204 



REPORT 1875. 



OBSERVATIONS 

 AND DOUBLE OBSERVATIONS OF 



Date. 



Hour 



(G. M. T. or 



local time). 



1870 

 Sept. 

 28 



1874. 

 July 28 



Aug. 5 



10 



10 

 10 



h m s 

 Between 

 7 20 and 

 7 30 p.m. 



Clapton (Lon- 

 don) [and 

 Ashby-Brigg, 

 Lincolnshire]. 



8 41 p.m 



About 

 midnight. 



10 52 15 



10 52 45 

 10 55 30 



10 10 55 30 



1011 5 



10 



1011 27 

 1011 30 

 10,11 32 15 



11 8 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Writtle, Chelms- 

 ford (Essex). 



Mysore, India. 



Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. 



Apparent 

 Magnitude. 



[=Venus] 



Ibid. 

 York 



'V 



Large meteor, very 

 brilliant. 



::>lst mag.# 



Ibid. 



Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. 



10 



10 



11 34 



11 44 p.m. 



York 



Newcastle-on- 



Tyne. 

 York = Venus 



;>lst mag.# 

 ■ 1st mag.* 



Colour. 



Intense gold 

 colour. 



Pale violet 

 colour. 



Orange- 

 yellovr. 



Orange- 

 yellow. 



Duration. 



3 seconds. 



1st mag.» 



Orange- 

 yellow, 



= Sirius 



Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. 



York., 

 York 



>>Sirius 



= ^ 



= Venus 



1*5 second 



1*6 second 

 0*5 second 



07 second 



Position, or 

 Apparent Path. 



«= 5= 

 Descended be- 

 tween the tail 

 of the Bear and 

 Arcturus. 



From 219° + 13° 

 to 185 + 2 



rO second 



White To second 



0-5 second 

 1-5 second 



Yellow, then 



red. 

 White 



0-5 second 



I 



10 12 6 Birmingham ... =2nd mag.» 



I 



Blue. 



0-5 second 



0'5 second 



From 321°4-15° 

 to 310 - 5 



From 324°+ 7° 



to 312 -13 



From 330° +57° 



to 300 +47 



From 333°+38° 

 to 316 +50 



Passed across a 

 [.'/3] Aquarii. 



• 



From 350°+51° 



to 307 +27 



From 3ll°+3G° 



to 301 + 7 



From 261° + 68° 



to 236 +41 



From 334°+4S° 



to 307 +11 



From 260° +80° 

 ' to 250 +65 



From31°+32° 

 to 29 +24 



From 176° + 75° 

 to 190 +62 



