Full text: The orbit and phenomena of a meteoric fire-ball, seen July 20, 1860

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ON THE ORBIT AND PHENOMENA 
TABLE II.— Continued. 
Place of Observation. 
Name. 
Geographical position. 
Angular Determination of the Meteor’s Position. 
Altitude. 
Azimuth. 
Parallax. 
By 
I observation. 
1 
By 
calculation. 
Difference. 
see note t 
19° 4' 
see notej 
N 39° 25' 33 ' W 
66 °58' 
37 29 
—3 J 59' 
N 15° (?) W 
50 59 49’ 
41° 28' 
38 471 
—2 40* 
N 1° .39 E 
19 48 4 
11° 32' 
8 58 
—2 34 
N 55° 16 ' W 
76 2 3 
80° 
83 46 
—3 46 
S 15° W 
6 7 37 
51° 1' 
56 3 
+2 2 
N 7° 43' 51" W 
33 21 26 
20° 45' 
17 6 
—3 39 
N 58*° E 
70 19 14 
60° 
62 52* 
+2 52* 
See notef 
26 41 27 
1S° 3' 
15 26 
—2 37 
N44° 20' W 
71 45 11 
57 49 
—2 11 
31 39 42 
13° 30' 
10 45 
—2 45 
N 9° W 
75 28 46 
11° 
13 1 
+2 1 
N 69° E 
73 46 5 
5° 
8 0* 
+3 0* 
Nearly eastf 
77 31 10 
16° 23' 
19 21* 
-f-2 58* 
N 36° 43' W 
68 27 19 
13° 30' 
11 19* 
—2 10* 
North 
75 10 12 
54° to 59° 
59 42* 
+3 12* 
N 3° to 4° W 
29 50 7 
15° 
12 46 
—2 14 
N 10 ° 40 ' E 
71 19 21 
10° 
7 25* 
—2 31* 
N 81° E 
178 15 25 
13° 30' 
10 58 
—2 32 
N 17° E 
75 50 51 
21° 
20 14 
—3 46 
North. 
68 4 12 
25° 
27 52 
+2 52 
S 9*° Wf 
60 56 41 
20° 
22 21 
+2 21 
North 
66 9 53 
18° 15' 
14 17 
—3 58 
S 14° 45' E 
73 26 48 
50° 
53 58 
+3 58 
N 29° E-j- 
33 38 
13° 1' 
10 
—3 1 
S 29° 38 W 
77 9 26 
6° 55' 
9 47 
+2 52 
S 69° 8' 34 ' W 
77 20 48 
42° 
45 40 
+3 40 
S 63° W 
13 46 55 
7*° 
11 9* 
+3 41** 
Southwest 
76 14 39 
16° 
19 47 
+3 47 
S 20° (?) Wf 
68 31 21 
5° 10' 
7 4 
+2 10* 
N 55*° E 
79 11 40 
46° to 47° 
42 51 
—3 39 
S 13*" W 
16 32 11 
18° 30' 
15 44 
—2 46 
S 72° W 
42 18 30 
0° 
3 57 
+3 57 
S 72° 30' E 
6° 
9 27* 
4-3 34* 
N 88° 15' E 
77 21 
1° 12' 
4 48* 
4-3 64* 
S 43 3 45' E 
80 15 25 
3° 30' 
1 8 
—2 12* 
S 79° 15' E 
81 It 24 
4° 3' 
6 22 
42 28* 
S 75° 32 E 
78 58 7 
4° to 5° 
6 57 
4-2 35* 
S 34° E 
77 45 58 
Geographical Position 
of Meteor. 
I Local mean time. I 
j North latitude. 
Longitude west 
fromGreenwich. 
Height above the 
sea in miles. 
44°22' 
S5°48' 
99.56 
9hl3m51s 
43 
53 
35" 
83 
19 
57' 
83.45 
9 
h 
8 
43 
48 
21 
s2 
54 
47 
81.00 
9 
n 
11 
43 
22 
34 
80 
56 
48 
70. SO 
9 
42 
6 
43 
9 
2 
79 
59 
12 
66.57 
9 
23 
311 
12 
51 
33 
78 
48 
30 
62.01 
9 
28 
38 
42 
42 
19 
78 
12 
30 
60.02 
9 
18 
41 
42 
39 
33 
78 
2 
21 
59.50 
9 
32 
26 
12 
3S 
19 
77 
57 
12 
59.23 
9 
42 
23 
12 
36 
41 
77 
51 
0 
58.90 
9 
32 
7 
12 
36 
10 
77 
49 
2 
58.80 
9 
35 
2S 
42 
33 
44 
77 
39 
53 
58 37 
9 
16 
52 
12 
26 
30 
77 
13 
0 
57.15 
9 
10 
38 
12 
23 
50 
77 
3 
10 
56.73 
9 
42 
28 
42 
23 
14 
77 
1 
0 
56.63 
9 
35 
32 
12 
14 
11 
76 
32 
16 
54.68 
9 
37 
39 
42 
2 
14 
76 
2 
33 
51.22 
9 
36 
38 
42 
1 
0 
75 
59 
20 
50.80 
9 
17 
2 
41 
55 
31 
75 
45 
52 
49.36 
9 
35 
40 
11 
40 
27 
75 
9 
54 
45.54 
9 
43 
8 
41 
38 
4s 
75 
5 
i 
45.03 
9 
42 
40 
a 
37 
50 
75 
2 
42 
44.88 
9 
32 
40 
a 
33 
47 
74 
53 
0 
43 81 
9 
44 
17 
a 
33 
5 
74 
51 
20 
43.64 
9 
41 
16 
41 
10 
DO 
73 
58 
39.28 
9 
47 
3 
41 
6 
44 
73 
46 
34 
39.40 
9 
41 
24 
41 
5 
29 
73 
43 
8 
39.41 
10 
3 
17 
a 
2 
52 
73 
36 
4 
39.55 
9 
52 
9 
40 
56 
11 
73 
17 
55 
39.87 
10 
0 
31 
40 
55 
21 
73 
15 
40 
39.91 
9 
53 
43 
40 
52 
0 
73 
6 
44 
40 10 
9 
59 
28 1 
40 
50 
26 
73 
2 
33 
40.13 
9 
35 
45 
40 
49 
59 
73 
1 
25 
40.16 
9 
52 
41 
50 
39 
1 
72 
32 
38 
40.93 
10 
3 
40 
40 
33 
38 
72 
18 
30 
41.35 
9 
54 
50 
40 
31 
53 
72 
14 
41.49 
9 
29 
IS 
40 
20 
19 
71 
41 
19 
42 52 
9 
40 
29 
40 
6 
53 
71 
10 
33 
43.90 
9 
41 
41 
39 
48 
21 
70 
25 
46.15 
9 
23 
3.3 
39 
23 
39 
69 
26 
49 71 
9 
43 
16 
38 
21 
49 
67 
6 
30 
61.28 
10 
1 
11 
¡Oberlin, Ohio 
Detroit, Michigan 
Detroit, Michigan 
Easton, Pennsylvania 
Hamilton, Canada 
Eilicottsville, New York 
Welchfield, Ohio 
IPittsford, New York 
Easton, Pennsylvania 
Rochester, New York 
Washington City 
Cleveland, Ohio 
Pontiac, Michigan 
Easton, Pennsylvania 
Washington City. 
Towanda, Pennsylvania 
(near) Baltimore, Maryland 
Cleveland, Ohio 
Washington City 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
Easton, Pennsylvania 
Cherry Valley, New York 
Burlington, New Jersey 
Lowviile, New York 
West Bloomfield, New Jersey 
Turin, New York 
Off Cape Cod, Massachusetts 
New Haven, Connecticut 
Newburyport, Massachusetts 
Amherst, Massachusetts 
Harvard Observatory, Massach’tts 
¡Alexandria, Virgiuia 
¡Wallingford, Connecticut.... 
Nantucket, Massachusetts.... 
Sag Harbor, New York 
Eilicottsville, New Y'ork 
Reading, Pennsylvania 
¡Lowviile, New York 
Mead ville, Pennsylvania .... 
Easton, Pennsylvania 
Newburyport, Massachusetts 
41 c 20' 
41 24 
41 24 
40 39* 
43 15 
42 16 26” 
41 23 
4 
40 39 £ 
" 8 17 
38 53 
41 29 
2 36 
40 39 * 
3S 53 
41 47 
39 11 
41 29 
38 53 
39 58 24 
40 39* 
42 48 
40 5 
43 46 
40 49 
43 36 
42 10(?) 
41 18 
42 48 
42 22 
12 22 49 
38 49 
41 26 
41 17 
41 0 
42 16 26 
40 19 
43 46 
41 39 
40 39 * 
42 48 
82 15' 
82 58 
82 58 
75 17 
79 57 
8 42 
81 12 
77 46 
75 17 
77 51 
77 1 
81 44 
83 14 
75 17 
77 1 
76 30 
76 46 
81 44 
77 1 
75 9 54’ 
75 17 
74 47 
74 53 
75 38 
7 4 13 
75 38 
70 10(?) 
72 57 
70 52 
72 34 
71 8 
77 4 
72 50 
70 6 
72 18* 
7S 42 
75 55 
75 38 
80 11 
75 17 
70 52 
72 
41 
.02 
8° 30' 
3 
21 
—5 
9 
N 70° 30' W 
77 
0 
44 
18 
85 
26 
97.00 
9 
52 
5 
82 
15 
.15 
25° 
20 
55* 
—4 
4* 
N 26*° W 
66 
1 
44 
3 
84 
9 
88.45 
9 
13 
Ó 6 
82 
15 
.15 
29° 20' 
24 
13* 
—5 
6* 
North 
63 
27 
43 
40 
82 
15 
77.34 
9 
14 
6 
75 
38 
.15 
9° 
13 
22 
+4 
22 
S 84° 15' W 
72 
59 
43 
18 
36 
69.22 
9 
40 
44 
81 
44 
.11 
30° 
23 
21 
-6 
39 
S S E 
64 
28 
43 
18 
80 
35 
69.15 
9 
16 
20 
81 
8 
.24 
18° 
24 
54 
+6 
54 
N 15° E 
63 
5 
13 
15 
80 
26 
68.46 
9 
18 
4 fr 
79 
21 
.05 
50° 
55 
51* 
51* 
ss w 
33 
31 
13 
4 
79 
40 
65.27 
9 
25 
57t 
80 
45 
.22 
14° 55' 
19 
45 
+4 
50 
N 19° 41' E 
67 
49 
13 
3 
79 
38 
65.13 
9 
20 
21 
81 
8 
.21 
14° 50' 
21 
26 
+6 
36 
N 35° E 
66 
21 
43 
1 
79 
25 
64.28 
9 
18 
50 
öl 
24 
.22 
12° 30' 
19 
6* 
+0 
36* 
Northeast 
68 
28 
42 
56 
79 
4 
62.96 
9 
17 
48 
81 
44 
.12 
12° 
17 
43 
+5 
43 
N 66° E 
69 
42 
42 
52 
78 
51 
62 20 
9 
16 
30 
74 
0* 
.01 
3° 45' 
lit 
8 
23 
N 57° 29' Wf 
75 
46 
42 
50 
78 
42 
61.67 
9 
47 
25 
82 
.15 
20° 
13 
51 
—6 
9 
N 61*° E 
72 
59 
42 
48 
78 
30 
60 99 
9 
14 
28 
78 
1 
.14 
15° 30' 
20 
59 
+5 
29 
“a little cast of north”-)'. 
66 
66 
12 
36 
77 
4S 
5S 76 
9 
31 
28 
75 
17 
.03 
21° 38' 
16 
42 
—4 
56 
N 41° 28' W 
70 
41 
42 
31 
77 
31 
57.95 
9 
42 
25 
73 
36 
.01 
9° 
14 
57 
57 
S 78° 45' W 
72 
13 
42 
31 
77 
30 
57. SS 
9 
49 
9 
75 
38 
.15 
20° 
24 
48 
+4 
48 
S 32° 15' W 
63 
31 
42 
20* 
76 
51 
56.22 
9 
41 
5 
72 
50 
.03 
8 ° 
14 
3 
+6 
3 
N 73° 30' W 
73 
8* 
42 
12 
76 
27 
51.00 
9 
52 
19 
73 
16 
•10(?) 
8° 
13 
14 
+5 
14 
S52*° W 
73 
49 
42 
12 
76 
26 
53.91 
9 
50 
36 
76 
19 
.02 
10° 
5 
25 
—4 
35 
North 
79 
13 
12 
9 
76 
19 
53.10 
9 
3S 
25 
75 
17 
.03 
16° 45' 
as 
18* 
+6 
23* 
N 26° 15' W 
61 
59* 
12 
9 
7o 
18 
53.04 
9 
42 
33 
SO 
7° 30'f 
1S£ 
N 79 J 15' E-f 
74 
13 
12 
8 
76 
16 
52 76 
9 
22 
57 
80 
8 
¡11 
7° 30' 
12 
59 
+5 
29 
East 
71 
6 
42 
7 
76 
12 
52.32 
9 
23 
9 
75 
2.5 
.03 
over 25° 
18 
41 
— ? 
North 
69 
25 
a 
49 
75 
25 
47.12 
9 
42 
6 
J -j 
30° 
‘>S 
16 
~6 
44 
N 22° 16' E 
15 
41 
42 
75 
14 
45 93 
9 
40 
7 
82 
15 
.15 
8° or 9° 
4 
16 
—4 
14 
N 85° E 
80 
30 
41 
35 
74 
55 
44.04 
9 
14 
49 
74 
33 
.03 
44f° 
3S 
27* 
—6 
N 14° 45' W 
50 
46 
a 
32* 
74 
48 
43 36 
9 
45 
38 
73 
16 
.10(f) 
18° 
11 
27 
—6 
33 
S 21° 30' W 
7") 
49 
a 
32 
74 
47 
43.26 
9 
50 
46 
75 
17 
.03 
2.5° 30' 
32 
21 
+6 
51 
N 28° 10' E 
56 
42 
a 
29 
74 
40 
42.56 
9 
42 
43 
73 
.02 
16° 57' 
22 
44 
+Ö 
47 
S 20° 9' 15 ' W 
65 
54* 
a 
21 
74 
22* 
40 84 
9 
48 
53 
76 
30 
.07 
12° 54' 
17 
11 
+4 
17 
S 30° 5' 22" E 
71 
2 
a 
19* 
74 
18* 
40.46 
9 
37 
5.3 
75 
9 54 
.01 
24° 49' 
20 
1 
—4 
48 
N 31° 20' 28" E 
68 
29 
a 
15 
74 
8 
39.47 
9 
43 
1 t 
74 
1 
.00 
‘uear60°’ 
48 
24 
see 
notet 
say N 25° Ef 
41 
35 
a 
5 
73 
42 
39.46 
9 
47 
53 f 
74 
0* 
.01 
55° 
59 
31 
+4 31 
say N 25° Ef 
30 
9 
41 
5 
73 
42 
39.46 
9 
47 
55 
73 
40 
.02 
25° 
18 
12 
—6 
48 
South 
70 
9 
a 
5 
73 
40 
39.50 
9 
49 
23 
72 
18* 
.01 
42*° 
38 
25* 
—4 
4* 
S 83*° W 
50 
52 
40 
54* 
73 
14 
39 94 
9 
54 
46 
75 
9 54 
.01 
22° or 23° 
15 
33 
—6 
57 
N 65° 52' 29 ' E 
72 
29 
40 
45 
72 
48 
40.52 
9 
43 
221 
72 
24 
.01 
see note + 
see 
note t 
—4 
30 
S 31° 15' E 
40 
17 
40 
27 
72 
1 
41 92 
9 
5 4 
31 
75 
17 
.03 
5° 
a 
52 
+6 
59** 
S 86° 13' E 
75 
27* 
to 
21* 
71 
47* 
42.41 
9 
43 
1 
70 
6 
.01 
26° 
21 
2 
—4 
58 
S 51° 30' W 
68 
26 
40 
19 
71 
41 
42.73 
10 
3 
9 
70 
6 
.01 
18° 
23 
37 
+5 
37 
S 15° W 
61 
56 
10 
17 
70 
36 
45.56 
10 
3 
10 
72 
IS* 
.01 
14° 
9 
23 
—4 
37 
S 57° E 
76 
42 
38 
55 
6S 
20 
51.50 
9 
55 
17 
72 
34 
.05 
2° 
6 
44 
+4 58* 
Southeast 
78 
21 
38 
50 
68 
9* 
55 37 
9 
51 
16 
72 
50 
.03 
2° 
6 
37 
+4 51* 
S 58° E 
78 
8* 
38 
31 
67 
26 
59 35 
9 
53 
17 
72 
41 
.02 
1° 10' 
5 
36 
4-4 41* 
S 54 30 E 
78 
9 
37 
57* 
66 
14* 
66 75 
9 
51 
1 
71 
8 
.02 
lb° 
3 
53 
—6 
3* 
S 50° E 
33 
35 
52 
62 
6 
102.10 
10 
0 
42 
Haverford, Connecticut 
Oberlin, Ohio 
Oberlin, Ohio 
Lowviile, New York 
Cove Island, Lake Huron 
Hiram, Ohio 
Toronto, Canada West 
East Fairfield, Ohio 
Freedom, Ohio 
Hudson, Ohio 
Cleveland, Ohio 
New York City 
Oberlin, Ohio 
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania 
Easton, Pennsylvania 
Troy, New York. 
Lowviile, New York 
Wallingford, Connecticut 
Middlebury, Vermont 
Deep Creek, Virginia 
Easton, Pennsylvania 
Mead ville, Pennsylvania 
Erie, Pennsylvania 
Lima, Pennsylvania 
Reading, Pennsylvania 
Oberlin, Ohio 
Morristown, New Jersey 
Middlebury, Vermont 
Easton, Pennsylvania 
Albany, New York 
Fulton, New York 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
Steamer Kip VanWinkle,New York 
New York City 
Troy, New York 
Sag Harbor, New York 
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 
Southampton, New York 
Easton, Pennsylvania 
Nantucket, Massachusetts 
Nantucket, Massachusetts 
Sag Harbor, New York 
Amherst, Massachusetts 
Wallingford, Connecticut 
Hartford, Connecticut 
Harvard Observatory, Massach’tts
	        
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