108 



REPORT 1877. 



Date. 



Hour 

 G. M. T. (or 

 local time). 



187C. h in s 

 Sept. 5 11 50 p.m 



18 



6 43 45 

 p.m. 



1910 14 



p.m 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Writtle, near 

 Chelmsford 

 (Essex). 



West Hendon, 

 Sunderland 

 (Durham). 



Apparent Size. 



Colour. 



n 



Duration. 



• Green 3 seconds 



About = y at dis 

 appearance. As 

 bright as a street 

 gas-lamp 150 or 

 250 yards off. 



24 A few mi 



nutes after 

 fi 30 p.m. 

 (Paris 

 time). 



2) 



24 



21 



G 26 

 27 



or 

 p.m 



Bristol '=11 



Between Marck Litht like that of 



Pure green ... 28 seconds 



and St. Pierre 

 (Dunkirk to 

 Calais Railway 

 Stations). 



a lime-light close 

 at hand. 



Kempley, Dy- Very brilliant 

 mock, between; 

 Ledbury and 



Ross (Here- 

 fordshire). 



30 p.m. Hurley, near 

 Gnat Marlow 

 (Bucks). 



Colour of the 

 streak (and 

 of the me 

 teor's light) 

 white. 



25 seconds ; 

 very slow 

 motion. 



6 30 p.m. Two miles W 

 of Cowes, Isli 

 ofWieht. 



Nucleus clear 

 white; the 

 tail rather 

 more red. 



Duration 

 while in 

 sight 2 or 

 3 seconds ; 

 continuing 

 with a red 

 Hash be- 

 hind the 

 lower cloud 

 for about 

 3 seconds. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path. 



From 330° C° 

 to 345 —15 

 a= S = 



From212°+24° 

 to 187 +15 



Beginning of 

 its course per- 

 haps not seen. 



a— fi = 

 From 11° +1° 

 to 8-5 -25 



The perpendicula 

 streak of li] 

 like a chalk- 

 mark on the sk 

 remained visibl 

 in the N.N.W. 



Fell in the S.E. | 

 E., at no grea 

 distance fron 

 the horizon. 



Fell in an east- 

 erly direction 

 from an alti- 

 tude of about 

 25°. 



Appeared from be- 

 hind a cloud-belt 

 at alt. 60°, and 

 passed behind a 

 lower one at alt 

 20°. The di 

 rcction of it 

 fall would clea 

 Selscy Bill am 

 Brighton nearly 

 towards Bcccliej 

 Head. 



