and the South of Scotland. 381 



became three times as large as Saturn. There was no large 

 ball of light. It disappeared suddenly. 



On the same night, at 10 h 7 m p.m., a meteor was seen, 

 which moved rather slowly, was of a blue colour, with a slight 

 tail; duration, I s ; in size, superior to a star of the second 

 magnitude. 



On September 1, at 9 h 5 m p.m., a meteor was seen in the 

 zenith. 



On September 2, at ll h 13 m p.m., a meteor was seen pass- 

 ing rapidly from 8 Aquilse to 0. 



On the same night, at ll h 16 m p.m., a similar one from 

 e Aquarii to j3 Capricorni. 



On the same night, at ll h 19 m p.m., a meteor passed from 

 a Taurus to /3 Ophiuchi. 



Again, on the same night, at 10 h 20 m p.m., from rj Ursae 

 Minoris to e Ursae Majoris. Duration, I s ; colour, yellow. 



On September 12, at 12 h 6 ra P.M., a meteor was seen of the 

 size of a star of the third magnitude. Its colour was blue, 

 and moved from below a Aquila towards the west. 



On September 28, at 10 h 45 m p.m., a meteor, which moved 

 from S.S.E. to S.W., at an elevation of 45°, and leaving a 

 long train of light behind. 



The temperature of the water of the Thames, from the ob- 

 servations of Lieut. Sanders, R.N., Superintendent of the 

 Dreadnought Hospital Ship, was 64?°"6 in July, 63°*2 in Au- 

 gust, and 57°'9 in September. 



The daily horizontal movement of the air at Greenwich, in 

 July was 79 miles, in August was 119 miles, and in September 

 was 82 miles. At Liverpool, in July was 166 miles, in Au- 

 gust was 1 74« miles, and in September was 129 miles. These 

 determinations are by the use of Whewell's anemometer at 

 both places ; and Mr. Hartnup says, that his daily determi- 

 nations are made in the same manner as at Greenwich. 



The series of observations of the direction of the wind, at 

 9 1 * a.m., taken at the various railway stations, and published in 

 the Daily News, has been extended during the past quarter 

 to Ireland. The following Tables have principally been 

 formed from them. The results for Belgium have been 

 formed from monthly reports furnished to the Astronomer 

 Royal : — 



