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THE METEOR OF JUNE 27th, 1894. 

 By H. C. Russell, b.a., c.m.g., p.r.s. 



[Read before the Royal Society of N. 8. Wales, September 5, 1894J]' 



On June 27th, 1894, at 5*30 p.m. a magnificent meteor was seen, 

 to travel from west to east and then burst into a thousand shining^ 

 fragments to the south of Sydney. I did not see it, but attention 

 was called to it by Miss Warren Jenkins, and a letter I put in, 

 the daily papers called forth a response of descriptive letters in, 

 reference to the meteor, and involved me in much correspondence, 

 out of which came certain facts which I think should be placed 

 on record. I should say here that the bearings &c, given were all 

 quite independent, and considering the difficulties in the way of 

 getting correct bearings, they are in remarkable accord as to the 

 locality where the meteor burst. 



First from the eastern side of Rose Bay, Miss Warren Jenkins 

 gave me a bearing which cuts Botany Bay near the tramway 

 terminus. Rev. E. Hargrave of Castle Hill gave me the direction 

 and subsequently measured the azimuth of it with a good compass; 

 — a house and other local features noted at the moment made it 

 possible to go back and do this — this line also cuts the north side 

 of Botany Bay near the tramway terminus. Mr. Reid observing 

 from the North Ferry-boat gives a direction which cuts the bay a 

 quarter of a mile west of the others. Mr. Bucknell, walking 

 down George Street, saw it over Hordern's buildings in a line 

 which projected cuts the north side of Botany Bay very near Mr. 

 Hargrave's line. Mr. Hooker walking to the south at the north 

 end of Wynyard Square, saw it over buildings at the south end, 

 of the square, a line which cuts the tramway terminus at Botany 

 Bay. Mr. Pemberton, driving on the Rand wick road near the 

 toll-bar, gives a line which cuts the jetty near the Botany tram 

 terminus ; these six observations agree in placing the point of: 



