60 Meteors of November 24-27, 1872. 
I saw the first 11 did not exceed two minutes, giving an hourly 
large, and seemed to me oblong—say 50° b: . The space 
which I marked upon the globe was enclosed in an ellipse hav- 
ing its axes terminating as follows: 
Major axis from R. A. 347°, Dec. +20°, to R. A. 42°, Dec. + 40° 
inor “ is eee A, oie, TES ae 
“Of course these figures cannot make claim to much accuracy, 
but I record my impression, noted at the time. I also noted as 
follows: paths short—not many over 5°; color of larger ones 
ellowish ; velocity moderate ; paths of 3 or 4 appeared wavy ; 
rilliancy quite moderate, few if any equal to a star of Ist 
mag.; some few with trains, but none of them persistent. On 
Thursday and Friday evenings not a meteor was to be seen.” 
10. In Haddonfield, N. J.—Mr. W. C. Taylor, of Philadelphia, 
writes: “ From the numbers seen by myself, and several mem- 
bers of my family, I am satisfied that 20 per minute (for 5 ob- 
servers) is a safe estimate of their frequency at seven o'clock 
Supposing that, as with the earlier meteors of this month, the 
display would intensify as the night advanced, I did not keep 
a continuous watch at this time. Toward eight o'clock our 
y became partially overcast, but there remained visible 
enough of the heavens to show that the number of meteors had 
greatly lessened. At ten o’clock the intervals averaged about 
80 seconds for one observer. At two o'clock this (Thursday) 
morning, in two short watches, I saw not a single meteor.” 
‘*T have been an observer of the November meteors for many 
years, but never, except on one occasion, saw them so abun- 
dant as they were early last evening. I can name no better 
radiant than y Andromede.” 
11. In Oxford, Conn.—Mr. O. Harger was on the road to 
Oxford at 64, p. m., Wednesday. In what he estimated as 10 
minutes he counted, alone, 100 meteors. The period included 
the time of striking the hour siz. 
From 8° 3™ p, m, to 8" 22™, he and his brother counted 100 meteors. 
oe 39 bas - 5 a a 
~ 2 36-8 9 27 “ . 1 . 
12. In Indiana.—At Greencastle, Ind., Prof. Tingley counted 
110 in 40 minutes, at a time not later than 7° 55", P.M. At 
Princeton from 7 45™ to 86 15", p. M., Mr. Hunter and others 
in one half of the sky saw 70. 
Remarks upon the Display. 
Dr. Weiss, of Vienna, who first pointed out in 1868,* the 
probable connection between Biela’s comet and the meteors seen 
* Sitzungsberichte, vol. lvii. 
