METEORS OF AUGUST AND NOVEMBER. 



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Table II. 





Convergent Point 



of the August Meteors^ 









Apparent 



Apparent 



, 





<c^ 





August Meteors. 



R. A. of 



Dec. of 



i 2 



o§ 



£"■= 



3<- = 







point of 



tlie point 



3"3 § 



|oS 





Place of Observation and Date. 



conver- 



of con- 



= « 



■a h £ 



■St." 

 2 o- 







gence. 



a. 



cf 



&i 



**w'^ 



»*|a 



1837. 



Berlin, August 10, 



217°.18 



57°.26 



46 



±20°.l 



± 2°.96 



(( 



Breslaw, " " 



221 .76 



51 .41 



200 



±19 .5 



± 1 .38 



1839. 



Berlin, " 9, 



224 .86 



—50 .18 



50 



± 11 .9 



± 1 .68 



(( 



" 10, 



223 .88 



52 .39 



48 



±13 .3 



±1 .92 



(( 



" 11, 



218 .45 



—51 .05 



43 



± 13 .5 



±2 .06 



(< 



Konigsberg, 10, 



214 ,85 



—55 .59 



75 



± 21 .0 



±2 .42 



ti 



11, 



215 .11 



—55 .29 



74 



±17.4 



±2 .02 



1840. 



Philadelphia, 9^ lO^ 57'" 



216.14 



—55 .76 



12 



± 2 .3 



±0 .67 



a 



9 13 4 



214 .71 



—55 .43 



15 



±4.1 



±1 .05 



<( 



9 15 6 



219 .25 



—55 .12 



29 



± 1 .2 



±0 .22 



Table III. 

 Convergent Point of the November Meteors. 



Tknta 





R. A. of 



South Dec. of 







udie. 

 Mean Time, 

 Pliiladelpliia. 





Convergent 

 Point. 



Convergent 

 Point. 



Observer and Station. 





1833, November, 



12''.750 



333°,0 



— 17°,0 



Strong, Buffalo. 







.701 



328 .0 



15 .0 



Merrick, Middletown, Ct.^* 







.743 



328 .3 



23 .5 



ti i6 





«' 



.748 



330 .0 



20 ,0 



Olmsted, New Haven," 







.745 



329 .0 



21 .7 



Riddell, Worthington, Ohio. 







.774 



331 .0 



21 .5 



(( (( (( 







.745 



328 .2 



23 .8 



Aiken, Emmettsburg, Md. 





^ , , 



.748 



326 .5 



23 .0 



Thompson, Mississippi, 







.652 



329 .5 



uncertain 



Parker, Gulf of Mexico.^* 





1834, 



.700 



324 .5 



30 .2 



Loomis, New Haven.^^ 







.700 



330 .0 



20 .0 



West Point, 





1835, 



13.700 



330.0 



20 .0 



Merrick, Amenia Academy, N. 



Y. 





.700 



332 .7 



20.7 



McCaffney, Mt. St, Mary's Col. Md.j 



1836, 



12.631 



326 .7 



30 ,1 



Dunster, Springvail, Maine.^^ 







,631 



325 .0 



25 .0 



Olmsted, New Haven.^s 







.582 



330 .0 



20 .0 



Shaeffer, New York city. 





1837, 



.625 



326 .0 



24.5 



Olmsted, New Haven, 







.684 



330 ,0 



20.0 



Shaeffer, New York city. 







.668 



329 ,8 



20 ,9 



Barnard, New York city. 







.667 



330 .0 



20 .0 



Obermeyer, Emmettsburg, Pa. 







.667 



334 .4 



25 ,0 



Fitch, New Haven. 





1838, 



.700 



327 .0 



26.5 



Twining, Middlefaurg, Vt. 







.721 



335.0 



19 ,9 



Fitch, Gulf of 31exico,39 







13.408 



322 .0 



— 18 .1 



Littrow, Vienna. 





Mean position of cor 



ivergent pc 



nnt, 1833 



—1838 a == 329°.0 













S = — 22 .0 











1833 



, only, a = 329 .3 

 « = — 20 .7 





38 Sill. xxvi. p. 330. 



39 Idem, xxxiii. p, 382, and xxxv. p, 370. 



