110 



REPORT 1877. 



Date. 



1876. 

 Sep. 24 



21 



Hour 

 G. M. T. (or 

 local time) 



m 

 30 



Oct. 14 



19 



G 31 

 p.m. 



s 

 p.m 



lo 



Place of 

 Observation. 



Apparent Size. 



Hull. 



Orwell Parle Ob- 

 servatory, near 

 Ipswich (Suf- 

 folk). 



11 19 p.m. Bristol =21 



2 a.m. 



The disk at maxi- 

 mum probably 

 not more than 

 2' in diameter; 

 but its light was 

 fully equal tc 

 that of full moan. 



Colour. 



22 About 

 11 30 p.m. 



Nov. 1 



Newburyport, 

 Massachusetts, 

 U.S. Numerous 

 meteoric stones 

 at Led yard 

 (Conn.) are sup 

 posed to have 

 fallen from it. 



Manchester 



White, like a 



flash of light- 

 ning. 



Duration. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path. 



About 3 sees 



Rather swift.. 



Half the apparent White 

 size of and 

 nearly as bright 

 as the full moon. 



Fully 



I or } s the ap 

 parent size of 

 full moon. 



8 35 p.m. Bristol = 2/ 



Like a rocket, im 

 mediately ove 

 Grimsby, at aboi 

 the height tha 

 a rocket migh 

 attain. 



Point of disappear, 

 ance at altitude 

 14° 6', azimuthj] 

 54° 16' E. fren* 

 S. ; by compa* 

 rison of lowest 

 point of thi' 

 streak with Sal 

 turn at altitudfl 

 10° 56', azimuthl 

 53° 15' E. fror 



From 43° + 22" 

 to 30-2 



About 2 sees. Shot from the con 

 stellation Taurus 

 near the zenith 

 to the south 

 vest. 



About 1 or 2 

 seconds. 



5 Between 



8 40 and 



9 p.m. 

 (Taris time.) 



Choisi le Pioy, Large fireball. Its 

 France. (A| flash was brighter 



Slow motion... 



Bluish 



Moved nearly ho- 

 rizontally from 

 N.E. to E., about 

 50° above the 

 horizon. 



detonation is 

 said to have 

 followed its 

 appearance at 

 Clerey, Aube. 

 ' Nature,' vol. 

 xv. p. 69. 



than moonlight. 



From 34 7° +18° 

 to 348 - 9 



From u. Aurigae to 

 a Ursrc Majoris ; 

 (Course indica- 

 ted by the light- 

 streak.) 



