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THE YEAR ENDING- IN AUGUST, 1878 — continued. 



p| i Direction or Radiant-point 



l^°of its path Directed nearly towards y 

 seen in the Cephei ; 19° from horizon- 

 tal, from W. to E. 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Held of 

 view. 



Inclined about 10° from ver- 

 tical towards the south. 



Travelled almost horizontally. 

 Path slightly curved. 



Seen in the finder of an altazi- 

 muth telescope, magnifying 

 15 times. 



Nucleus with tail 5° or 6° in 

 length, and globe of some 

 size, when bursting. 



Observer or 

 Reference 



Directed from Andromeda 



A fine bolide. Nucleus globu- 

 lar, without tail ; went out 

 without explosion. 



tical, descending from left 

 to right 



Nucleus followed by sparks for 

 1° or 2° behind it ; showed 

 an apparently spiral move- 

 ment. 



E. Catchpool. 'Natural 

 History Journal,' vol 

 ii. p. 11. 



O.W.Reilly. 'Nature,' 

 vol. xvii. p. 221. 



' Natural History Jour- 

 nal,' vol. ii. p. 11. 



About 5° inclined from ver- A ball of light, leaving a con 



Descending there at a slope 

 of about 45° from vertical 

 (see the sketch). 



tinuous luminous train ; no 

 explosion seen, or sound 

 heard ; passed behind houses 

 Its light surpassed that of 

 the moon, which was then 

 strong enough for reading 

 print. 



Unusually large fireball ; burst, 

 scattering fragments in all 

 directions with a report like 

 thunder. 



Paragraph in the 

 ' Scientific Ameri- 

 can ' of Feb. 23rd, 

 1878, (communi- 

 cated by J. E. Clark.) 



H. Hatfield. ' Nature, 

 vol. xvii. p. 342, Feb. 

 28th, 1878. 



1878, 



Descending perpendicularly. 

 [Descending with an in- 

 clination of about 40° to 

 the horizon.] 



mm 



Nucleus followed by a train 5° 



or 6° in length. A grand 



meteor, even in the brilliant 



sunlight. [In bright sun-| 



U 



The ' Homeward Mail, 

 April 8th, 1878. 



J. E. Walker. (Com- 

 municated by J. E 

 Clark.) 



W.Garnett. The 'Man- 

 chester Guardian," 

 March 28th, 1878. 



