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REPORT — 187G. 



Date. 



1876. 

 Aug. 5 



Hour i p. , 

 G. M. T. (or; ^, ""^^ °' 1 Apparent Size, 

 local time). Observation. I ^^ 



h m 

 10 40 p.m. 



8 11 57 p.m. 



10 About 



9 28 p.m. 



Colour. 



Bristol : = 2^' 



Duration. 



Rather swift.. 



10 



About 

 9 51 p.m. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



■ =n- 



Xot very swift 



= V-. 



10 About 

 I 8 30 p.m. 

 i(localtime.) 



Very large meteor ; 

 2X ?. 



Off New York. Like a planet, or 



Long, about 

 54V W., Lat. 

 about 42|° N. 



Bristol Nearly = 11 



brigliter. 



1112 59 a.m, 



1110 38 p.m.'Bristol =y. 



11 About 

 11 15 p.m. 



Cardiff, Souili i Large and brijjht 



Wales. 



I 



llAbont Clifton (and Very large meteor . 



11 20 p.m. I Bristol). i 



Rather rapid.. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path. 



From Z Ursa^ 

 Majoris to t] 

 Bootis (199° I 

 + 54° to 207°; 

 + 19°). I 



From 6° + 25° | 

 to 356° + 39°,1 

 just to left 

 of « Andre- 

 medae. 



a= ? = 



From 53°+ 79° 



to 214 +74 



From 85° + 78° 



to 183 +68 



(observed path). 



In the west . 



From /3 ArietU to 

 2° below the 

 moon, or from 

 27° + 20° to 23° 

 + 11°. 



<r= S = 

 From 151°+69° 

 to 170 +53 

 Burst forth over- 

 head and travel- 

 led in a westerly 

 direction. 



A{ parent course 

 thus, above Ursa 

 Major. (From 

 slightly below 

 Polaris towards 

 the W.S.W. ho- 

 rizon. — Another 

 description.) 



