292 REPORT—1874.. 
Hour, Apparent 
Date.| approx. on lace “ agnitude, Colour. Duration. Apparent Path. 
G. M. T. peeperorh ol aus per Stars &c. 
1869.;h m s - 
Feb. 11] 5 31 36 |Malta ............ == Mars .c.sccsse0-r Orange - red, |Slow steady oe 
p-m. like Mars. speed; 3 /|From 1244°+34° 
seconds. to 1464 0 
17| 2 59 48 |Ibid....... sesenoces| == 2b sssunsuepasesganes| VWMILC crc eeeee| L SCCON meeees c= = 
a.m. From 2294°-+52° 
to 2044 +35 
Apr. 8} 0 29 O+/[bid.............0.- 10' diameter, many|White ........./5 to 7 seconds ; ei 
a.m. times > Q....- moved very|/From 155$°+11° 
slowly. to 151 + 4 © 
Aug. 9! 0 50 a.m./Between Rome!= 2 ..ecccssseccereees White (ecassece 0°5 second ... == 
and Sardinia. From 483° + 3° | 
to 56 +26 
Sept. 9} 1.14 am.!Near Tunis = QP cveseeseeeeeeeeeee(Orange colour|1°5 second ; a= 6= 
| (Africa). slow speed. |From 75°-+60° 
to 61 +514 
20)10 37 p.m.|Tbid....... palisveses aD os5 Meuse ccaasiey Very deep  |2°5 seconds; a= O= 
orange colour.| slow and uni-/From 20°+44° 
form motion.| to 47 +533 — 
Oct. 3) 0 14 a.m.jNear Algiers |= or Mars .... -|Orange colour|4°5 seconds ; z= -6= 
Africa). (?). very slow. pon 39°— ek 
48 —154 | 
5) 5 57 O+/Near Oran Large fireball; di-|Nucleus vivid|5 seconds...... Altitude about 38° 
(Africa). ameter 5’, emerald- N. 40° E. to} 
N, lat. 36° 32’, green; pos- altitude 15° NJ 
long. 1° 0' W. terior part 8° E. 
from Grcen- crimson ; 
wich. sparks white 
; or yellow. 
12) 2 236 |Near Malta...... |=3rd, then =I1st\White, then |16 seconds, a= d= | 
a.m. mag.x; then 3) deep dull | carefully |From 71°-+15° 
or 4’ in diameter.| red. counted; at} to 97 —26 
first rapid, 
then slack- 
ening its 
speed until! 
it seemed to 
stop _alto- 
gether as it 
died out. 
13) 0 23 36 |Ibid...........40004| SS Pie bic es bs evstos White .........|l second ...... a= O= 
‘} am From 55°-+4 24° 
a to 36 +14 
13) 059 6 [Ibid........ = Mars or 2 «+... White ........./0°3 second ... a= $= 
a. rom 107°+13° 
to 109 +1 
13} 2 14 30 |Ibid......s.ceeeeees = Mars or I} s...|White ......08. 0°3 second ... ce 
‘1 asm p om 744°— 5° 
} to 68 —14 
13|/2\ 22.18 Whidtseesseane ret oe = Mars or 2} ...... White ........./1 sécond ...... 2 = 
a.m. From 66°-+84° 
to 76 +4 
15} 2 13 18 |Ibid....... Spiess = Mars or % ....../White .........(0°7 second ... eo 
a.m cali From 1083°— 4° 
‘ to 97 —174 
Nov. 4) 2 40 30 |[bids.w..seceee!= Mars or Ys... White ......../1°5 second ... a— (0 
a.m. 
. = a aeetiaraal SennniianiaenemEiaea seine ae ee 
