32 ON THE ORBIT AND PHENOMENA 



Azimuths. 



Altitudes.' 



N. 57^° W. 



62° 50' 



N. i1l° W. 



65° 50' 



N. 22° W. 



.70° 0' 



North. 



71° 30' 



West Bloomfield, New Jersey. See Mont Clair, Nos. 97 and 190. 



West Point, New York, Nos. 205 and 208. No. 205 was observed by Prof. 

 Bartlett, who says in a communication to Prof. Lyman, of Yale College : " The 

 meteor passed very near X. Cor Borealis, which at the time was near the meridian, 

 so that the result is but an approximation." He estimates the time of flight at 

 about a minute and a quarter. No. 208 was observed by Lieut. G. K. Warner, 

 who says that the greatest altitude was 60° to 65° ; the direction of its motion S. 

 48° E. by compass, and that it was seen for 45 seconds after it passed a due west 

 point.* 



West Roxbury, Massachusetts, Lat. 42° 19', Lon. 71° 5'. Reported time about 

 10 o'clock.'' 



West Springfield, Massachusetts, Nos. 35, 67, and 72. Communicated by Pev. 

 Theron H. Hawkes, from observations by a gentleman whose name he does not 

 give. Of No. 67 he says : " The meteor was seen distinctly, and the locality of it 

 accurately defined by two trees, before the house, whose branches formed an arch, 

 in the centre of which it appeared." The altitude at this point was measured by 

 the " card method." Nos. 35 and 72 were estimated without instruments, and the 

 altitude at the former (viz. at S. 14° E. — an azimuth previously designated), Mr. 

 H. says, " is partly a matter of conjecture, as at that point it was hidden from view 

 by the thick foliage of the trees. But as nearly as we could jxidge, it must have 

 been about 20°." The altitude at the point of the meteor's disappearance, he says, 

 was "perhaps 6° or 8°." 



Williamshurg, New York, Lat. 40° 48', Lon. 73° 58'. Visible about a minute ; 

 second disruption when near its greatest altitude.* 



Williamstoivn, Massachusetts, No. 25. Observed by Prof Albert Hopkins, who 

 says the meteor " passed through the constellation Scorpio, probably a little below 

 Antares," and disappeared at 9h. 49m. 59 sec.*^ 



Wilmington, Delaware, Lat. 39° 41', Lon. 75° 28'. Reported time, 9h. 45m.'' 



Woodbury, New Jersey, No. 227. Copied from a newspaper report, over the 



* More than three months had elapsed when these altitudes were estimated, which renders them 

 less reliable than if they had been made at the time of the passage of the meteor. According to 

 the calculated path they are considerably too high. 



" If we allow 6|° for magnetic variation, the course of the meteor "by compass," when it crossed 

 the meridian, according to the calculated path, was about S. 52J° E., and 45 seconds after the me- 

 teor was due west its azimuth was about S. 62t° E., and its altitude about 5^°. 



" Calculated time of meridian passage 9h. 59m. 53 sec. 



* According to the calculated path, the second disruption occurred two or three seconds before the 

 meteor attained its greatest altitude. See note under Washingtouville. 



* Calculated time of meridian passage at Williamstown, 9h. 51m. 8 sec. 

 ° Calculated time of meridian passage at Wilmington 9h. 41m. 54 sec. 



