126 Meteors of November, 1868. 
15. At Des Moines, Iowa.—Mr. J. KE. Hendricks counted in © 
an hour and a quarter, from four o’clock, 250 meteors, only one — 
being nonconformable. 
16. At Manhattan, Kansas.—Prof. B. F. Mudge with one — 
assistant counted 833 from half past four to half past five 
o’clock. he time per hundred varied from seven to nine 
seen te, the last hundred being counted in eight minutes. 
As Prof, Mudge was 1" 35™ west of New Haven (long. 
96° 40’), and as this number for two observers corresponds t0 — 
about 1,700 for eight observers, his numbers indicate that — 
there was no diminution, but rather an increase in the inten- — 
= of the display just after dawn at New Haven. : 
The above abstract of abaaesieebaa' is confined princi- — 
wae to the numbers seen on the morning of Noy. 14th. The 
most palpable So cronagy of the display are its uniform in-— 
tensity through several hours, and its appearance twelve oF — 
eighteen hours ear tia might have been expected. 
e are indebted to Commodore Sands, Prof. Rockwood, 
. W.S8. Gilman, Miss Mitchell, Mr. Fuertes, Mr. Tuttle, 
nwhile we respectfully request any persons within two — 
huindred miles of New Haven, who may have observations upo2 — 
particular — to communicate them to us, or exchange 
hte wit ; 
tially lasurehie would be any additional observations 
upon i the eiportanls meteor which passed about 80 miles no 
hiladelphia, and disappeared at an altitude of about 50 3 
meee a point over “pcb Co., in Pennsylvania, at 1" 16%) 
New Haven time. Th differ- 
sions we are indebted to the courtesy 
the ithsonian regards: 
rs" Me 
