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Direction or Altitude. 



From S.E. at altitude 35°, 

 through 40°, disappeared in 

 SS.W. 



:nE.S.E 



General remarks. 



See Appendix. 



Moon bright. 



Place. 



Wrottesley Ob- 

 servatory, 

 Wolverhamp- 

 ton. 



Observer. 



Reference. 



from various Observers. 



From zenith towards E., disap 

 peared at altitude 45°. 



Towards N.E., disappeared at 

 altitude 70", moving obliquely 

 from N.W. through 8°. 



Disappeared at between 20° and 

 30° altitude, towards S.E. 

 from N.W. 



Disappeared at about 40° alti- 

 tude towards S.W., commen- 

 cing from 45°. 



Falling perpendicularly from 

 altitude 30° in W. 



Vertically down from N.W. to 

 E. of Cassiopeia. 



From near Aldebaran to near 



e Eridani. 

 Between Orion and Procyou 



nearly same direction. 

 Moved in the arc of a great 



circle 40° or 50°, the middle 



passing through the zenith, 



from S.W. to N.E. 

 From S.W. to W. 



From Polaris towards W. 

 Vertically downwards. First 

 seen at 30° from zenith. 



Sun shining bright- 

 ly, a few light 

 clouds. 



No report. 



Clear sky. 



Barometer 29-30. 

 Ther.76°. Even- 

 ing clear, many 

 falling stars. 



Lost behind houses. 



Buckbury Hill, 

 Mordiford, He- 

 refordshire, 4 

 miles E. of He- 

 reford. 



Brighton 



Derby 



Belleau, Alford, 

 Lincolnshire 



Lat. N. 13° 20, 

 Long. E. 50, 

 on board ship 

 " Emeu." 



Mr. F. Morton.., 



Mr. W. P. Wake- 

 lin. 



Mr. F. Morton.. 



Dr. C. Lingen , 



Mr. T. B. Lane. 



Mr. F. T. Dubois, 



Mr. J. W. Giles. 



J. H.Hood, Mem- 

 ber of Council, 

 Sydney. 



MS. communica- 

 tion. 



Ibid. 



Tunbridge Wells 

 Grove-hill. 



Dunster, Somer- 

 set. 

 Ibid 



Miss Powell. 



W. Symons. 

 Id 



High up in the E., descended 

 vertically to horizon. 



Weather cloudy 

 and hazy, with 

 lightning ; indi- 

 stinctly seen. 



No report or ex- 

 plosion, much 

 lightning in the 

 same quarter 



No thunder or 

 lightning. 



Seen, but particu 

 lars not given. 



More Cottage, 

 Glasgow, 3 

 miles S. of the 

 Observatory. 



Dunoon, 25 m, 

 west of Glas 

 gow. 



Glasgow 



London 



Hertfordshire 



Ibid. 



Letter communi- 

 cated by Mr. J 

 E. Smith, Here- 

 ford Infirmary. 



Ibid. 



Ibid 



Ibid. 



Letter to Royal So- 

 ciety, communi- 

 cated by Prof 

 Stokes, Sec. R. S, 



MS. comuiuniea 

 tion. 



Id. 



Id. 



W. J. Macquorn Id. 

 Rankine, Esq. 



W. Crawford,!Id. 

 Esq. 



Id. 



G.P.Greg, Esq.; 

 his brother, and 

 J. Breen, Esq. 



Id 



Bolton, South! Id. 



Lancashire. 

 Halifax, York-|Id. 



shire. 



Id. 



MS. communica- 

 tion from Mr. 

 Greg. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



