310 
Hour, 
Date. | . approx. 
G. M. T 
| 1874. hm 5s 
Aug. |About 
10 50 p.m. 
‘Place of 
Observation. 
Corbridge, near|Large ball of fire |Meteor-heads 
Hexham, Nor- 
thumberland. 
REPORT—1874. 
Apparent Size. 
with many 
smaller ones 
in its train. 
Colour. Duration. Position. 
war vert seoevseeeee{Fell from the west- 
green on a ern edge of a/ 
large bar- dark cloud over 
like line of Hexham and 
rich blood- Dilston directly 
red light. to the earth, 
which it seemed 
to strike in the} | 
region of  the|’ 
north Tyne, just 
above its con- 
fluence with the 
ham. and the wes 
i horizon, 
10/11 53 p.m.|Birmingham .../=I1st mag.x, then|Blue-white, (6 seconds,..... a= $= 
>Venus. Elon-| then red. From 260°-+-18° 
gated nucleus 3 to 216 +32 
<i apparent dia- Expanded to an 
meter of the full oval nucleus in 
moon, passing across 
Corona, drop- 
ping some red 
fragments _be- 
tween a and £, 
and exploded 
near 6 Corone. 
10)11 53 50 |Neweastle - on - |= Venus ........+46. Orange-yel- |2°8 seconds ro 
p-m. Tyne. low, then while in {From 287°—17° 
bright sight. to 275 —17 
green with 
red train. 
south Tyne. 
3} 8 30 p.m. Roker, near Sun-|Large meteor ......|....... tecvceesecleccnccnonees seee-|About halfway be- 
tween the zenith 
derland, Dur- 
Some additions have been made, of which the principal is a long list of 
the largest meteors described in the recently published catalogue of shooting- 
stars observed in the Mediterranean by Captain Tupman. An attempt was 
made in selecting these large meteors from the list to arrange them under 
their most obvious radiant-points, and to determine, if possible, from the 
results the dates of greatest intensity of the showers to which they respec- 
tively belonged. The exact descriptions of their apparent paths is unusually 
favourable to such a preliminary course of treatment of the general catalogue ; 
but the indications expected to be obtained of the occurrence of a period of 
maximum intensity of any already established or newly traceable star- 
shower among their apparent courses, have proved unproductive of any 
material results, The dates of their appearance are throughout inconstant ; 
and where they nearly synchronize, the directions of the meteors’ apparent 
