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METEORS OF AUGUST AND NOVEMBER. 



a slow true motion, give confirmation of the same, by appearing most abundant 

 when the observer moves in front of the earth's centre — a circumstance that 

 does occur with meteors moving more slowly in space. 



Table V. 







Catalogue of Remarkable 



Appearances of Shooting Stars. 





Year. 



August. 



November. 



other Months. 



Year. 



August. . 



November. 



Other Months. 



533 









1812 



in November 





763 







March 



1813 11 August 



8 





*855 







16 October 



1815 10 







902 







October 



1818 14 



19 " 





1029 



August 







1819 



6 and 13 " 







1060 









1820 



9 



12 



2 September 



1090 









1822 





12 



10 » 



1095 







25 April 



1823 10 and 13 " 







1096 









1824 



12 







*1106 







12 February 



1826 



3 and 10 " 



6 





1202 







19 October 



1827 



14 " 







**1366 







24 October 



1828 



10 







1741 





25th Nov. 





1829 



14 







1777 







17 June 



1830 







7 and 12 Dec. 



1779 



9 August 







1831 



10 



13 " 





1781 



8 " 







1832 





11 12 





1784 



middle 





12 and 26 July 



1833 



10 " 



12 " 





1785 







25 



1834 



10 



12 





1798 



9 " 





15 Oct. and 6th Dec. 



1835 



10 



13 



2 January 



1799 



9 " 



nth Nov. 





1836 



8 and 9 " 



11 12 





1803 







20 or 22 April 



1837 



10 " 



12 13 





1805 







23 October 



1838 



10 



13 1411 " 



2Jan.,80ct.,7Dec. 



1806 



10 » 







*1839 



9 10 11 " 



13 H " 





1811 



10 " 







***1840 



9 10 " 







§ IV. — General Conclusions from the Facts stated in the preceding 



Sections. 



The facts presented in the preceding sections suggest certain conclusions, 

 as more or less plausible. 



I. The existence of a convergent point, opposite to the observer's direction 

 of motion is readily explained, by the known motion of the observer, and the 

 fact, that such a point is observable, shows that there is a compensation of nor- 

 mal velocities, and hence a promiscuous character of the true directions and 



*«* Astr. Nachr. Nos. 391, and 412. ^s** jbid. No. 390. 

 A. P. S. 1840. fi' t Sill. XXXV, p. 362. 



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