Meteors of November Uth-Uth, 1870. 



Art. Yll.—^feteors of November ISth-Uth, 1870. 



1. At New Haven.— On the morning of the 13tli of November, 

 1870, Mr. Charles S. Hastings and Mr. W. B. Roberts, of the 

 Sheffield Scientific School, and Mr. A. A. Murch, of the Aca- 

 demical department of Yale College, watched for i 



the tower of Graduates' Hall, in New Haven, from half-pa^t 

 twelve to half-past three A. M. The sky was clear, or nearly 

 so. The following is the result of the count :— 



From 12'^ 30- to 1" O- 

 10 1 30 



2 unconf. 1 conf. meteors. 

 4 2 



2 2 30 



2 30 3 3 



3 3 30 



In 3 hours, 



3 ] 



^ unconf. "o conf. meteors. 



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 •1. ,1,. nn.MlKT ..f u.rU-nr. that 



w1k>1g nuinber'wcn' tlius iJl 

 On the next morning, tha 



,Mhinl. or thr.T-fourths of the 

 t'oVthe'uth, the writer, with 



Messrs. 0. Harger, E. s! Dana, C. B. Dudley, J. McNaught 

 and R P. Maynard, watched from shortly after eleven P. M. oi 

 the 13th, onward, with the following result : — 



Time. Unconf. met Conf. met. No. of obs. Stote of sky. 



Total in 4h 40m, 74 unconf. 19 conf. 

 From 3h 45"" onward the sky was so nearly overcast that reg- 

 ular counting was abandoned. Here and there open spaces m 

 the clouds enabled us to be assured that up to six o'clock there 

 was not a marked increase in the number of meteors. After 

 half-past five, however, the clouds more nearly covered the sky- 



