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REPORT 1873. 



in Herefordshire and at Hawkhurst, as will shortly be noticed in its particular 

 description. The confirmations of the astronomical theory of large meteors 

 and shooting-stars, and the advance of our existing knowledge of the laws 

 that regulate their com'ses, characteristic rates of motion and appearance, and 



i| 

 Sheoting-stars doubly observed during the Annual" 



Date. 



Hour. 



1871. 

 Aug. 11 



11 



11 

 11 

 11 



11 



11 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent 

 Magnitude, 

 as per Stars. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



h m s i 

 10 6 iHawkhurst 



3rd raag. 



10 6 53 Royal Observa- 

 tory, Greenwich, 



10 11 



10 12 1 

 10 14 30 



10 15 9 



11 30 



Hawkhurst 



Royal Observa- 

 tory, Greenwich 



York. 



Royal Observa- 

 tory, Greenwich 



Bolton, Cheshire 



11 U 48 Royal Observa- 1st mag. 

 tory, Greenwich. 



11 



11 



11 

 11 

 11 



11 14 59 



11 16 



11 16 

 11 26 

 11 26 23 



11; 11 34 



11 11 35 15 



1st mag. 



1st mag. 



2nd mag. 



Very swift 



Bluish white . 



0-7 second 



DInish white 



From 1st mag. to' Red 

 size of 2|: . 



Brighter than %.. 



Ibid 



Regent's Park, 

 London. 



Birmingham 



Ibid, 



Royal Observa- 

 tory, Greenwich 



Hawkhurst 



Royal Observa- 

 torv, Greenwich 



Brighter tlian 1st- 

 mag. » 



Bluish white 



1*0 second 

 r5 second 



1"3 second 



Position. 



From 345° -t-80° 

 to 246 +65 



From the direction 

 of 6 Cassiopeiae 

 passed in direc- 

 tion of Cygni, 

 «= c = 



From 265°+62° 

 to 247 +45 



From direction ol 

 y Cygni shot a. 

 cross S Sagittse. j 



From 326°+ 8° 

 to 314-5-12 



Bluish white . 0-7 second 



1st mag. 



Bluish white 



Blue. 



Brighter than 1st- Green .... 



mag. * I 

 Brighter tlian 1st-' 



mag. * 

 1st mag Yellowish. 



More than 

 second. 



o 



c;i^ 

 ad 



= n 



1'5 second 

 I'O second 

 1 second .. 



IJrighter tlian 1st- Bluish white 

 mag. * 



I'o second 



Passed about 3' 

 above b Lyncii 

 from the direi 

 tion of c Camfi 

 •lopardi. 



a— 5i= 



From 29^°+33« 



to 28 +25 



From direction o 



6 Cassiopeias pas 



sed across 5 Per 



sei. 



1 Across S Ursse Ma 

 joristol2Canun 

 Venaticorum. 



From 180° + 76° 

 to 191 +51 



From 8° +56° 

 to 240 +58 



From350° + 77° 

 to 265 +71-J 



From 6 Ursae Ma- 

 joris. Fell to- 

 wards horizon. 



I'rora 350° + 76" 

 to 27 +60 



From direction o( 

 K Andromeda 

 passed about 1"^ 

 to tlie right of 

 !i Andromeda;. 



