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BEPORr^l876. 



OBSERVATIONS 

 IN 1875-76, AND IN 



Place of 



Hour 



I Date. G. M.T. (orl ,,, ,. 



1 w \ I Observation, 

 local tunc).! 



1871. 

 Aug.ll 



1873. 

 .Mavl4 



Apparent Size. I Colour. 



Duration. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path. 



h m s I 



12 33 a.tn.lNeavTroubridgc, f.arge meteor 

 Salop. i 



I 



3 5 a.m. 



1874.1 

 Aug.lOilO 15 30 

 p.m. 



10,10 10 p.m 



About as large as Wbite About 3 or 



I the planet Venus seconds. 



\ ^vhen most bril-' 

 ' liant. ; 



I 



Sept. 6 



13 



N'cv.lO 



11 



1875. 



Feb. 4 



.M.1V ] C 



8 40 p.m 



8 53 30 

 p.m. 



11 30 

 p.m. 



9 44 p.m, 



9 30 p.m, 

 8 40 p.m. 



Lynton,!s'. Devon Very bright meteor 



[Perhaps the same 

 as that seen! 

 at CardifT and 

 Bristol at 12'' 

 22'" to 23™ 

 A.M. See these 

 Reports for 

 1872, p. 81.] 

 4 'First appeared a 

 little eastward 

 of the moon 

 (then in the 

 S.S.W.), and 

 passing a little 

 below it dis- 

 appeared to 

 the westward 

 of that lumi- 

 nary at about 

 15° above the 

 horizon. 

 Position of the 

 streak 



From 337^° + 5° 

 to 331 +3 



Radcliffe Ob- 

 servatory, 

 Oxford. I 



Bristol 1=; Jupiter 



Crediton, Devon = Jupiter 



As bright as Venus 



Rapid 



Bristol . 



Brighter than 

 Venus, 



IVcrv slow 



Ibid, 



.Melrose, Scot- 

 land. 

 GreenhitliCjlvent 



= Venus 



Brilliant meteor , 



I 

 About=Venus ...Tied 



Slow 



i'rom y to (S An- 

 dromeda?. 



«= S= 

 From 275° -f 20^ 



to 255 -12 



Passed between 



/3 and y Oplii- 



uchi. 

 From 15° above the 



hori/.on to i Urs.T 



Majoris. 



«= S = 

 From 43° +30° 



to 7 -4 

 «= d = 

 From 31°- G° 



to 24 -13 

 [Travelling north.. 



About 6 or 

 seconds. 



