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Astronomy and Meteorology. 805 
t. C..E. es near Portsmouth, Va., counted 38 in about an 
et pa in the evening 
A party of three persons at the house of Prof. Silliman, Jr., coun ted 
96 meteors from 9* 15™ to 10 15™, about fifteen per cent of them were 
time. 
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fr. Francis Bradley, at Chicago, had made arrangements for observing 
throughout the period. The clouds covered the sky until near one 
o'clock on the morning of the 11th. From 1" 45™ to 24 a.m, he counted 
14 flights, wie 15 to 25 he saw 87, of which 14 were not conformable 
to the radia 
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rof. Twining has given especial attention to the deterrnicetien of the 
duration of flight 0 the meteors. He employed the method described 
star in the SC cstaltacioe i eat If the exact shape and size of the 
region of emanation could be dete ermined, it would give us valuable 
materials for finding the = and extent of the ring, or disk, which fur- 
.nishes these small bodies 
At Natick, Mass., Mn F. W. Russell, seiited by Mr. J. H. Wilson, 
Mr. F. W. wo 
nings from Aug. 4th to Aug. 13th. The following facts are condensed 
from his 
Aug. sthe—Three observers while walking in the evening saw in one 
hour 12 meteors. 
Am. Jour. Sc1.—Szconp Series, Vou. XXXVI, No. 107.—Szpr., 1863, 
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