188 



METEORS AND FALLING STARS. 



[1854. 



1849. 



1853. 





Thermometer. 







Barometer. 





en 



V 















CO 



t» 



















CO 





Mean 



at 

 9 a.m. 



Mean 



at 

 9r.M. 



Mean 

 of both 



to 



s 



i 



o 



a 



-a 

 to 



s 



m 



V 



o 

 h! 



.5 

 3 



CO 



"i 

 53 



7 



■a 



Li 



Jan. ... 



23' 20 



24°50 



23J35 



53 



-6 



29.83 



30.47 



29.20 



21 



Feb.... 



22.714 



25.142 



23.928 



49 



-6 



29.767 



30.30 



29.15 



3 



7 



18 



March 



36.71 



38.03 



37.37 



73 



23 



29.745 



30.18 



29.00 



2 



5 



24 



April.. 



42.4 



42.64 



42.52 



77 



22 



29.676 



30.00 



29.15 



1 



8 



21 



May... 



52.36 



52.64 



52.5 



84 



35 



29.7065 



30.22 



29.08 



6 



8 



17 



June .. 



69.47 



67.37 



68.42 



99 



45 



20.7-35 



29.98 



29.42 



2 



5 



23 



July... 



73.16 



71.9 



72.53 



101 



54 



29.79 



30.08 



29.44 



9 



9 



27 



Aug.... 



70.16 



69.9 



70.03 



98 



53 



29.728 



29.90 



29.26 



2 



7 



22 



Sept. .. 



61.93 



61.60 



61.8 



89 



40 



29.766 



30.15 



29.18 



1 



5 



24 



Oct. ... 



48.968 



49.486 



49.227 



75 



30 



29.657 



30.02 



29.20 



6 



8 



17 



Nov.... 



45.966 



46.5 



46.233 



68 



30 



29.629 



29.95 



29.25 



5 



5 



20 



Dec. ... 



29.16 



28.55 



28.855 



55 



3 



29.683 



30.24 



29.27 



5 



10 



16 



Mean temp, of year, |48.105| M'n h't. (29.726. 



381771250 



1850. 



Jan. ... 

 Feb.... 

 March 

 April.. 

 May... 

 June .. 

 July ... 

 Aug.... 

 Sept... 



Oct 



Nov 



Dec. ... 



30.61 



29.428 



33.00 



41.46 



53.60 



70.56 



74.29 



71.74 



61.76 



49.30 



42.00 



28.355 



31.35 



31.50 



33.74 



40.9 



51.4 



68.1 



73.39 



70.97 



60.43 



49.7 



43.73 



28.225 



30.98 



30.464 



33.37 



41.19 



52.50 



69.33 



73.84 



71.355 



61.1 



49.5 



42.866 



28.29 



50 

 59 

 60 

 80 

 90 

 95 

 101 

 100 

 86 

 78 

 74 

 52 



29.71 



29.593 



29.026 



29.614 



29.619 



29.738 



29.691 



29.691 



29.715 



29.657 



29.717 



29.70 



30.18 

 30.26 

 30.22 

 30.05 

 30.00 

 30.00 

 29.88 

 29.95 

 30.02 

 30.00 

 30.10 

 30.22 



28.96 

 28.78 

 28.70 

 28-95 

 29.00 

 29.50 

 29.48 

 29.40 

 29.44 

 29.30 

 29.30 

 29.10 



Mean temp, of year, |48.732| M'nh't |29.673| 



22 

 18 

 24 

 19 

 25 

 22 

 21 

 19 

 22 

 20 

 21 

 16 



46 [71 | 249 



1851. 



Jan. ... 



29.61 



32.16 



30.885 



O 



52 



O 



-6 



29.665 



30.42 



28.8S 



fi 



fi 



21 



Feb.... 



33.00 



33.20 



33.100 



57 



9 



29 805 



30.36 



29.28 



5 



6 



17 



March 



37.774 



396774 



387257 



75 



21 



29.693 



07 



30 



2 



6 



23 



April.. 



44.76 



45.7 



45.23 



77 



29 



64 



30 



15 



4 



6 



20 



May... 



5,6.45 



55.45 



55.95 



88 



31 



71 



10 



24 



2 



8 



21 



June .. 



65.,83 



64.16 



65.00 



92 



43 



65 



06 



18 



Q 



8 



19 



July ... 



69.94 



70.00 



69.97 



97 



53 



639 



29.86 



40 



4 



8 



19 



Aug.... 



68.13 



07.77 



67.95 



91 



49 



749 



30.02 



50 



4 



5 



22 



Sept... 



6.3.06 



63.00 



63.03 



96 



36 



838 



30.25 



25 



5 



3 



22 



Oct. ... 



50.2 



50.51 



50.35 



77 



27 



6375 



00 



28 



9, 



8 



21 



Nov.... 



38.43 



38.13 



38.28 



53 



28 



652 



40 



02 



4 



7 



19 



Dec. ... 



26.16 



26.80 



26.48 



52 







68 



20 



28.90 



5 



9 



17 



Mean temp, of year, |48.756| M'n h't. 1 29. 6882 1 



45|79|241 



1852. 



Jan. ... 



22.87 



24.645 



23.76 



45 



-6 



29.59 



.30.00 



29.05 



7 



9 



15 



Feb.... 



28.00 



29.20 



28.60 



54 



—2 



579 



32 



28.72 



2 



9 



18 



March 



32.90 



33.10 



33.00 



58 



5 



634 



32 



72 



6 



5 



20 



April.. 



41.80 



41.73 



41.77 



69 



26 



475 



29.85 



95 



6 



8 



16 



May... 



57.61 



56.00 



56.805 



88 



35 



71 



30.15 



29.20 



2 



5 



24 



June .. 



66.66 



65.26 



65.96 



98 



44 



633 



• 00 



15 



8 



-8 



19 



July... 



71.61 



70.55 



71.08 



101 



52 



721 



29.95 



30 



2 



4 



25 



Aug.... 



69.80 



69.00 



69.40 



97 



52 



768 



30.00 



46 



2 



9 



20 



Sept... 



60.70 



60.30 



60.50 



95 



38 



764 



02 



05 



5 



fi 



20 



Oct. ... 



52.58 



52.32 



52.45 



76 



34 



72 



10 



30 



5 



4 



22 



Nov.... 



39.16 



39.73 



39.45 



57 



27 



645 



17 



07 



3 



fi 



21 



Dec. ... 



35.709 



36.645 



6.177 



59 



18 



641 



20 



10 



8 



6 



17 





Thermometer. 







Barometer. 





CO 



3 

















>-. 



o 







Mean 

 at 



9 A.M. 



Mean 

 at 



9 P.M. 



Mean 

 of both 



« 



.a 



60 

 W 



50 



CO 



o 

 Hi 



a 

 a 



3 



-J 



• CO 



CD 



.a 

 to 



W 



DO 

 O 



o 

 Hi 



= 

 '5 



« 



1 



CO 



55 

 5 



c? 



■a 



a 



Jan. ... 



28.46 



29. 22 



28.84 



3 



29.7525 



30.28 



28.97 



25 



Feb. ... 



28.14 



28.82 



28.48 



50 



10 



636 



00 



29.15 



5 



5 



18 



March 



35.355 



36.71 



36.03 



66 



7 



615 



18 



28.95 



4 



7 



20 



April.. 



45.9 



45.9 



45.9 



83 



29 



6725 



00 



29.07 



4 



5 



21 



May... 



56.5 



54.9 



55.7 



92 



33 



6775 



15 



32 



4 



Hi 



17 



June .. 



70.06 



68.66 



69.36 



98 



50 



737 



05 



50 



2 



5 



23 



July... 



71.322 



70.968 



71.145 



97 



52 



749 



29.95 



50 



1 



4 



20 



Aug. .. 



72 8 



72.9 



72.85 



101 



51 



679 



90 



40 



2 



6 



23 



Sept... 



63.9 



63.96 



63.93 



96 



37 



723 



30.00 



20 



Q 



5 



22 



Oct. ... 



47.26 



48.26 



47.76 



75 



30 



718 



08 



10 



c 



6 



25 



Nov.... 



42.9 



44.22 



43.56 



65 



20 



834 



25 



30 



4 



4 



22 



Dec. ... 



30.355 



29.903 



30.129 



53 



2 



637 



04 



00 



4 

 3l 



8 

 70 



19 



Mean 



49.413 



49.535 



49.474 





29.7025 







261 



Meteors and Falling Stars* 



Read before the Canadian Institute, February 4th, by T. Henning. Esq. 



Mean temp, of year 



52|78j237 



The subject to -which I would invite your attention for a few 

 minutes this evening, is one of an interesting though mysterious 

 character. It is at the same time one which is gradually as- 

 suming the form of a science, and, from its connection with other 

 branches of general physics, beginning to awaken a closer and 

 deeper interest. The higher principles of inquiry into nature, 

 the infinite increase of exactness required and obtained in all the 

 methods of research, and the intimate connection established 

 amongst different sciences, which are said to be the peculiar 

 characteristics that designate the physical science of the present 

 time, are strikingly illustrated in the investigations of scientific 

 men, into the various phenomena presented by aerolites, meteors, 

 and falling stars. The scientific research which has been given to 

 the subject, has broadened the views of the philosopher, who, until 

 lately, agreed with the peasant in ascribing "those fiery shapes 

 and burning crescents" which suddenly kindle into brightness 

 and as suddenly disappear, to inflammable gases or- electrical 

 action in the atmosphere. True, there are man) 7 questions con- 

 nected with this subject which have as yet received no very satis- 

 factory solution, still the number of such js gradually diminishing, 

 and the theories adopted to account for the origin of such phe- 

 nomena, in which much confidence is placed, are now limited to 

 one or two. The truth can only be ascertained by a lengthened 

 process of observation and experiment, not confined to one locality 

 or country, but extending throughout different hemispheres and 

 different latitudes. In a clear and cloudless atmosphere, such as 

 we possess in Canada, good opportunities are afforded for marking 

 the course of the fire-ball as it moves through the blue vault of 

 heaven, or for noticing the point whence issue those showers of 

 "fiery shapes" which periodically visit us. So far as I am 

 aware these favorable opportunities are but rarely embraced; 

 for in the catalogues that have been compiled, shewing the re- 

 corded observations of such phenomena, I have not been able to 

 find the name of Canada bearing any very conspicuous position. 

 I trust that this will not continue so much longer; and that the 

 effect of this and similar institutions, in stimulating to increased 



