 56 5 



15 57 10 

 2 53 

 8 48 



16 



52 2.n 



23 20 



16 25 



A little 

 Orionis. 



above y 



^-way Mars to Pol- 

 lux. 



Nearly across little 

 star above j3 Orion. 



Across tlie four stars 

 in Great Bear. 



Number of meteors observed, 63. Total number 292. 



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I. Meteoes dottbly observed. 



(1) 18G6, November 13th, ll" 22" p.m. (Hacldenham), 



At an early stage of the great November shower, when bright meteors were 

 yet uncommon, a meteor nearly as bright as Venus was recorded by Mr, 

 Dawes at Haddcnham, in Bucks ; and almost simultaneoiisly with it a me- 

 teor of unusual brilliancy was seen bj' Mr. T. Crumplcn at Primrose Hill iu 

 London (see Catalogue). The descriptions of its appearance at the two places 

 are essentially the same, and evidently refer to the same meteor. The paral- 

 lax of these observations is 12^, and the height of the meteor, assuming a 

 distance of thirty-six miles between the stations, is just sixty miles above the 

 surface of the earth. 



(2) 18G6, November 14th, 12'> 40"' 45' a.m. (Glasgow). 



The meteor passed nearly over St. Andrews, in Scotland, where it appeared 

 to consist of three parts, each equal to Venus. A part of the streak remained 

 visible as an oval light-cloud for eight minutes before it disapjieared (see Ca- 

 talogue). This portion of the streak was seen at an altitude of 40° above the 

 horizon at Glasgow, in the direction of St. Andrews. At St. Andrews it dis- 

 appeared at an angle of 1.5° from the zenith, nearly towards Glasgow. The 

 distance between the two stations is nearly sixty-five miles, and the parallax 

 of about 60° corresponds to a height of not quite fifty miles above the surface 

 of the eartli. 



