308 REPORT—1874. 
Hour, Place of : . tye 
Date. |. aay Observdtion. Apparent Size. Colour. Duration. Position. 
1874.| h m s { 
July 16)About Lewisham, Kent|Magnificent fireball]......... spaces Moderate Passed some de-! 
0 45 am. speed. grees (4° to 10°))) 
south of Altair. } 
View of the end) 
of its course lost 
behind houses. 
27| 8 15 p.m.|Toulon, France.../Shone brighter |Nucleus a |Moved Commenced close 
| Paris time. than the full fine yellow | rapidly, to the horizon} 
moon. Appa- colour ; traversing in the  north-| 
rent diameter train bright} its whole west; passed | 
of the disk red. course in| through the | 
one fourth that about one | south-west part) 
of the full moon. minute of the sky ati) 
thirty se- | an altitude of 
conds. about 60° 
65°, and dis 
appeared 
the sea at an 
altitude of 
about 15° 
above the — 
south-east ho- 
rizon. 
27| 8 50 p.m.|Versailles,France/Apparent disk |... .seccaeacsaeens Three or. four|Appeared in the} 
Paris time. about one seconds. constellation 
: fourth that Virgo. 
of the full 
moon, and 
much _infe- 
22710 35 p.m.|Buntingford, 
" 28 About 
8 39 p.m. 
Herts. 
Regent’s Park, |Very large and |The ~ forward 
London. 
rior to the 
full moon in 
brightness. 
Nucleus with sen-|White ......... 
sible disk. 
bright meteor. 
Apparent size 
of disk 4 in. 
X3in. 
half like 
a magne- 
sium light; 
the other | 
half. much 
the colour 
of burning 
sodium. 
About 1 sec,../From close to / 
slowly; in 
sight about 
3 seconds. 
turus nearly to 
the horizon. 
