IQ ON. THE ORBIT AND PHENOMENA 



at night, that the above point was not visible from the place where the lady sat, 

 owing to the dense foliage of intervening trees, and the point, whose altitude and 

 azimuth were measured, was nearly five feet from the aforesaid corner. 



No. 80 was observed by Dr. C. C. Field, as the meteor came in sight, over the 

 edge of the roof of an adjoining building. 



No. 85 was observed by Alexander Wilson, who said it appeared to pass just 

 below the gilt ball on the spire of one of our churches. He thought also that it 

 passed near the planet Mars. 



No. 92 was observed by Prof. Traill Green, M. D., and his lady from their north 

 parlor window. They noticed the meteor as it passed behind the steeple of a 

 church on the opposite side of the street. By repeating, watch in hand, certain 

 operations that he performed during the passage of the meteor (such as leaving his 

 seat after being called twice, going across the parlor, looking out of the window, 

 and noticing the passage of the meteor behind the steeple, then running out of the 

 house and across the street) Prof. Green estimates the time occupied by the meteor 

 in passing from an azimuth of about N. 40° W. to the range of the steeple at 13 

 seconds, and from thence to due east at about 20 seconds.^ 



No. Ill was observed by John Swift, through an opening between two buildings. 

 The possible limits of the altitude are 3° 38' and 8° 22'. 



No. 126 was observed by a lady, who was sitting upon her front door-step, facing 

 north, a few feet from the observer of No. 85, and with reference to the same 

 object as No. 60. The meteor could not have been seen at this azimuth if its 

 altitude had been less than 20°.- 



Nos, 132 and 140 were observed by a lady and her two daughters, who were in 

 the portico in front of her house, on the north side. They say that the meteor 

 came into view from behind the hipped roof of a house on the opposite side of the 

 street, just below the upper cornice, and that it then passed a little above another 

 house which stands further east. 



No. 150 was observed by J. Tidd with reference to the chimney of a building. 

 No. 190 was observed by Mr. Thompson with reference to the corner of a 

 building. 



No. 192 was observed with reference to the top of a house; same observer as 

 No. 76. 



No. 194 was observed by John Swift with reference to a tree top. 

 No. 198 was observed by William W. Cottingham with reference to a tree top. 

 No. 200 was observed by a young woman at the house of Rev. Dr. Vanderveer, 

 who kindly lent his aid in determining the position of the meteor (as also No. 76, 

 his house being the one there referred to). Startled by the light she ran out of 

 doors, and leaning against a tree, saw the meteor through an opening in the dense 

 foliage of another tree. 



No. 215 was observed by Dr. J. B. Clemens, who, sitting in a chair on the pave- 

 ment in front of his office, which faces south, saw the meteor come into view over 



» The times by calculation are 13 seconds and 17 seconds. 



