PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY OF WASHINGTON. 151 



30. 



J, D. Mitchell, A. McLean, and others, Alexandria, Fair- 

 fax Co., Virginia, pp. 15, 159. 

 1. From 7.30 to 8 P. M. 



3. Westward along King Street, inclining to the south. 



4. Directly overhead. 



7. Heavy concussion ; house trembled. 



31. 



L. S. Abbott, Falls Church, Fairfax Co., Virginia, pp. 67- 

 77, 157, 167, 209. 



4. First, 75° south ; course west ; disappeared at 45°. 



5. Round red head, followed by a train and surrounded by 



diverging rays, flashing white and very brilliant. 



6. Interval very long, from 60 to 90 seconds. 



7. Like very heavy cannon, followed for 30 seconds by rolling, 



rumbling sounds, fading away in the east, as it came 

 back on the track of the meteor. 



32. 



5. Simpson, J. Mills, and others, Fairfax C. H , Fairfax 

 Oo., Virginia, pp. 251-256. 



1. 7 to 8 P. M. About 8 P. M. 



2. 2 or 8 minutes. 



3. First in the east ; last in the west. 



4. First, 45°; last, 45°. 



6. Equal daylight, head brighter than its red tail and broad 



as the moon. 



6. Interval 3 or 4 minutes, or time enough to walk 150 yards. 



7. First like a cannon, jarring all the houses in this section, 



then rumbling for 4 or 5 minutes ; dying away in the 

 east. 



33a. 



Fairfax Court House, Fairfax Co., Virginia, p. 157. 

 1. About 7 P. M. 



5. Bright light. 



6. A few seconds. 



7. Shock that shook the ground and rattled windows, and sue- 



ceeded by a rushing noise as of wind in a forest. 



33b. Vienna, p. 157. \ 



33c. Falls Church, p. 157./ , ^^"".""V-^^ ^- ^- ^ 1°"^ 

 '■ I clap of thunder and a vivid 



33d. Langley, p. 157. ^^?^f ^l-^\ '^^" '^ ^" ^^'^ 



' ^ V neighborhood. 



33e. Lewisvillb, p. 157. / 



