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REPORT 1878. 



A List of Fireballs seen during and before 



Date 



Hour 



Approx. 



G.M.T., or 



(Lcl.Time) 



1878. 



June 7 



h rn s 



Place of 

 Observation 



9 52 30 

 p.m. 



Twickenham, Longer diameter 

 Surrey, [and of its figure 

 Prees, 14^i about 5 of the 

 miles N. of diameter of the 

 Shrewsbury. ] moon. 



9 53 p.ni, 



9 53 p.m. 



[About 10 



p.m. Paris 



time.] 



Apparent Size 



Greenwich. 

 Kent, 



Silverton Sta- 

 tion, Devon ; 

 (Jersey) ; 

 [Versailles, 

 and Depart- 

 ment of Aisne, 

 France.] 



About the same 

 size and bright 

 ness as the 

 moon. 



(Rather more than 

 J apparent dia 

 meter of full 

 moon; and shin 

 ing far more 

 brightly. 

 [Width, £ diam 

 of the moon.] 



Colour 



or rear part 

 of a red 

 purplish 

 hue.) 



Bright erne 

 raid green 

 throwing a 

 distinctly 

 green light. 



Duration 



Position or 

 Apparent Path 



fast (7 or 

 8 seconds) 

 while it 

 was in 



sight, 



[4 seconds or 

 more ; co 

 lour green- 

 ish white.] 



14 9 14 p.m 



Bristol 



Nearly = 2 



Centre of tail 

 and nu- 

 cleus pale 

 orange, 

 fringed 

 with violet 

 rays. 



First white or 

 pale blue, 

 then deep 

 blue ; and 

 fragments 

 after the 

 explosion 

 were blood- 

 red. (A 

 beautiful 

 white 

 light). 



Pearly white. 



About 3 se- 

 conds in 



sight. 



Moved slow- 

 ly. (Alto 

 gether 

 about 30 

 seconds.) 



Slow motion 



W. Passing un- 

 der the moon at 

 about \ of its 

 alt. in the early 

 part of its flight, 

 and grazing 

 some house- 

 roofs (positions 

 measured) there 

 and near its dis- 

 appearance. 

 Shot from south- 

 west to north- 

 west, passing 

 under the moon 

 at alt. 14°, 69° 

 W. from south. 



4 First appeared 

 h the south, 

 and moved hori- 

 zontally west- 

 wards.] 

 Grazing house- 

 roofs in the 

 west, passing 6° 

 or 8° under the 

 moon's lower 

 edge. 



Shot towards Ursa 

 Major, and ex- 

 ploded a little 

 beyond that 

 constellation. 

 (First seen 

 about 30° from! 

 the zenith near- 

 ly due N. ; des- 

 cended towards| 

 the horizon, dis-[ 

 appearing therel 

 behind a high 

 wall). [Travel- 

 ling westwards 

 at a small alti- 

 tude.] 



Descended in the 

 E. by S. (bear- 

 ing of centre of 

 path) from alt. 

 35° to alt, 8°. 

 (Measured alti- 

 tudes and bear- 

 ing.) 



