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EEPORT 1873. 



Date. 



1872. 

 Sep. 17 



22 



Oct. 9 



27 



Hour, 

 Approx. 

 G. M. T. 



h Ju s 

 7 50 



8 54 



Ticeliurst 

 (Sussex). 



Tooting, near 

 London. 



9 19 



fVljout 

 12 



X little 

 before 

 12 



(local mid- 

 night.) 



Nov. 1 About 



11 50 



10 45 



17 



19 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Glasgow 



Hay, S.Wales... 



Samoa, South 

 Pacific. 



Portsmouth 



6 10 

 p.m. 



9 10 



Ibid., 



South Shields 

 (Durliam). 



Bristol . 



Apparent Size. 



Very large fireball 



= a. Lyrse; very 

 bright. 



One tenth appa 

 rent size of the 

 moon. 



Yellow 



About = ? , 



Unusually large 

 fireball. 



= ? 



= n- 



Brighter than $ , 



Very bright meteor 



Colour. 



Yellowish. 



White (?) . 



White 



White 



Duration. 



Position. 



About 10 sees. 



Swift 



Fell from S.W. to 

 S.E. 



Apparent course as 

 in the sketch. 



0'75 second; 

 very swift. 



Slow motion.. 



second 



Very swift ; 

 0'3 second. 



About ] ^ or 

 1^ second. 



aOphiuchi 

 From 6 to jj Persei 



Passed from near 

 and a little n. f. 

 X,, towards ;3 

 Ceti, disappear- 

 ing a little before 

 reaching that 

 star. 



It became visible 

 near t, Ceti, and 

 rushed towards 

 the south-east. 



From 100°+48° 

 to 132 +49 



From 77° +35° 

 to 91 +47 



From a point about 

 N.W., altitude 

 15° or 20° to a 

 point about 



W.N.W., alti 

 tude 3° or 4°. 



Shot down the 

 north-west skv, 



