86 H. A. Newton on Shooting Stars in November, 1866. 
18. Two meteors deserve special notice. One at 115 7™, Noy. 
13th, appeared at New Haven low in the Lynx, and passing a 
little north of the zenith, crossed Andromeda between « and ?, 
and disappeared low in the S.W. having described a path of 
135°. I was at first a bright point, but after a time burst out 
into a flame and left a train for several seconds. The duration 
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appeared 5° from Mars towards Canis Minor, and ended $°5. 
19. At 11 minutes past 2 o’clock A.m., Nov. 14th, a very bright 
green (or blue) meteor appeared, at New Haven, in R.A. 148°, 
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appearance it had become shorter and broader so as to be 2° or ~ 
3° long and 14° broad. E 
e same meteor was seen in Newark by Mr. C. G. Rockwood 
to descend vertically, ending at R.A. 163°, Dec. +154°, The 
cloud or train floated also northward, parallel to the horizon, 
crossing § Leonis. A corresponding path is given by Mr. Henry 
M. Parkhurst of Brooklyn. q 
At Williamstown the record was “origin 20° south of Regu- — 
lus: course W.S.W.; length 40°; blue trail.” 3 
The first altitude was then about 120 miles (193 km.), the alti- 
tude at disappearance about 60 miles (97 km.), and the length 
of path 115 miles. 
ew Haven at disappearance was 120 miles, and the cloud was 
doubtless still farther from us. Hence its length must have 
en more than 5 miles and its breadth over 8 miles. The true 
yet this debris must have been very attenuated to float in am 
atmosphere so light as that which is 60 or 90 miles from the 
earth’s surface. 
