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REPOET 1873. 



Date. 



1870 

 Sep. 25 



26 



Oct. ] 



1871. 

 Apr. 10 



Sept. 1 

 iVov.lS 



Dec. 6 



IS! 72. 

 July 27 



29 



Aug. 18 



19 



Hour, 

 approx. 

 G. M. T. 



h m s 

 8 51 



15 15 



About 

 8 



11 45 



8 44 

 11 25 15 



6 25 



11 40 



and 



12 30 



About 



9 30 

 (local time) 



10 45 



10 20 



Place of 

 Observation, 



Apparent Size. 



RadclifFe 

 Observatory, 

 Oxford. 



Ibid. 



Ibid., 



Ibid 



[bid 



Cambridge 



RaJcliflFe 

 Observatory, 

 Oxford. 



Dalston, near 

 London. 



Creuznacli 

 (Germany). 



Cambridge 



Yorlj 



= ¥• 



= 2^. 



= n. 



oxn 



Very large and 

 bright. 



= n- 



The first meteor 

 rather fainter 

 than the second, 

 which was a 

 very bright fire- 

 ball. 



Lai'ge shooting-star 



Twice or thrice as 

 bright as a 1st 

 mag.*, and larger 

 than Venus ever 

 appears. 



Large meteor ... 



Colour. 



Blue 



White to blue 



Green to 

 oranxe. 



White 



Red 



Brilliantly 

 white. 



Duration. 



4 seconds. 

 3 seconds. 



3 seconds. 



4 seconds. 



5 seconds. 



G seconds. 



Quite 5 sees, 

 if not 10 

 seconds ; 

 remarkably 

 slow speed. 



Position. 



From a point above 

 y Delphini to a 

 point below a 

 Aquilse. 



From a Androme- 

 dse to between a 

 and y Pegasi. 



From a little be- 

 low (3 Ursre Ma- 

 joris ; bursting 

 at \f/ Ursae Ma- 

 joris. 



From a point near 



? Herculis to <x 



CoroniE. 

 From a point near 



a Serpentis. 

 Passed across /3 



Cassiopeia;. 



Fell from a point 

 west of Polaris 

 to near the ho 

 rizon. 



The first fell in the 

 north, the second 

 more to the east, 

 at some altitude 

 in the sky. 



Shot from ^, or ^ 

 6 Pegasi, 

 Cygni , straight 

 towards Saturn 

 and nearly as 

 far. 



From near Lyra to 

 near Andromeda, 

 where it disap- 

 peared behind 

 buildings. 



From 35° S. ofE., 

 altitude 30° to 

 30° S. of E., alti- 

 tude 10°. (Posi- 

 tion not very pre- 

 cise ; by refer- 

 ence to the 

 moon.) 



