318 Scientific Intelligence. 
Capt. Tupman suggests that the two “ing pions Hs Mr. Pog- 
scn were of the two different known parts of the come 
The brilliant shower, and the a esquatit perme. of the 
comets, cannot fail to recall the closely analogous case of the 
shower of 1366, and of the two comets seen immediately thereafter, 
traveling appar ae in the path of the meteoric stream. t 
case, however, the comets were seen after the earth oper the 
node, but before the kounehi reached it. 
2, Meteor in Kentucky, Dec. 12th, 1872.—Under date of Dae 
12th, Prof. Kirkwood writes: “At 4" 53™ this evening (just after 
sun-set), I saw a magnificent meteor. It was observed through 
a southern window, and came into view about 15° east of the 
‘ecplasat at an altitude of 40° E. Its course was east of south, 
making an angle of 60° with the horizon. Its s light was qpreerris 
brilliant. It exploded at an altitude of 10°, but I heard n 
report.” 
Prof, Kirkwood has also sent several notices from the papers. 
e Lebanon Standard (Marion Co., Ky.), says that a bright 
s seen in a N.W. or i 
tion of about 45°, at first inclined to the horizon but almost in- 
stantly — a aaa perpendicular. to it. The smoke re- 
hoe a pote probaly about 30° west of ‘the rent, to a " pot 
nearly southwest of the observer. A heav explosion was heard 
five minutes after the disappearance of the meteor. The cloud 
remained several minutes. 
various accounts are peo tla but are best explained by 
2 meteor moving about S. 45° E., and exploding at an altitude of 
about 20 miles. The facinwee to the horizon is quite uncer- 
tain, probably not less than 30°, and not more than 60°. If frag- 
nts came to the earth, it was robably in a district northwest 
of. aires and not more than twenty or thirty miles ae" Len 
a 
3. Dowkl Meteor of Feb. 14th, 1873.—A meteor, or peer a 
small hes of meteors, appear ed near the planet Ve enus, as seen 
at New Haven, just after the clock struck six on the evening of 
of 15°, in the direction N. 64° W. Mr. William C. Wood, who 
was with = writer, saw them m during about ten degrees of their 
track; Isaw them only for an instant. There were two balls, the 
principal ball Mr. Wood saw sparks separate. It was les bril- 
liant than Venus. The same meteor was seen by eu Mr. atiaalle 
ton at New Britain, who saw it divide into two large portions, 
and one or two smaller ones. The small soon acai while = 
two lage ones passed on, 
* This Journal, II, xlv, 91. 
