32 Mekors of November Uth-Uth, 1870. 



facts were— (1) the almost perfect conformity to the radiant of 

 brighter meteors ; (2) the uDiformity in the number of the un- 

 conformable meteors. 



" On the morning of Nov. 15th, 1870, it was cloudy and ram- 



'^lipon the chart sent by Prof. Kockwood are six tracks of 

 meteors observed by himself. The following are their apparent 

 places of beginning and ending, 



2h 49m 308 142° +40i° 135° +51° 



+40i° 



135° 



+13i 



1261 



+30. 



133i 





Ulf 







1361 



4 4 20 14H 1361 -10* 



4 9 30 150i — 2i 150^ -14^ 



The fourth of these paths was close to the radiant and would, 

 if carried back, cut the line joining y and b Leonis three-sevenths 

 of the way from gamma, 



3. At 'Burlington, New Jersey, November 14, 1870.— Mr. 

 B. V. Marsh observed meteors as follows : from 0^ 30"" a. m. to 

 0*^ 45"' A. M., looking south from a window, 3 conformable. In 

 the open air, attention directed principally toward the south, 

 sky perfectly clear : 



From 1" 30™ to 2*^ 0"^ 4 1 5 



11 2 13 



Towards 3 o'clock clouds began to interfere materially, and 

 at daylight the whole sky was covered. About half the num- 

 ber were equal to stars of 1st magnitude and several had trams, 

 but there was no one that was worthy of special remark. 



Mr. John G. Gummere from 1^ to 3 o'clock, saw 9 conforma- 

 ble and 2 non-conformable ; total 11. 



Prof Kirkwood reports a cloudy sky at Burlington, Ind. 



Probably Prof Eockwood and Mr. "Marsh had a less sharply 

 marked criterion of conformability than that employed by us 

 in New Haven. As the result of all our numbers, we may say 

 that the number of Leonids visible on the morning of the 14to 

 of November, was probably about equal to, perhaps exceeding, 

 that of the sporadic meteors. In view of the disturbing ettect 

 of moonlight this comparison is more valuable than any com- 

 parison with the absolute numbers counted in clear nights. 



