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REPORT 1879. 



A List of Laege Meteors occasionally 



Date 



Dec. 11 



18 



19 



21 



30 



1879 

 Jan. 12 



13 



15 



28 



Hour 



Approx. 



G.M.T. (or 



Local Time) 



h m 

 9 36J p.m. 



8 57 p.m. 



(9 29 J p.m.) 

 (8 p.m.) 



9 33 p.m. 



(8 p.m.) 



Just before 

 7 p.m., 

 Indiana- 

 polis 

 time.) 



(9 56 p.m.) 



(6 5 p.m.) 



10 57 p.m 



(2 28 a.m.) 



Place of 

 Observation 



Sunderland 



Thames Em- 

 bankment, 

 London. 



New Haven, 

 Mass., U.S.A. 



Bristol 



Boston, U.S.A. 



Wooster, Wayne 

 Co., Ohio. 

 [Widely seen; 

 and also well 

 observed at 

 Anderson 

 (Ind.), and 

 Washington 

 (Pa.).] 



The Observa- 

 tory, Monca- 

 lieri, near 

 Turin. 



Boston, U.S.A. 



Newcastle-on- 

 Tyne. 



Traverse City, 

 and other 

 places in Wis- 

 consin and 

 Michigan, 



Apparent Size 



About as bright as White, then 

 Jupiter. green, and 



variable at 

 last. 

 About thrice as 

 bright as Ju- 

 piter. 



Brighter than a 

 1st ma°'. * 



Brighter than 

 Venus. 



As bright as 

 Jupiter. 



Transverse diam. [Slightly 



Colour 



Duration 



2 - 5 seconds 



3 seconds 



Position or 

 Apparent Path 



From 

 a 5 



to 

 a S 



Disappeared 

 about ± (53, y r 

 Eridani. 



of disc = ^ diam. 

 of the moon. 



Large disc about 

 7' diam., giving 

 stronger illu- 

 mination than 

 the moonlight. 



Much brighter 

 than Venus. 



Brighter than 

 Venus. 



Larger than (3 or 

 4 times as large 

 as) the full 

 moon. 



greenish ; 

 reddish 

 when 

 bursting.] 



Nucleus gold 

 yellow ; 

 vapour- 

 envelope, 

 and train 

 greenish 

 and bluish 

 white. 



Deep yellow. 



A ball of fire 

 (white, 

 then red- 

 dish illu- 

 mination 



3 or 4 seconds; 

 moved very 

 slowly. 



[About 2 

 seconds, or 

 a fraction 

 less.] 



About 3 

 seconds. 



Shot very 

 slowly. 



Speed of a 

 descending 

 rocket. 

 (About 8 or 

 10 seconds 



Started exactly at 

 7, and passed 2 C 

 or 3° E. of 

 Orionis. 



From close to the 

 ' crab ' nebula 

 to just above 

 and left of 

 Ursas majoris. 



13-5 to 11-19. 



Appeared in the 

 S.W., alt. 23°; 

 altitude at dis- 

 appearance 18°. 



From E., alt, 50°, 

 to S. 13° E., alt, 

 13°, exploding 

 S. 33° E. (mea- 

 sured positions; 

 the first very 

 accurate). 



Skirted the line 

 of stars a, p, x, 

 and disappeai - ed 

 near a Leonis. 



First appearance 

 a little E. of N., 

 alt. about 60°. 

 Disappeared 

 behind a cloud 

 bank. 



From about 2° E 

 of & Urs* ma- 

 joris to the Prse- 

 sepe in Cancer. 



Observer facing 

 due E. first sa 1 

 it as high as 

 ordinary rai: 

 cloud over h 



