THE GEE AT METEOR. 



S7 



France of a trustworthy and precise nature will enable the 

 real path over the English Channel to be more certainly 

 ascertained. 



Kadiant point = 177° + 13° 



190° + 20° 



56 miles. 

 41 

 155 



25 



Height at first 50 miles 



Height at end 26 



Length of path 155 



Velocity per second... 25 

 " In the event of the position at 190° + 20° being the 

 correct one, the meteor was really a Comas Berencid, and 

 several fairly good observations from France and the Channel 

 Islands indicate that it is entitled to some degree of 

 confidence." 



To all this official and interesting information from the 

 pen of so great an authority on the subject of meteors as Mr. 

 Denning, little can be added, but I should just like to say 

 in conclusion that the meteor's path in mid-air having been 

 40 miles soutlnof the coasts of Sussex, Hampshire and Dorset, 

 that is directly over the English Channel, its distance from 

 Guernsey must have been roughly the same, or perhaps a 

 little less. But however this may be, the actual flight of 

 the body, as seen from here, must have been north of the 

 island and very high in the sky. And its passage from 

 E. to W. across our field of view must have been an imposing 

 spectacle to those fortunate Guernsey people who happened 

 to be out of doors at the moment and in a situation to 

 observe the unusual phenomenon to advantage, for undoubtedly 

 both the meteor and the streak were quite as well seen from 

 this island as from anywhere else. 



