ce. 
onesecond would have been enough : and a photograph of thest® 
: ‘ photograp 
sg would take one-thousandth part of a second, so that ev the 
ight reflected by the meteors is considerable, although 1 mus 
rt of 
oad » to which reference has been made. The Director 
age “a9 Observatory at Washington has very kindly sent 1 oe 
f ograph copy of their eclipse plate, No. 16 (1878), whieh pe 
oa forona very satisfactorily, I may mention tha pe i 
3 ee) was or 60 seconds, and that they found 
exposure the more they got of the outer 
pha but they lost detail nearer a sun, so they have nee . 
Gs from each plate the part that was best 
Discussion. | af 
The Hon. G. H C : areful ister © 
the rainfall in fx ox said that he had kept a¢ pe With 
rainfa own district for the past eighteen Y* 
Mer’ te the rainfall in Fe be 
time, and he saw by telegrams that ©" 
