330 On the Meteors of 13th November, 1833. 
a constant divergence from a radiant which was at that time 15° below 
the horizon, and even in some of the latitudes 20°, and which did not 
rise till near eleven o’clock. This fact must lead to a suspicion that 
the radiant, at that time, lay far to the west of its position in the 
morning ; and in that case the only tenable supposition would seem 
to be that from that time till four A. M. it moved with a progressive- 
ly decreasing velocity eastward among the stars, till towards the morn- 
ing it became stationary,—after which, according to the laws of accel- 
erated or retarded action, it might begin to return upon its track. 
The statement of Capt. Faurot, that in the earlier part of the 
night, the motions were more horizontal and towards morning more 
perpendicular, gives countenance to the idea of a change in the alti- 
tude of the radiant from low to high; but, on the whole, it must be 
admitted that the evidence of this point, previous to a quarter before 
5, A. M., is too uncertain and contradictory to draw conclusions from ; 
and that the time during which we have certain proof of a fixed po- 
sition of the radiant is too limited to admit of our founding any cer- 
tain reasonings respecting the cause of the meteors upon the assump- 
tion of such a fact, unless there can be found other grounds to sus- 
tain that supposition. 
There is however a second fact, entirely independent of the one 
just now considered, which is equally remarkable, and rests upon in- 
contestible evidence,—the fact that the radiant, as seen from places 
on the earth far distant one from another, had a location manifestly 
independent of meridians and verticals, and not conformed to any 
geodesic lines. ‘The truth of this remark will be manifest, if we com- 
pare in declination and right ascension the different situations of the 
radiating point which are derived from authorities already mention- 
ed, either in Prof. Olmsted’s memoir, or in this article. Arranging 
our authorities after a tabular form we have :— 
nm mn . 
EON Alon Pears tea) 
Oo oo es Sag 
Observer. Pea| 6 5 : z Sits 2 S Hour of day ; 
Eyes i Se ney ; 
ney) 95 | Sei} no ‘= {mean time, A. M. 
1 eSyiniliy) Jie £567 hss tnd Wines 
°o ° ° | ° 
Mr. D. A. Strong, 42 52 7, |_|) Mets} a 153 + |5h 45m 
5 15 148 4 45 
Mr. F. Merrick, 41 33 ES L.71| 72 42 “ _OHeNee 
Prof. Olmsted, | 41 is 20 |1:92| 72 58) 150 |5 30 to 6h 30m 
213 149... |S) — 
Mr. J. L. Riddel, 40 4, ou ooh sare at ae 
Prof. Aiken, 39 40 233/2.11| 77 10] 1482 {4 45 to6 45 
Prof. Thomson, 34 30) 33 |1.91) 89 —| 1463+ |5 — 
Capt. Parker, 26 — 49 1.90) 85 20) 1494+ |3 — 
