230 Shooting Stars of Nov. 14th, 1867. 
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6 minutes ; fourth, 3 minutes ; fifth, 3 minutes ; sixth, 3 min- 
utes; seventh, 2 minutes ; eighth, 2 minutes ; ninth, 24 min- 
utes ; tenth, 4 minutes ; eleventh, 10 minutes—closing the 
count at 3555" a.m. It will be found by adding these times 
that they lost 74 minutes, Most of this loss occurred after the 
eighth hundred, at 3° 31™, when they were unable to count re- 
liably because of the great number that appeared, so that their 
maximum would be about 3 hours and 35 minutes by their 
b> which was 74 minutes too fast 
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f the 1,100, they considered that only 5 were unconform- 
able. 
Color of the trains.—Record was kept of 155 of the most — 
luminous trains, with this result : 
Green, 49 Very green, 9 Total, 58 
Red, 35 Very red, 14 eo ee 
White, 24 “94 
Train and meteor of different color, ; 24 
155 
As to the green there was some disagreement—some calling 
that blue, which others pronounced to be ; 
Inn to the color, it is my impression that the propor- 
tion given by the above figures is not true, save for the bright- 
est meteors—for of the hundreds that left trains behind them 
the greater number seemed to be of a green color —very 
many yellow at the middle and gradually changing'to green at 
the margin—a color a little darker than the flame of the metal 
um, and not far from the hue of copperas, On comparing 
statement with the views of several observers, I find all 
agreeing thereto. 
ere were several particular observations taken. The first 
to'be mentioned is, that in some instances a separation took 
place baprreen the meteor and its train, before the former di 
peare 
appeared, 
t 9 minutes to 3, a meteor started from the radiant and 
proceeded directly over the star Dubhe, (the northernmost of the 
p44 pointers); followed by a broad train about 5 d s long. © 
-He separation of the meteor and train took place just as the 
crossed the star named. The train remained visible for 
the space of 4 minutes, drifting meanwhile to the §.E., short- 
ening up as it went, without, however, growing much, if any, 
narrower, and disapp fter retreating about 7 degrees. 
Th’ hat I had of it gave me the idea of a spl- 
ral form, but I could not be very positive about it. 
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At 4 minutes to 3, another meteor left the radiant and pro- 
ceeded to the star Zeta Draconis, leaving there a train, behav- 
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