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REPORT 1879. 



A List op Large Meteoes occasionally 



Date 



Mar. 15 



Apr. 18 



19 



[?18] 



19 



21 



21 



June 7 



18 



18 



July27 



27 



Hour 



Approx. 



G.M.T. (or 



Local Time) 



h m 

 (3 53 a.m.) 



8 52 p.m, 



About 

 9 p.m. 



12 50 a.m. 



8 43£ p.m. 



8 43 p.m 



About 

 10 p.m. 



10 38 p.m. 



10 57 



(12 45 a.m.) 



1 36 a.m. 



Place of 

 Observation 



Washington, 

 Davies's Co., 

 Ind., U.S.A. 



Sandymount, 

 Dublin. 



Birmingham 



Bristol 



Bath 



Bristol 



Geneva (Neu 

 chatel, Zug, 

 Milan, &c). 



Bath 



Bristol (seen by 

 several ob 

 servers). 



Droeda, Saxony. 

 (Similar ac 

 counts from 

 Leipzig,Dres 

 den, Zwic 

 kau, Wieders- 

 berg, &c.) 



Bristol 



Apparent Size 



Bright shooting- 

 star. 



Bright meteor 



Brighter than 1st 

 mag. *. 



Fireball 



As bright as 

 Venus. 



As large as full 

 moon. 



Like a ' fireball ' 

 of a firework. 



Large disc . 



Large fireball 



As bright as 

 Mars. 



Colour 



Pale bluish 

 colour. 



Nucleus with 

 train of 

 yellow 

 sparks. 



Greenish, 

 with iri- 

 descent 

 colours. 



Colours 

 decidedly 

 bluish 



green. 



Bright blue . 



Yellow 



Duration 



About 5 

 seconds ; 

 rather slow 

 speed. 



6 seconds ; 

 extremely 

 slow 

 motion. 



2-3 seconds. 



3 seconds ; 

 moved 

 slowly. 



Very slow 

 motion. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path 



From 

 a S 



to 



a S 



First seen at a 

 point 10° W. of 

 S., alt. 25°. 



From Arctums 

 towards, and to 

 within 10° or 

 12° of Procyon 



Shot from near ij 

 Ursas majoris to 

 a point about 

 E.S.E., alt. 40°, 



From 310° + 51° 

 to 263° + 48°. 



Disappeared 3° or 

 4° S.E. of Pro- 

 cyon. 



Began at a con 

 siderable alti 

 tude in the 

 southern sky. 



First appeared 

 about 10° S. of 

 Arcturus. 



Across the 

 ^ heavens. 



From 180° + 751 

 to 152° + 73°. 



