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180 different shooting stars were observed by a corps of four persons sta- 
tioned on a high tower, viz. Messrs. E. C. Herrick, W. Haskell, W. W. 
Johnson and H. W. Thayer, as follows: 
34" am. N.W.15, S.W.10, SE.17, N.E.16 = 58. 
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cording, yet saw four meteors not seen by the others and not reckoned 
above, Prof. Twining was present part of the time occupied mostly in 
(2.) At Germantown, near Philadelphia, the morning of the 13th was 
obscured. On the 14th Mr. B. V. Marsh observed 
from 3h 15™ to 4h 1m 3 meteors; 
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being 23 meteors by one observer in two hours. Thirteen of the num- 
ber Were bright and with trains—10 were faint and without trains. Of 
the bright meteors ten were conformable, and three approximately so,— 
45 minutes. Moon shining. 
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Morning of the 11th although overcast, the chairman, watching 15 min- 
Ps, observed through a soartially open space near and around the zenith 
» meteor of ; dl of train. 
(3.) At Be Shee: e ear €" nat. Gummere observed alone as 
follows, viz, ; 
Noy. 13, 3 to 44 a. M., 15 meteors, mostly faint. 
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Parison with the morni of the 13th and 14th as above reported, viz :— 
Oct, 15, sky "i «ed 4h i 55 a, M., 17 meteors seen—the majority 
Sxtended backwards would intersect in a region of 5° or 10° diameter 
