Meteors of November 24--27, 1872. 59 
five near the zenith left trails that endured a few seconds. The 
sky was clear to within L0° or 15° of the horizon. By a rough 
estimation, from a few of the tracks traced upon a globe, the 
radiant was located at R. A. 355°, Dec. +438°. 
From this position of the radiant, Prof. Hall computed the 
following parabolic orbit by the formulas of Dr. Weiss. 
Elements of Meteors. Biela’s Comet. 
a a = 109°°0 
9 = 246°"4 o = 245°°9 
tee ty * 12°48 
logq= 9976 log ¢g= 9°935 
7. Prof. 8S. Newcomb also writes to the editors as follows: 
“This evening between 6" 50™ and 7", W. M. T., meteors fell 
degree or so to the northeast, which would make its position 
R. A. 1532" = Dee. + 414°. 
The uncertainty of this position I suppose to be about 2°. At 
7h 20m the frequency had duitiaatatt so rapidly that it was 
no longer — to estimate the position of the radiant with 
Precision. This accidental opportunity to determine it may there- 
fore have been fortunate enough to warrant the publication of 
its result.” 
8. In Rochester, N. Y.—Mr. Lewis Swift, in Rochester, N. Y., 
counted in an hour and a half, between 9" and 114, p. m., 51 
meteors. All but one radiated from y Andromede, or more 
exactly from a point about one fourth the distance from y to f. 
At the beginning of his observations the radiant was exactly 
at y, but at the end was as stated above. They were mostly 
small and moved more slowly than ordinary meteors. 
On the next evening (Nov. 28th) the sky was clear, but there 
were no meteors. 
9. In Philadelphia, Pa.—Mr. B. V. Marsh, on Wednesday 
evening, about 10 minutes after 6, counted 11 meteors in a 
minute or two. He then kept watch for an hour or two with 
the following results : 
From 6" 15™ to 6" 30" 50 meteors, or 200 to the hour. 
a. 5. ee 
<4 6 
~ Fay «8 a9 ae “ 120 A 
“2 9 Ob @ ggg “s 90 
“ “1-30 “4 17 as 3 12 
Total, 148»... 
He adds: “I presume that the maximum had passed before I 
commenced my count, as there was a steady diminution 1n the 
hourly rate, and I am confident that the interval during which 
