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REPORT — 1878. 



A List of Fireballs seen during and before 



Date 



Hour 



Approx. 



G.M.T., or 



(Lcl.Time) 



Place of 

 Observation 



1878, 

 Jan. 10 



13 



h m s 

 10 36 20 

 p.m. 



(4 24 p.m.) 



31 



Feb.17 



18 



March 

 15 



25 



London (3 miles 

 N. of St. 

 Paul's). 



Salthill, be- 

 tween Kings- 

 town and 

 Dublin. 



4 56 a.m. 



York 



(7 53 p.m.) 



(12 47 

 a.m.) 



(About 

 8 30 p.m.) 



About 

 10 15 a.m 



As bright as, and 

 2 x diam. of 'J/. 

 " then in the 

 field" [?]." 



Very bright me- 

 teor. 



New York, U.S. 

 America. 



Dublin, in the 

 east part of 

 the town. 



25 



10 17 a.m 

 [10 20 

 a.m.] 



Lahore, India . 



Wigton, Dum' 



friesshire, 



Scotland. 



Apparent Size 



About i diameter 

 of the moon, 

 and as bright as 

 Sirius. 



Brighter than 

 Venus. 



About i diameter 

 of, and more 

 luminous than 

 the moon. 



Tailand globe 

 of explo 

 sion light 

 blue. 



Bluish green 



Colour 



Duration 



White, 



Bluish white, 

 train 

 yellowish. 



Clitheroe, Lan- 

 cashire [and 

 Hawick, Rox- 

 burghshire] 



As bright as the 

 full moon. 



Large ; dazzling, 

 even in sun- 

 light. 



At least equal in 

 area to half a 

 full moon ; and 

 in brightness 10 



4 seconds 



seconds. 

 Moved 

 slowly. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path 



About 4 

 conds. 



se- 



Occulted 5 Cassio 

 peise lying on 

 the cross wires. 



In the north-west, 

 at an altitude of 

 about 10° or 15°; 

 a distant fire- 

 ball, probably 

 over the West 

 Coast of Ire- 

 land. 



From 50° W. of 

 S.tol0°E.ofS.; 

 altitude about 

 10° or a little 

 more ; too low 

 down for com- 

 parison with 

 any neighbour- 

 ing fixed stars. 



Passed a few de- 

 grees below 

 Mars, moving 

 south - easterly 

 towards Cano- 

 pus. 



Began in Draco, 

 15°from Polaris, 

 a little below a 

 point at ^ (Pola- 

 ris, o Lyras), 

 and disappeared 

 when at an alti- 

 tude of about 

 1 0° from th€ 

 horizon, in the 

 north. 



Passed over . the 

 town and ex- 

 ploded to tht 

 westward. 



From an apparent 

 altitude oJ 



about 50° in the 

 S.E. to the crest 

 of a mountair 

 ridge ; altitude 

 about 25° in the 

 east. 



A little to the eas' 

 of north. [Seen 

 near its disap 

 pearance, in the 



