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_ AD. 1101, Oct. 24 corr. to A.D. 1850, Nov. 3-0, becoming Nov. se 
oe SO = by Oct. 31°1, 
1002, 
934, ce 19 ti7 “ “ 3l 5, “ “ ine 
931, “ 19 « or 8 tres «194 
903, oe 18°5 “ “ “ 30°0, “ fii 12°5 
The last date is sy n the previous table as A.D. 902, Oct. 29th 
or 30th. A partia pe ae of the Lents evidence leads me to 
wee probele aia that the true date is the night of Oct. 18-19th, 
To aia fully the force of the sioner involved i in this table, 
the original records of these several showers should be given. This 
procession seems to im ! that the orbit of the body furnishing these 
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the earth is moving, to wit 7°, confirms this conclusion 
2. Star shower in 1606.—On a bright night, Nov. 15th, 1606, it 
seemed as though it rained stars; first fell only the largest and brightest 
stars from heaven, then indiscriminately the large and the small ones 
in great numbers. Befo A be reached the earth they were extin- 
guished.—E. A. Bielz, Verhandly gen des Siebenbiirg. Vereins zu Her- 
mannstadt., Jahrg. xiii, 1862. Quoted i in Pogg. Ann., cxviii, 496. 
3. Meteorite of Tucson.— e meteoric Hou ; ucson, descri 
1852). 
4. Observations of the August Meteors—The Committee upon Period- 
ical Meteors of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and ia th have 
period. The “ial was to have parties of observers at two principal 
stations, New Haven and Hai artford. These parties were to communicate 
oem the oe of other persons, especially of such as ae near 
_ See the meteors observed at mae and New 
were designated as hours for watching. in Now rithstanding_ th very 
unfavorable state of the weather, especi he ni 
the failure of the telegraph also on start of the “thied night, the Com- 
mittee feel that they have been successful in their effi A 1 
number of paths have been observed with such care as to afford dat 
for a Ie their parallax. Data also for pbta ints 50 some idea of the 
f these bodies have been obtain 
Ey of pen Committee, Prof. Elias Loomis and the undersigned, yes 
charge of the party at “the New Haven station. The remaining tw 
