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The following notice, by Francts M. Junnines, Esa., of a Meteor, 
was also read by the Secretary :— 
On Thursday, November 25, at 43 minutes after 11 P.m., I observed, 
whilst standing in the vicinity of Cork, a sudden increase of light. At 
first I could not tell from whence it came; but my eye was almost in- 
stantly attracted by an object moving with immense rapidity, from one 
or two points south of west, to one or two points north of east. The 
light was bright and intense, and seen through and between the dense 
masses of cloud that were driven across the sky, by a wind nearly due 
south, prevented my observing its exact path ; the moon and stars being 
only visible for a few seconds between the clouds, which appeared to 
belong most nearly to those of the cumulo-stratous class. It was proba- 
bly owing to the dense vapour through which it was seen, that the colour 
of the meteor appeared to be blue and reddish, in addition to that of a 
brilliant white, its chief characteristic. 
I cannot say whether it left any luminous track behind it; the clouds 
and the light of the moon would have rendered any slight luminosity 
imperceptible. It was not visible for more than two seconds. 
In four and a half minutes afterwards, there was a noise resembling 
a loud clap of thunder, which lasted but for a few seconds, and I did 
not hear any reverberations. Presuming that the noise was connected 
with the meteor, this would ‘give a distance, at the time when the 
sound proceeded from it, of a little over 50 miles, reckoning the speed 
of sound at 1100 feet in a second. 
The following donations were presented to the Academy :— 
By W. Henry Hartigan, Esq., a basin, made of hammered brass or 
bronze, discovered in a morass in the rectory of Aughrim, by St. George 
Jones Martin, Esq. 
By R. W. Reynell, Esq., a bronze pot, found at Killynon, Killucan. 
By Robert D. Bolton Massy, Esq., an Irish half-crown of Elizabeth. 
By W. A. Reynell, Esq., a small collection of Roman and British 
coins. 
By the Earl of Leitrim, a large flat piece of timber, supposed to be 
part of a canoe, found in a crannoge in the county of Leitrim. 
The thanks of the Academy were voted to the donors. 
MONDAY, DECEMBER 13, 1858. 
James Henruorn Topp, D.D., President, in the Chair. 
Tue Secretary of the Academy announced that the Council had at their 
meeting, held on December 6, taken into consideration the Resolution 
passed at the last meeting of the Academy, and had come to the 
following Resolution respecting it, viz. :— 
