121 



REPORT — 1876. 



Date. 



Hour 



K5.M.T. (or 

 local time). 



1875. 

 Sep. 1 1 



14 



U 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



h m s 



11 p.m. (Edinburgh, 



Burntisland, &c. 



Scotland. 



8 20 p.ra.i Lynn, Norfolk... 



8 27 30 

 p.m. 



Royal Oljserva- 

 tory, Green- 

 wich, and in 

 all parts of 

 England. 



Large meteor. Ex- 

 tremely blight. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



2 seconds. 



3 or 4 X Venus 



Large disk ; nearly 

 apparent size of 

 the full moon. 



Pale blue . 



25i 8 25 p.m. 



Oct. 4 

 5 



2S 



Bath 



; About half appa- 

 rent diameter ol 

 the moon. 



25 8 30 p.m 



Near Dristol 



White or hlu 

 ish-white ; 

 tail of some 

 coloured 

 sparks. 



Various 

 colours. 



II 32 p.m. 

 10 13 p.m. 



Evening ... 



Bristol 



Xearly half ai)|ia-jWliitc, like 

 rent diameter of Venus, 

 the moon. 



= Jupiter 1 Bluish 



Royal Observa- 

 tory, Greenwich, 



Near Aberdeen, 

 Scotland. 



Mean observed 

 duration 

 8 seconds. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path. 



Very bright 



Very large 



Bluish white, 



I '5 second . 

 About 1 sec. 



Nov. 15 6 30 a.m. Leicester iVery brilliant Reddish Quick 



22 About 

 10 p.m 



Dec. 9 



West Dereham. 



4 45 p.m. 



Burnham 



Brilliant meteor 



Zigzag course a- 

 crossthe Ila;dula' 

 in Auriga. 



Close above the 

 E. by N. hori- 

 zon, which it 

 did not reach; 

 before disappear- 

 ing. 



Twelve or fifteen 

 well - observed 

 positions of ap- 

 parent course. 



Descended from 

 not far above 

 the northern 

 horizon, as if 

 ■with full bright- 

 ness, to th<- 

 earth. 



Almost due nor;ii, 

 from altitude 

 about 40° to 

 about 30°. 



From I to j3 Ceti... 



From altitude 4^ 

 N., 08° W. to 

 altitude 3° N.. 

 78° W. 



Shot down to thc' 

 S.E. horizon andi 

 disappeared not 

 far from Spica. 



Large meteor ; :fn the south 



