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REPORT 1875. 



Date. 



1874. 

 Aug.lO 



11 



Hour 

 (G. M. T. or 

 local time) 



h m s 

 12 7 30 



10 41 

 10 41 

 10 43 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent 

 Ma'^nitude. 



11 

 11 



11 11 30 



11 11 30 



Sept. 1 About 



8 49 p.m. 



About 

 9 p.m. 

 (Time by 

 estimation.) 



Dec. 17 



1875 

 Feb. 10 



March 

 9&10. 



About 

 8 40 p.m. 



About 

 10 25 p.m 



Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. 



Birmingham ... 



Ibid 



Tooting, Surrey . 



Birmingham ... 

 Tooting, Surrey . 

 Bristol 



= 2nd mag.* 



= lst mag.* 

 =;lst raag.*.., 

 = 1^ mag.*.. 



Colour. 



Duration. 



Yellow 1 second 



Yellow 1 second 



I 1 



Yellow 0-75 second... 



Bude (Corn- 

 wall). 



Bristol . 



Halifax (York- 

 shire). 



= 2nd raag.* 



= 1^ mag.* , 



Very large meteor 



to 

 From 

 to 



White 1 ;Frora 



to 



Position, or 

 Apparent Path. 



From ? Cygni to 3"^ 

 preceding e Del- 

 phiui. 

 From 33° + 66° 

 27 -1-72 

 32° + 6b° 

 25 +70 

 157°+62° 

 165 -1-57 



75 second ...From 

 to 



White 



Very brilliant 

 meteor. 



White ; very 

 dazziins;. 



4G°-f62° 

 45 4-65 



From l42°-|-67° 

 to 157 +62 



Passed across Ursa 

 Major, leaving a 

 streak (visible for 

 several minutes 

 until it was ob- 

 scured by clouds} 

 3° under jj Ursae 

 Majoris. 



Strfa/c 



Fully as bright as 

 Sirius. 



About 

 5 45 p.m. 

 (Paris 

 time). 



Evening ... 



Mar. 9 About 



8 p.m 



Apr. 12 



Belle Isle, Isle |Very large meteor 

 d'OIeron , Ne- 

 mours, Thiery, 

 Cognac, &c. 

 (I'Vance). 



France 



Many large meteors 

 seen. 



Cooper's Hill As bright as Sirius 



(Kent). 



Passed be- 

 tween jtJ &y 

 Ophiuchi. 



Vrsa Major 



3 seconds. 



a— 0=: 



From 275°+20° 

 to 255 -12 



In the S.E. Dis- 

 appeared half- 

 way between 

 Sirius and tlie 

 horizon. 



8 G p.m. Birmingham 



= Venus 



! Moved slowly. 



AVhite 



Began at a point a 

 few degrees east 

 of Sirius. 



1-5 second 



i From \ Coronae to 

 7 Serpentis. 



