388 H. A, Newton on November Star-Showers. 
not remarkable. Capt. Briggs,” in N. lat. 43° and W. lon, 
saw them quite numerously; but adds, “toward morning only 
) ‘ 
XIII. A.D. 1833. 
The much more remarkable shower of Nov. 13th, 1833, 4 
been so fully described by Prof. Olmsted,” and Prof. Twining, 
that the details need not be repeated. It extended, at least, a 
Cuba to Greenland, and from W., lon. 61° to W. lon. 100, # 
how much farther in each direction is unknown. The mate 
a vessel then in W. lon. 61°, N. lat. 36°, reports that the hae 
were comparatively few. None were observed by the bmg 
two vessels, one in W. lon. 41°, N. lat. 2°, the other in W. ie 
20°, N. lat. 514°, though both reported clear skies.” It is 20 
% Quetelet's Corr. Math. et Phys., ix, 453. the date 
* Phil. Mag, [3], iii, 87; quoted in Pogg. Annal., xxix, 448. I suppose 
one week in error, 
York Herald, quoted in this Journal, xxvi, 186. 3 
Pe La Journal, xxxiii, 132.  Tbid., xxvi, 349. 
This Journal, xxv, 363, and xxvi, 132. % Jbid., xvi, 320. 
