54 Meteors of November 24-27, 1872. 
Prof. Twining, to the occurrence, and soon after Prof. Twining 
notified me. The appearance so early in November of the 
meteors supposed to be connected with Biela’s comet had not 
been anticipated, and, therefore, they came upon us by surprise. 
Prof. Twining, previously to calling me, had made a rude 
approximation to the place of the radiant, considering it to be 
in the neighborhood of Andromeda’s hand. Between half-past 
seven and a quarter-past nine his nephew counted 43 meteors. 
The actual time of watching was estimated as between 60 and 
65 minutes. 
The counting of the meteors was kept up with some interrup- 
tions till after midnight, with the following results. 
From 8° 15™ to 8" 30™ Pp. m. 7 meteors, by 1 observer. 
“ 8 45 0 “ 14 6 6“ 
oc 9 9) “ 9 a4 5 “cc 9 oe = 6c 
“ 9 15 “ 9 30 6c 10 “ 1 “ 
- 9 380 45: = q 43 1 " 
“cc 9 45 “ 10 0 “ 10 73 1 oe 
Sr33O 60 6.10545. 36 Bia . 
“a 10 45 “ 1 1 0 “ce 84 66 4 oe 
“ 1 1 0 “cc 1 a 3 15 “cc 15 “cc 2 i 
tee & i STDS Ye ee 23 ~ 2 
a ee A ee 15 - 2 ‘ 
th oo eee 11 - 2 
“ “3 2 0 66 1 2 3 0 74 6 74 2 “ce 
oe ie ke ee 7 = 1 - 
There was no moon, and the sky was tolerably clear We 
could not command the parts within 15 or 20 degrees of the 
orizon because of trees and houses. Allowance in the num- 
bers of the above table should also be made for the time I was 
selves, 
The following tracks, laid down upon a chart by Arthur T. 
Hadley and myself, will help to locate the radiant, and deter- 
mine its character. The place assigned to the center of the 
radiant area by me at the time was two or three degrees north 
of y Andromeda. 
