218 Observed Heights of Meteors and Shooting Stars. 



north, at an altitude given at Tunbridge Wells as 8° or 10% 

 while from Tunbridge Wells it was seen to commence at an 

 altitude of 40° due east. At Darlington, in Yorkshire, the 

 commencement was due south-east at altitude 30% the disap- 

 pearance was north-east by east altitude 25°. The intersection 



of these lines of sight are accurate at the above points, and 

 the prodigious flight of 350 miles appears to have been per- 

 formed in 10 or 11 seconds, or a very little less. The inclina- 

 tion is 31° to the horizon towards 37° west of north. An adher- 

 ing tail, but fugitive like the meteor, pursued the nucleus, which 



