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REPORT — ]877. 



Date. 



Hour 



G. M.T. (or 



local time). 



1875. h 



Dec.27 9 



(lo 



m s 

 20 p.m 



cal time) 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



Iowa City, U. S. At first small. II- White. Frag- 



Duration. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path. 



[and Kingston,! 

 U.S.;10 orl5| 

 miles south of 



its point 

 disappear- 

 ance]. 



of 



luminated the 

 whole heavens 

 at disappearance 

 with a quivering 

 flash of light 



ments and 

 train of 



sparks red 



Not more than 

 5 seconds. 



1876 



(an. 5 10 30 p.m. Point of disap-j Light as bright 

 (local time), pearance ovei noonday, 

 the middle 

 point of the 

 boundary line 

 between Iowa 

 and Missouri. 



May 8 8 15 p.m. 'Melrose (Scot- Brilliant meteor 

 land). 



Fund 10 -14 p.m.|Writtle, near|=2f Green 5 seconds. 



Chelmsford, 

 Essex. 



Not more than Appeared in the 



12 or 15 



seconds. 

 Moved very 

 swiftly. 

 Smoke- 

 clouds on 

 the meteor's 

 track visible 

 for 1 5 mi- 

 nutes. 



west and was lost 

 behind houses at 

 an altitude of 

 about 40° (mid- 

 dle point of path. 

 over Missouri 

 River, at junction 

 of Kansas and 

 Nebraska). 



f uly 25 10 p.m. 



25 10 2 -10 

 p.m. 



Ibid. 



= n. 



Green 4 seconds. 



Brighton 



About 

 10 



p.m 



Richmond Par 

 (Surrey). 



At first much 

 than, but 

 length 

 2X2|, 

 visible 

 shaped 



(lis 



ess 



at 



about 



with a 



pcar- 



In Leo; between 

 y and S Leo 



nis (?). 



Shot from Ophi- 

 uchus through 

 Bootes. 



A.bout=H 



Pale sapphire- About 7 sees. Commencing about 

 blue; con-> Unusually 

 trasting re-j slow motion. I 

 markably is 

 hue with the 

 colour of 

 Jupiter. 



Violet at first, 

 then green 

 (in front), 

 and red 

 (behind) at 

 last. 



About 2 sees. 

 Slower than 

 meteors usu- 

 ally move. 



the middle ol 

 Taurus Ponia- 

 tovii, it passed 

 near i Ophi 

 uchi and /3 

 Serpentis, mid 

 way between 

 o and a. lioi'itis, 

 near Cor Ca 

 roli, and ended 

 slightly nortl 

 of i// Ursa; Ma- 

 joris, 



Moved straight 

 from S. to N. 

 between the di- 

 rections S.S.W. 

 and W. 





