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the meteors of November and the meteors of August are ———— 
and distinct in their origin or source. Still beyond this, an accurate 
But this need not be oe. epee hep happily, this discussion has 
been undertaken b f. H. A. Newton of Yale College, whose results, 
if they appear, will etetitin test soncisietl the correctness of these 
opinions. But the four elements above referred to—including cabam 
—do not exhaust ‘she desiderata ; among which may here be instanced 
the absolute — of a — and — —— es of the meteors’ 
a d 
The ae = oe a certain definite apaph in pis fan of each year, 
and in November o' ears, observers will surely be rewarded with 
times are those of the place of observation, i.e., New Haven, Conn., the locality 
circular with a radius of 50° around the Radiant. 
Saturday, Aug. 10th, 1861, 10h 30™ p. m. ina wenenbins 
From 108 30m to a at for bre interval of time, one a minute. 
rmable, Zs “oneonforma ble. 
sig 10 
. > en 11th, ih jane * 17 te total, 95 in 2h 30™. 
Sunday, Aug. 11, at 9 30m Pp, m., began observing. 
From 9h 30mto10h Om, 4 conformable, 2 uncon. 
“ Tae “ 11h Om 17 = if os 
5 2. 
‘ 
“ “ “12h Om 36 * il say total, 47 in 2h 30m, 
On Saturda man e showed curved or irregular flights. The 29th, near 
the zenith, conpap’ all ot} others in brilliance, and in yee remarkable extent and psc 
tion of its train, whi was visible one third of a cope or more, and gradu- 
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am I may be note tr 2 here propounding the gereosi gl which has been forced 
by certain auroral phenomena, whether some of those phenomena,— 
ve not commonly their ~ limit at the 
i mospheric limit, as above 
made almost visual 
Suggested. So 3 bate i 
thie: i motion exa ly along its base, 0 
oy he flat base, an —— xxii [1}, p 217-219 of this new Some aigang 
bed fast motions 
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9 
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i 
ue er. la’ ~ mg 
and suddenl dissolving when —— stationary, confer a plausibility — 
* atime that chey-are formed at a definite lower surface an expand or 
till they are dissipated at a definite sr her limit. 
