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REPORT — 1878. 



RESULTS OF DOUBLE OBSERVATIONS OF LARGE FIREBALLS 



VELOCITIES, ANDi 



Date and Hour (Local Time, or) 

 G. M. T. Size and General 

 Appearance. 



1876, July 8 (8" 45 m p.m.) . 



1877, Jan. 19, 6" 27 m p.m. . 

 „ April 6, 9" 26 m p.m. ., 

 „ April 16, 10" 50 ra p.m. 



„ June 14 (8 h 52 m p.m.) ; = 

 full moon at last ; white, with 

 tail of red and blue. Detona- 

 tion in 5 min. at Bordeaux. 



1877, Oct. 19, 6" 13™ p.m. Glo- 

 bular, white nucleus. Left a 

 bright white streak, becoming 

 serpentine, for 8 or 10 minutes. 



1877, Nov. 20 (afternoon). Splen- 

 did fireball, with flame-track, 

 and long-enduring cloud-streak. 

 Violent explosion over Dan- 

 ville, Halifax, &c, N. Carolina. 



1877, Nov. 23, 8 1 ' 24™ p.m. Great 

 detonating meteor ; £ diam. of 

 moon ; of extreme brilliancy ; 

 streak 40 miles long, 2,000 ft. 

 diam. ; explosion very loud in I. 

 of Man, N. Wales, and Cheshire. 



1877, Nov. 27, 10" 26 m p.m. Blue, 

 globular with sparks ; i diam. 

 of moon in middle of its course ; 

 small in first and last parts. 

 Motion curved, extraordinarily 

 slow ; about 22 seconds. 



1878, March 25, 10 b 22 m a.m. Large 

 meteor, in sunlight. Conical ; 

 white or red ball, with long 

 taper tail of fire ; burst at last ; 

 smoke wreath remained visible 

 10 minutes. 



1878, May 12, 8" 53 m p.m. Very 

 brilliant head ; white, with not 

 much tail ; dropped a red frag- 

 ment near disappearance ; re- 

 port heard in 2 minutes, like 

 thunder, at Galashiels. 



1878, June 7, 9" 53"' p.m. J- diam 

 of moon ; bluish ; pear-shaped, 

 with flickering tail ; long, slow 

 course, with uniform size and 

 brightness ; no streak or sparks. 



1878, July 29, 9 h 25™ or 30 m p.m. 

 \ 1) . Two flashes, the first 

 vivid, white ; burst into red 

 fragments leaving a long mo- 

 mentary red-starred track ; 

 motion pretty swift. 



Ind. and Ohio, U.S 



Wales, and S. of Ireland 

 Wales, and S. of Ireland 

 Leicester; I. of Man ... 



Clermont Ferrand, An- 

 gouleme, and Bor- 

 deaux, France. 



Erincipal Places of 

 Observation 



88m. Ottohee, Ohio 

 75m. Milford Haven 



80m. Kildare 



60m. Yorkshire 



Monmouth, Swansea, 

 Bath ; and Dublin, 

 Waterford, and Tem- 

 plemore, Ireland. 



Richmond, Washington, 

 Bristol, Halifax, &c, 

 in Virginia, and N. 

 Carolina, U.S. 



England, Wales, Scot- 

 land, and Ireland. 



Greenwich, Writ-tie near 

 Chelmsford, and Bris- 

 tol. 



Coupar, Callander, New 

 castle, Hawick, Wig 

 ton ; Scotland and the 

 North of England. 



Edinburgh, Bathgate, 

 Galashiels, Stonykirk ; 

 York,Scarborough,and 

 the middle of England 



Bristol and Shrewsbury ; 

 Knole and Hawk- 

 hurst, Kent ; West and 

 South of England. 



Manchester, Lancaster, 

 Cumberland and N, 

 Wales. 



Meteor's Real Course. 



Beginning ; Height 

 and Locality. 



175m. (?) ; 20m. S.W. 

 of Nerac, Gers. 



60m. over Milford 

 Haven. 



70m. ; 15m. N. of 

 Danville, Virginia 



34m. L. Michigan 

 45m. St. G. Channelh 

 20m. Cape Clear.. J 

 30m. Yorksh. Coast!) 



27m. 10m. W. of Bi-i 

 berac, Dordognel 

 55m. from Bor- 

 deaux. 



40m. over Cape 

 Clear. 



10m. ; 25m. a Httti 

 S. of E. from 

 Danville, Virg. ;j 



96m.; 15m. N. of 

 Derby. 40m. over 

 Liverpool ; first out- 

 burst ; the meteor 

 suddenly became 

 very luminous. 



56m.; Urn. N. of 

 Margate, Kent. 



50m. ; 30m. E.S.E 

 from Berwick. 



78m. over Northaller- 

 ton, Yorkshire. 



65m.; 20m. W.N.W. 

 from Guernsey, 

 Channel Islands. 



82m.; 8m. W. from 

 Manchester. 



End ; Height and 

 Locality. 



14m. ; 17m. N.N.W 

 of the Great! 

 Orme's Head. 



13m.; 12m. W. 0* 

 St. Omer, France 



22m. ; 45m. E.N.E 

 from Aberdeen 



17m. ; over Bonessi 

 near Edinburgh' 



37m. ; 15m. E.N.H 

 from Lundy Islf I 

 Bristol Channel 



20m. ; midway bd 

 tween Prestol 

 and Blackpoo 

 coast of Lanes] 

 shire. 



