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counts, with the description and analyses of the masses found. He is an¬ 
xious to gain some light on the hitherto uncertain point of the nature of ihe 
material which has been seen to fail from shooting stars or fire-balls the 
second part forms a continuation of the Chladni and IIofF catalogues from 
1835 to 1850 (inc.) giving all the accounts lie could find of fire-balls ami 
meteoric stones ; and here he avails himself of all the sources of information 
lie could meet with, Si (liman's Journal, British Association Catalogue, and 
a variety of smaller publications and papers, which it was laborious to 
select and arrange. 
M. Boguslawski mentions an interesting work of M. F. S. Schweigger, an 
introduction to Mythology, as viewed in reference to natural science (Halle 
1836), which pressed upon him some interesting considerations upon the sig¬ 
nification of the “ meteorcu/ius " of the ancients, and of their knowledge of the 
meteoric masses: these he will impart iu his future work. 
He alludes particularly to the system recommended and pursued by the 
British Association, of which an account is given in the Edinb. Phil. Journ.. 
vol. 1. p. 35“. lie remarks, “ that a general catalogue of all the mcteunc 
appearauces on the earth, from which we could derive information as to the 
nature of these bodies atul their distribution in time and space, can only *- 
obtainable by a uniformity and completeness iu the observations, and tieif 
being all communicated to ono central depository, where all single catalogues 
may be compared and worked into one.” 
No. IV .—Large meteor seen in the daytime. . i 
1853, October 28 d 3 h 57 m p.m. This extraordinary meteor moved ne 
perpendicularly down, inclining to east. It was first seen as a circular ^ 
of about half the apparent diameter of the sun, being aecorupunied by a * 
of light; afterwards it increased in size to almost the diameter of the sun, 
then burst into fragments, with an explosion. The report of the cxplcwi' , w 
from 1 second to 3 seconds after the meteor had disappeared, anu re*> 
distant thunder. The meteor passed over J5° of space, disappearing ^ j 
°f N. at an altitude of about 10°, duration 3". ft was very brdharM' J 
with a somewhat yellow light. Soon afterwards, near the s P ot ., -- 
cared, a band of prismatic colours was visible, being ‘2 wl e . 
. This nhs»nr>tr>n„, ... l.rlllinnt as a raiUt> 0W ’ 
ir at ueeston. * ovednt 
Mr, W. Felkin saw the meteor also from Beeston ; he thought'' l n t« 
first much more obliquely than afterwards. He saw it burst into t n ^ 
tl.ree different tunes as it moved along. It came from behind one c ^. 
he is positive that it passed beneath a second cloud. [Query, * 0Ulu 
fragment?—E. J. L.] ' „ mjk; it 
J he . llo ; v- Henr y Evans observed the meteor from Mildenhslh “ 
was circular, very bright, moved nearly perpendicularly down, * 
E., and bearing a stream of light behind it. r T vn „, 
From a letter signed H. E. Blyth, and dated Burnham near ■ b> n „ r , 
dbln t l e8cribf ‘ d as appearing in the NN.W., eras** for 5 • 
drnn, and disappearing m NN.E. at an altitude of from 5° to 10°, 
L °M! ed n 8 u U llro PP^ d ncar at hand. i.c. a mile or two oft. ^led* 
Mi. B. Huntman from West Retford saw the meteor. » * S . U 
comet, almost as bright as the sun. It took a direction almost N- 
