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REPORT — 1878. 



A List of remarkable Meteor Showers 



Date, and (Horary or) Total Numbers 



Maximum 

 Date 



1877. Oct. 17 



Oct. 8 and 



Oct. 31- 



Nov. 1. 

 Nov. 8 



Nov. 25 . 



Oct. 31- 

 Nov. 4. 

 Nov. 10-13 



Nov. 13. 



No. of 



4,s 



(22) 



8 



13 



Many 



and Nov. 27 



(20or30) 



Nov. 13. 



Nov. 27 . 



Nov. 29 . 



Dec. 1-13... 

 Dec. 8 



Dec. 10 . 



40 



(About 

 20) 



Total Duration 



Oct. 15-26 



Oct. 28-Nov. 13. 

 Oct. 28-Nov. 13. 



Oct. 28-Nov. 13. 



and Nov. 25 



Nov. 25-Dec. 13 



Dec. 8-12 



Dec. 9-12 



No. of 



|s 



57 



31 



14 



+ 2 



Position or Kadiant -point 



92 +15 



47 +28 



43 +22 



102 +73 



24 +45 



40 +77 

 148 +24 



Taraudus 

 x Leonis . 



146 +26 



28 +46 



285 +71 



109 +33 



145 + 7 



107 +35 



By the Stars 



{ Orionis. 



Musca 



e Arietis 



Near p q Camelopardi 



Near y Andromedse . . . 



Leo 



Near /u Leonis 



Near y Andromedas 



Near k Cej-./iei 



Near a Geminorum 

 Near ir Leonis 



Between o and 8 Gem 

 inorum ; rather dif- 

 fuse. 



