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by Prof. G. Forbes at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, as well as by Mr. 
Glaisher’s staff of observers there, and by Mr. Crumplen in London. 
(17) A rather bright meteor unconformable to Perseus at 9" 11-12" p.m., 
August 11th, 1872; simultaneously observed at three stations, appearing 
with yellowish light, slow speed, and somewhat crooked course. Carefully 
observed at all the stations, and the resulting heights, &c. probably pretty 
accurate. 
(18) A bright “ Orionid” of the annual October shower, with long course 
of 40° along the southern horizon at Scots’ Gap, Northumberland, and falling 
nearly vertically in the west ; length of path about 20° at Birmingham. The 
view at Scots’ Gap near the horizon was unfavourable for exact description by 
the stars, and the recorded time of appearance at Scots’ Gap was five minutes 
earlier than at Birmingham, where the meteor noted was the first recorded 
on that night. It is very doubtful if the same meteor was simultaneously 
observed, each of two bright meteors of the shower having apparently been 
seen at one, which was at the same time unnoticed at the other station. 
19) A small bolide of the December shower, which was observed simul- — 
taneously at Glasgow and at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, on December 11th, 1873. 
The meteor appeared close and bright at both the stations, and of distinct 
greenish light at Newcastle-upon-Tyne, where it really descended at a 
distance of 150 miles towards the east, or two fifths of the way across from 
the English to the Danish shore of the German Ocean ; and the length, height, 
and position of its luminous track were fixed with great accuracy by the 
duplicate descriptions of its course. 
(20) These two meteors simultaneously observed at Birmingham and 
Weston-super-Mare by Mr, Wood and Mr. T. H. Waller, with foreshortened 
courses near their respective radiant-points, during the April meteor-shower 
in 1874. The first, directed from Come Berenices, presents a very satisfactory 
accordance. The agreement of the recorded paths of the second, from Lyra, 
is less exact; but the extreme shortness of its visible path at Weston-super- 
Mare may have made it rather more difficult to describe its course and its 
apparent position there correctly. 
(21) A fine bolide, unconformable to the shower from Perseus, seen during 
the meteor-shower on August 10th, 1874, at Birmingham and at Newcastle- 
on-Tyne. The real height, speed, length of path, and direction are well 
defined by the observations as far as the last point of principal explosion. 
The meteor then continued its path for some distance as a ruddy fragment, 
which, from the low view of the meteor near the horizon, was not visible 
at Newcastle-upon-Tyne; it inclined downwards, at the same time, in its 
direction until it disappeared. Mr. Wood has calculated the following 
real heights and positions of the meteor at the three principal points upon 
its course. 
He adds that the observations indicate a radiant-point of the meteor’s 
course at about a=325°, 6=—17°, which is close to positions well defined 
by Captain Tupman (No. 44), at 326°,— 13° on July 28th ; by Dr. Schmidt, at 
332°, —14° from July 20th to 31st, and August 3rd to 3lst; and by Heis 
and Neumayer (3,, for August) at 337°, —10°,—forming a distinct radiant- 
region in Aquarius along a part of the southern arc of the ecliptic at that 
season of the year. 
“Approximate path of the Meteor.—From near Caermarthen to a point 15 
miles off the N.W. coast of Anglesea. Point of first extinction or explosion 
=7 miles N. of Bordsey Island. 
