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REPOBT — 1879. 



Supplemental Accounts of Lakge Meteors 



Date 



July! 2 

 26 



Hour 

 Approx. 



G.M.T. (or 

 Local Time) 



Place of 

 Observation 



8 30 p.m.lPrivat.Ardeche 



(Paris 

 time). 

 10 38 p.m 

 (Paris 

 time). 



Sep. 



15 



Oct.l' 



France. 



Montrouge, 

 Paris (?). 



9 35 p.m. Wonersh,Guild 

 ford, Surrey. 



Apparent Size 



Large 



About 9 10 

 p.m.(Ber 

 lin time.) 



Between 6 

 and 7p.m. 

 (Local 

 times). 



(About 

 5 50 p.m.) 



Hanau (and 

 many other 

 places in) 

 Germany. 



Tenez(andCon 

 stantine, and 

 many other 

 places in) Al- 

 geria. And 

 the same me- 

 teor (?) also 

 at Montpel 

 lier, France. 



Harlton, Cam 

 bridge. 



Twice or thrice as 

 large as Jupiter. 



Colour 



Light vivid 

 blue. 



Duration 



Position or 

 Apparent Path 



From to 



a 8 a 8 



Green, like 

 burning sil- 

 ver,changed 

 to red in 

 bursting. 



Very brilliant 

 fireball. 



Bright green, 



About 3 sees.; 

 moved 

 slowly. 



Whole dura- 

 tion of the 

 phenome- 

 non about 

 30 sees. 



Very long du- 

 ration. 



The streak lay 

 little E. of th< 

 zenith, extend 

 ingfromN.E. tc 

 N.W. (? S.W.) 



From 272i° -10' 

 to 255° -16° 

 (disappearance 

 close to t) Ophi- 

 uchi). 



Appeared in the 

 S.B. ; a solid- 

 looking nucleus 

 and long tail 

 stretching to 

 N.W. 



About 2 sees, 

 motion 

 rapid. 



Fell quite close to 

 the moon. 



