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cupation for telescopes of moderate dimensions, even in this department . 
of astronomy, which might reasonably have been supposed to have been 
ng since exhausted. The distances stated in the list are from my own 
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, Thame, November, 1859. 
I now proceed to owe a brief summary of what appear to me the mot 
—— observation 
At New patsy Ct, Judge W. W. Boardman saw the meteor duaad 
at an angle of 25° to 35° with the vertical, and it passed from his view at 
the edge of the dome of a steeple in azimuth 8. 85° 34’ W. rer 
the meteor’s path down to an altitude of 3° or 2°, we have 8.3 A 
for the azimuth of the place where the meteor would have disappeared " 
to him had his view been unobstructed. . thes 
At New York city Mr. Tatham was riding in the Bowery, and s@ with 
meteor descend at an angle of 20° with the vertical, and in a range 
the middle of the street opposite the Old Bowery theatre. al 
the map of the city, this direction was S. 273° W. The diameter . 
meteor appeared to be abont one-third that of the full moo pe 
* pdeuaponiahs of the Evening deg walking down Broadway, 
e meteor di in azimuth S. 2 °W, 
r. Gould, vale ts: Broadway, saw he meteor disappear behind a bul 
ing in ezimuth 8. 284° W. behinds 
* a , ; n, also in Heaven, saw the meteor disappear 
igh bui din, In azimuth 8, 21° W. oo 
Mr. Brae also in A reports that the meteor ier Mae 
azimuth 8S. 16° W. the meteor, 
Several poe observers agree as to the general direction of é oe 
but their statements are less precise than those of the pe e eo 3 
Mr. Bradley’s cbereatin differs materially from the others, reject 
resumin ng that his memory must have been in fault, either in 
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from my former estimate; a eecck which is explained OD ley’ ‘- 
obtained two new obsery. ations, and by my rejection of Mr. 
servation seal, and ib 
At Washington, the apparent path of the meteor was dee fie 
* octet disappearance was estimated at four degrees no ene Dore 
a, aaah four nm west of Dover, Del., was riding i ns 
; he only saw the smoky trail whi 40° from -. 
28 @ nearly vertical ectiatin with its base 20°, and its top 4 
5 direction due east, 
_ Mr. Parsons, at Salisbury, Somerset county, Md,, saw the me 
scend in a slanting eaetion to the ha when it exploded e 
found. Its direction was from the WE. 
