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REPORT — 1879. 



A List of Large Meteors occasionally 



Date 



Sep. 22 



24 

 Nov. 2 



12 



L2 



13 



14 



18 



18 

 Dec. 6 



11 



Hour 



Approx. 



G.M.T. (or 



Local Time) 



h m 

 (9 7J p.m.) 



(Evening) 

 6 43 p.m, 



12 57 a.m. 



(7 p.m.) 



(7 15 p.m.) 



(6 40 p.m.) 



(3 30 p.m.) 



9 50 p.m. 



9 50 p.m. 

 12 13 a.m. 



(6 a.m.) 



Place of 

 Observation 



Boston, U.S.A. 



Stanislas, 

 Austria. 

 York 



Greenwich 



Washington, 

 Davies's Co. 

 Ind. U.S. 



Boston, U.S.A. 



Newhaven, 

 Mass. U.S. 



Hillside Farm, 

 Mass. U.S.A. 



Bristol 



Writtle, near 

 Chelmsford, 

 Essex. 



London, or 

 Greenwich (?) 



Miilhausen, and 

 Colmar, &c. 

 Alsatia. 



Apparent Size 



As bright as 

 Jupiter. 



Thrice as bright 

 as Jupiter. 



Disc larger than 

 Venus'. Daz- 

 zlingly bright 



Brilliant meteor. 

 Lighted the Park 

 up brightly. 



About § apparent 

 diam. of the 



moon. 



= Sirius 



1st mag. *. 



Fine meteor 



As bright as Ju. 

 piter. 



As bright as 

 Venus. 



A fine meteor 



Large fireball 



Colour 



Violet colour 



Yellow 



Bluish white 



Duration 



Slow . 



3 seconds at 

 least ; slow, 

 sailing mo- 

 tion. 



About 10 se- 

 conds ; very 

 slow. 



1 or 1£ se- 

 conds. 



Very slow 



Position or 

 Apparent Path 



From to 



a 5 a S 



From 3° -10° to 

 346° -28°. 



In Ursa Major 



From 28° W. of N. 

 alt. 18° to 60° 

 W.ofN.alt.l3° 

 Positions mea- 

 sured (Azth.'s 

 magnetic). 



Part of path in 

 sight 310° + 61° 

 to 266° + 42° 

 probable begin- 

 ning at 0° + 58° 

 about 7 Andro- 

 medse. 



From close to Vega 

 across the Milky 

 Way to about 

 20° N.W. of Ju 

 piter. 



From N.E., alt. 



30° to N.W. alt. 



30°; highest 



point of appa 



rent path due N. 



From a little N. 

 of Vega to a 

 little S. of x 

 Ophiuchi. 



47-26£to50-27£ 

 low down in 



S.S.E. 



11-22 to 17 — 30] 



low down in S. 



Shot under, and a 

 little past, Si 

 rius, § of that 

 star's alt. from 

 the horizon. 



From N.W. to S. 



