274 Scientific Intelligence. 
een (pp. 54-57), of a verbal communication to the Society by J. 
zones, color, and other particulars of 29 meteors, were roorded 
A.M. the same particulars of 70 additional were noted ; and by 55 4. * 
the positions, &c. of nearly 280 meteors had been sesia Before this ‘ 
time we knew that we had abundance of observations to determine the : 
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number was simply counted. The result was that at this time the mete 
ors of the first class were appearing at the rate of 250 per r hour. Now 
for — meteor observed, there were at the lowest estimation two or 
three whose positions were notrecorded ; so that at least 1000 meteors 
were visible during the hours of 1 to 5 o’clock. 
At the hour ’ 5 the moon was shining brightly, and many meteors 
were seen close to her 
Mr. Ale sande Herschel was umening at Hawkhurst till nearly 34 
A.M., and he n the positions and hs of 68 meteors, which he has 
laid down ona a dikes indicating ~ ae a well-marked, radiant 
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part of the Heavens: those bodies situated there become luminous. This 
adds another link to ee sciences of astrono: omy and meteorology. 
_ I think there is no soe eens that the meteors observed this night were 
those of the November period. At Greenwich, for more than twenty 
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