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BEPOBT — 1878. 



A LIST OF FIREBALLS SEEN DURING AND 



Date 



1871. 

 Sept. 4 



1876 

 Jan. 29 



Feb.27 



May 8 



Jun. 10 



July 15 



Aug. 7 



Sep. 23 



Nov. 8 



Dec.13 



1877 

 Feb.ll 



Hour 



Approx. 



G.M.T., or 



(Lcl.Time) 



h m 



9 30 p.m. 



About 



9 p.m. 



6 15 a.m. 



8 45 p.m. 



About 

 10 40 p.m. 



11 7 p.m. 



9 37 p.m. 



7 40 p.m. 



i 35 p.m 

 the same 

 hour, 5 h 

 5'" p.m, 

 G. M. T., 

 to a mi 

 nute, as 

 that of 

 the large 

 fireball 

 seen in 

 England 



4 45 p.m. 



7 40 p.m. 



Ross, Hereford- 

 shire. 



St. Mary's Os- 

 cott [?]. 



Melrose, Scot- 

 land. 



Ibid , 



Place of 

 Observation 



London 



Clapton, Lon- 

 don. 



St. Germain en 

 La ye, France. 



Melrose, Scot- 

 land. 



Rossiniere, 

 Vaud, and 

 generally ob- 

 served in 

 Switzerland. 



Northfield, near 

 Birmingham. 



Birmingham 



Apparent Size. 



5 or 6 x $ 



Bright meteor .. 

 Bright fireball .. 

 Brilliant meteor. 



Nucleus rather 

 small,butbright 

 and dazzling. 



Very fine meteor. 



Large fireball 



Bright meteor 

 Large fireball 



Brighter and 

 larger than 9 

 appears at night 



Very brilliant 

 meteor. 



Colour 



Beautiful 

 blue colour, 



First white, 

 then bril- 

 liant green. 



White , 



Duration 



Moved slowly 



Bather swift, 



About 2 

 seconds. 



Motion quick 

 (no time to 

 call atten- 

 tion). 



Motion very 

 slow, com- 

 pared to 

 that of most 

 meteors. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path 



Beginning at al 

 about 30° N.E 

 and disappear 

 ing at about al 

 10°, due N. 



Passed throug 



Andromeda. 

 Passed from N. t 



S.W. 

 Moving toward 



S.W. 

 Between Leo Mi 



nor and Lei 



Major 



Began just belov 

 a Pegasi, an< 

 disappeared a' 

 or near u Pis 

 cium. 



Began in the Con 

 stellation Lyra 

 and passed im 

 mediately be- 

 low that a 

 Aquila. 



Passed from N.W 

 to S.B. 



Point of first ap 

 pearance closi 

 to a Tarand 

 (Bode) at ^(Po 

 laris, e Cassio 

 peias); [25° 

 76°.] Disap 

 pearing at alt 

 20° or 21°. 



In the S.E., fron 

 about alt. 60J 

 to about 30° 



In the north-west 

 no part of i^ 

 path having 

 very great ap 

 parent alt. 



