306 Scientific Intelligence. 
Aug. 5th—From 9» to 10} p, M., two A dese saw, while walking, 15 
a 10 of them in the last 15 minu 
6th.—Three er saw 30 edna in an hour, A faint 
sae visible a part of the time. 
th—Sky much ere te In ten minutes two persons saw 5 
flights. 
Aug. 9th.—A friend saw 20 very bei a re less than 30 minutes, 
Aug. 10th.—In the morning, from 3° 40™ to 4, Mr. Russell saw 13 
flights, tmer conformable. In the evening, fait ear ers watched from 
a little after 9% p.m. until a little after 12 p.m., and three observers 
the rest of the time until 2 o’clock a.m. The following i is the result: 
From 95 to 10h, 74 conformable, 2 unconformable, 
eee | year a 123 ~ 9 * 
tes @ ites) 5 | 140 ” 24 = 
eles eis 124 “ 21 gs 
ot ee 119 . 25 ‘ 
Total, 580 ke 81 “ in all 661, 
No two meteors mere counted twice. The hourly averages from the 
above tabie are, for each bearers 1st hour 19, 2d hour 33, 3d hour 41, 
4th hour 46, and oth h 48. While arranging the watch, 27 more 
were seen, making 688 it in ae 54 10m, The radiant was in the tri- 
angle, 7,7, 7 Persei. Seven meteors were observed which passed through 
Cassiopeia almost into this triangle. 
mh Mr. W. G. Bryant, at Winchendon, Mass,, saw 41, between 8* 30™ and 
.M. 
Aug. 11¢h.—In the evening, Mr. Russell saw— 
From 9h to 10h, 6 conformable, pe unconformable. 
10 cues 2h 29 
Thin clouds and distant lightning interfered with observation. 
55 i 8 12th.—Two observers, from 9" to 115 p, m., saw 67 meteors, as 
llow 5 
From 9h to 10h, 23 ene 1 unconformable. 
eee weal « 5 18 
—Two observers, from 9% to 104 p, a, saw 12 conformable, 
and i conical e. 
. Russell gives the following positions of the centre of the radiant: 
Aug. 4th, RA, 7° 0’, N.P.D, 35° 30’, 
= Sth, « "358 +20 31 10, 
“So 6th, - 20 15 =f 31 10, 
ey * 27 40 % 33 «45, 
“ 10th,a & 438 0 ed 37. 0, 
. 10th-] 1th, = 89 35 ue 36 20, : i 2 
“11th, p « 42 30 “ 37 40, 
3G, x 43 20 i 88 10, 
©) Foth, ss 49 25 . 31 «20. 
On some of these days, he was not able to fix pone ad i posi- 
exact within h 
tion, _ he shinks none will vary more than ig papain truth, a 
