410 
REPORT—1854. 
Observations of Meteors, made at Midhurst, by C. Bui,ard, B.A., M.B.M.S, to, 
as found in Argelander't Un- 
Vo. 
183 
184 
185 
186 
187 
188 
189 
190 
191 
192 
193 
194 
195 
19<i 
197 
198 
199 
200 
201 
202 
203 
204 
205 
206 
207 
208 
2091 
210 
Date. 
1853. 
Aug. 10 
Hour. 
Greenwich 
Mean Time 
Apparent 
Magnitude. 
29 
Oct. 20 
28 
Nov. 1 
h m s 
9 51 45 0 Pegasi .White 
9 58 15 0 Pegasi .Blue. 
10 7 28 0 Pegasi .Blue. 
10 7 30 0 Pegasi .Blue. 
10 15 30 /3 Pegasi . Blue. 
10 20 00 0 Pegasi .Blue. 
10 23 30 '0 Pegasi .I Blue. 
10 31 00 k Lyras X 2 ... Blue. 
Bright. .y d0 * 
ness ami c * or 
colour. ,l,ra - „ . 
txon. It. A. 
Mean places for 
1840 of A. 
10 48 00 
10 52 05 
10 (1 00 
8 42 00 
10 28 00 
10 38 00 
11 20 00 
11 30 30 
10 9 20 
k Arietta . [Blue... 
k Arietta . Blue... 
* Lyre.Blue... 
Arcturusx4... Red ... 
0 Pegasi ..Blue... 
White 
Blue... 
Blue... 
Blue... 
a L}Ttt!X2 ... 
* Lyre—0-25. 
« Lyre. 
* Lyric x 4 
6 40 26 a Lyre . 
9 40 20 a Tituri .. 
9 50 56 a Tauri 
9 58 50 0 Pegasi ., 
• H 56 ^ Pegasi ... 
JO 30 56 ]/3 Pegasi ... 
10 40 16 * Lyricx3 
Ji 21 f Pegasi 
o ^ A Pegasi 
] 2 f'j 50 j /3 Canis 
13 20 41 0 Pegasi 
Blue . 
Bed. 
Bed. 
Blue. 
Blue . 
Blue . 
Blue . 
8 
0-5 
0-5 
0-25 
025 
O-20 
0-86 
0-50 
0-50 
0-5 
Q*S 
025 
145 
0-5 
15 
0-5 
0-25 
15 
0'5 
05 
05 
05 
0*5 
025 
10 
Blue.I 0-5 
Blue. 025 
Blue. 10 
Blue-red. 05 
60 42 
55 50 
325 38 
324 46 
326 15 
344 00 
332 30 
70 00 
312 00 
3 56 
21 00 
200 00 
273 00 
173 00 j 
124 00 I 
10 00 1 
1 43 | 
137 46 
70 00 1 
318 00 
327 00 
296 00 
88 00 
3 00 
42 00 
293 00 
109 40 
357 30 
Dccl. 
Mean piaro fa 
1840 of D. 
R.A. Ded. 
01 26 
62 36 
10 15 
1 57 
2 45 
20 10 
32 12 
81 00 
20 00 
26 00 
58 00 
56 00 
37 30 
50 00 
50 30 
53 30 
26 24 
75 00 
80 25 
31 56 
12 10 
27 00 
43 20 
64 30 
26 30 
48 00 
8 36 
37 50 
74 10 
46 30 
326 30 
319 30 
321 30 
335 30 
328 00 
95 51 
305 00 
360 00 
2 IS 
187 30 
266 30 
162 00 
21 30 
333 35 
156 00 
85 9 
[No places aw 
given for s " f !j 
small meteor *-, 1 
5 00 < 0()0 
66 41 
58 00; 
6 # 
-0 7 
-3 451 
12 50 
22 W 
87 W | 
boo; 
2 55 
47* 
49 ® 
26 00 , 
58 001 
49 SO 
14 21! 
72 00 j 
87 17 
302 00 
46 ft 1 , 
Nov. 9th, 10th, 11th and 12th, J shining, no meteor seen. 
APPENDIX. 
No. L—On a Luminous Beam. 
Extracts of two loiters from W. II. Dirt, Esq. to Prof. T°* tlU 
L 1,cre described does not strictly come 0 *^. 
cnees made at thaw'd °k n ”' tl ’‘,"' s ’ 05 from . cert£ *-^ S’Uj'* 1 ' 
communication hero T ' C0n " L ' Ct,0, ‘ " „ 
o tivtf&r 1 “" Observation of an interesting 
brig ZZ Iff" 7 A i,wt - 11 " M » faint bat very 
time. I oceuldl tll “ the Via Lactea, which was very « ,#• 
It occupied the south-west portion of he heavens, posset» 
