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REPORT — 1878. 



A List op Fireballs seen during and before 



Date 



Hour 



Approx. 



G.M.T., or 



(Lcl.Time) 



1878. 



Mar.25 



Place of 



Observation 



h m 



10 20 a.m 

 [10 23 

 a.m.] 



25 



'25 



April : 



Newcastle - on 

 Tyne [and 

 Darlington, 

 Yorkshire]. 



Apparent Size 



times more 

 tense. 



Meteor with large 

 apparent disc, 



Colour 



Body and tail 

 white, o] 

 yellow,pur 

 pie-edged. 



10 22 a.m. 

 (Exactrail- 

 way time.) 



About 

 10 26 p.m. 



A few min- 

 utes be- 

 fore 

 8 p.m, 



Uoupar - Angus 

 Railway Sta- 

 tion, Perth- 

 shire. 



Callander, and 

 Pass of Leny, 

 Perthshire. 

 [For other 

 views of the 

 meteor in 

 Scotland, see 

 the general 

 account in 

 this Appen- 

 dix.] 



(No place 

 corded.) 



re 



Bright enough to 

 attract atten- 

 tion of all per 

 sons looking 

 eastwards. 



Length of the cone 

 1£ or 2 diame- 

 tersofthemoon; 

 [about three 

 times as great 

 as its breadth 

 at Lennoxtown ; 

 round in front, 

 tapering to a 

 point behind.] 



3 or 4 x % 



Duration 



or 2 se 

 conds while 

 in sight. 



Position or 

 Apparent Path 



White; with 

 a violet 

 halo, merg- 

 ing out- 

 wards into 

 crimson, 

 round it. 



Silvery white 

 changing 

 to pale red. 



About H sec. 

 (in bright- 

 est part of 

 its flight). 



Rather slow 

 speed. 



east,descending| 

 towards thei 

 north point of| 

 the horizon.] 

 Fromalt.aboutlO 

 toalt.2°or3°(to 

 the horizon),be- 

 tween 7° (Wal- 

 bottle), and 12° 

 (Little Benton), 

 E. of true north 

 (two measure- 

 ments). [From 

 alt. about 25° to 

 alt. about 10° 

 N. N. E. esti-| 

 mated.] 



From near the 

 sun's apparent 

 place (alt. 32°. 

 30° E. from SO 

 to alt. 11£°, one 

 point N. of mag- 

 netic east (dufl 

 N.E.byE.;meai 

 sured point oi 

 disappearance 

 by top of a sigl 

 nal post). 



From alt. 16° oi 

 18° E.S.E. (first 

 appearance), tc 

 a point of firs! 

 scintillation 

 about E. by NJ 

 and of disad 

 I n'arance at all 

 8° or 9°, 30° li 

 of E., behind a 

 hill (measured 

 path from tw(j 

 descriptions.) J 



Started [or ? tool I 

 its direction" 

 from Ursa Ma- 

 jor; and remain 

 ing stationary 

 a second or tw( 

 between Orion 'i 

 belt and Sirius 

 fell thence t( 

 the horizon. 



