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YearDay of monthLocalitySize or weightDirectionDuration; rate; hour;Remarks, &c
369.*?Constantinople.........Stone-fall. Between A.D. 363 and 375.
769.*MayPersia or Arabia.........a shower of stones.
860Apr. 9?.........fireball?.
931Oct. 19?.........ditto?.
979Nov.?.........ditto?.
1039Apr. 8?.........ditto.
1095Feb. 24?...E. to W....ditto?.
1118Apr. 14?.........ditto?.
1130.*?Kaswin, or Casbin.........Stone-fall; two fell with detonation; south of the Caspian Sea.
1151.*??.........ditto.
1168Dec. 24?.........fireball?.
1177Nov. 28?.........ditto?.
1226.*??.........Stone-fall.
1438SummerLucerne.........fireball.
1529Jan. 9Germany.........ditto?.
1537Mar. 7Babylonia.........ditto?.
1543May 4Pfortzheim.........ditto?.
1560Jan. 30?.........ditto?.
1574June 2Zurich; Frauenfeld.........ditto.
1580Sept. 21Stutgardt.........ditto.
159628?.........ditto.
1619Oct. 15Frauenfeld.........ditto (Oct 5 in 1st Catalogue?).
1623Mar. 29Zurich.........ditto.
1628Mar. 27?.........ditto? (or April 27).
1630June 18?.........ditto.
1634.*Oct. 27Charollois, France......8 A.M.Stone-fall. Two fell.
1640Sept. 25?.........fireball; or 1641.
1643Nov. 8?.........ditto?.
1644.*?East Indian Seas.........Stones fell on board a vessel. 1643?.
1646Mar. 15Reutlingen.........fireball.
168231Niederelb.........ditto.
May 18Glarus.........ditto.
Nov. 30Zurich.........ditto.
Dec. 15ditto.........ditto.
1683Aug. 12?.........ditto.
1683.Aug. 15?.........fireball.
1687May 26Zurich; Berne.........ditto.
169827Zurich.........ditto (May 19 in 1st Cat.?).
1701Apr. 6Montjuif, Barcelona...E. to W.2'ditto; burst into several parts; much light? 10 P.M.
1704Oct. 4Bay of Barcelona...vertically down...ditto.
1709Mar. 4?.........ditto.
1711Mar. 28Zurich.........ditto (31st March in 1st Cat.?).
Dec. 28ditto.........ditto.
171930?.........ditto.
1736Oct. 1?.........ditto (Oct.? Schleswig in 1st Cat.?)
1752Dec. 25?.........ditto.
1753Nov. 4?.........ditto.
1756Jan. 15?.........ditto.
1757Feb. 26?.........ditto.
1759May 4?.........ditto.
1763Apr. 29?.........ditto.
1768July 22Tranquebar, India.........ditto; many meteors?. Not a stone-fall.
1780Aug. 10Lucerne.........fireball.
1783Sept. 5Zelierfeld.........ditto.
1785May 31?.........ditto.
OctGotha.........ditto.
1786Nov. ?.........ditto.
1787Aug. 7?.........ditto.
1788?Popayan, S. Americalarge...1 P.M.ditto; sun shining at time (Humboldt).
Dec. 3Geneva.........ditto.
1797June 20Berne.........ditto.
1799Nov. 12?.........ditto.
1801Oct. 15Zurich.........ditto.
1803June 9Berne.........ditto.
1804Dec. 2?.........ditto.
1805Nov. 21Berne.........ditto.
1808?Moradabad, India.........Stone-fall. In the Calcutta Museum. Same as from the East Indies, in 1st Cat..
June 4?.........fireball.
July 17?.........ditto.
1811Nov. 7France or Switzerland.........ditto. Brilliant. Arc of 60° in 20"
1812Oct. 26?.........ditto.
31?.........ditto.
1815.*?Darmstadt3 ozs.......stone; now in the Heidelberg Museum. (1815?.) Exact time of fall not known; probably 1814 or 1815.
1816Dec. 11Augsburg.........fireball.
14Erlach.........ditto.
1816Dec. 21?.........fireball. (Hungary, 20th Dec?)
22?.........ditto; same as last?.
1818Jan. 17Vermont, United States= moon......ditto. Brilliant; followed by 2 smaller ones.
1819May 5?.........ditto.
1820July 8Munich.........ditto.
30?.........ditto.
Oct. 12?.........ditto.
1821Mar. 23Augsburg.........ditto.
Sept. 7?.........ditto.
Dec. 18?.........ditto.
1822June 19?.........ditto.
1823Aug. 15?.........ditto.
22?.........ditto.
1825Feb. 7?.........ditto.
?May 9Wirtemberg.........ditto with detonation?.
Nov. 9ditto; Mittelstadt...N.W. to S.E....ditto; burst into reddish sparks.
1826Sept. 6?.........ditto.
1827March 1Lavaux.........ditto.
May 21?.........ditto.
Sept. 7Estremadura.........ditto.
22Aschaffenburg.........ditto.
Oct. 7Zurich.........ditto.
28ditto.........ditto.
1828July 30Aufenau.........ditto.
1829July 26Parma.........ditto.
Aug. 23Wirtemberg...S.W. to N.E....ditto; brilliant light.
Sept. 6?.........ditto.
Oct. 3Zurich.........ditto.
23Cracow.........ditto.
1830Jan. 16Paris.........ditto.
Aug. 12?.........ditto.
1832Dec. 30Bonn.........ditto.
Jan. 4S. Germany and SwitzerlandlargeN. to S.1¼ A.M.ditto; serpentine course.
Aug. 3Wirtemberg...S.E. to N.W.6"ditto.
1833Dec. 11Augsburg.........ditto.
1834Sept. 19Wirtemberg...E. to W....ditto; long train; burst.
Nov. 4Munich.........ditto.
Dec. 31Wirtemberg...to S.W....ditto; burst.
1835May 16Weimar.........ditto.
1835Nov. 19Wirtemberg= moon...2" to 3"fireball.
1836Jan. 23Munich.........ditto.
Nov. 13Mezel.........ditto (Département de l'Ain?).
14Berlin.........ditto.
1837Jan. 22Friedrichshafen.........ditto.
24Munich.........ditto.
25Augsburg.........ditto.
Mar. 28Lons le Saulnier.........ditto.
July 9Berne.........ditto.
Aug. 3Zurich.........ditto.
183818Wirtemberg...E.S.E to W.N.W.4'ditto; streak visible 4 minutes!.
Sept. 27Zurich.........ditto.
1839July 11ditto.........ditto.
Sept. 13Parma.........ditto.
1840Feb. 17Wirtemberg...W. to E....ditto; large fiery tail; also at Berne?.
June 3Wirtemberg and Weinfelden= moonto S.E....ditto.
1841Aug. 2Waadt.........ditto.
9Toronto.........ditto.
18Paris.........ditto.
Nov. 6Parma.........ditto.
1842Apr. 3Zurich.........ditto.
Oct. 23?.........ditto.
1844June 12Milan.........ditto.
Aug. 5Hamburg.........ditto.
*Sept. 15Wirtemberg...W. to E.4¼ P.M.ditto; during sunshine; detonation after.
Nov. 4Bombay.........ditto.
1845Apr. 24Greenwich.........ditto.
July 29England.........ditto.
Nov. 6Bombay.........ditto.
12Eutin.........ditto.
14Bombay.........ditto.
22Wirtemberg; Wurzburg.........ditto; also at Treves.
Dec. 25Stutgardt...W. to E....ditto.
1846Mar. 24Toulouse.........ditto.
May 29Nottingham.........ditto.
Aug. 26ditto.........ditto.
Sept. 13Paris.........ditto.
22Bâsle...S.E. to N.W....ditto; brilliant.
Oct. 4Sicily......streak 19"ditto.
Nov. 22Berlin.........ditto.
23ditto.........ditto.
28Bonn.........ditto.
1847.May 15Teufen.........fireball.
Aug. 7?.........ditto.
Nov. 17Nottingham.........ditto.
Dec. 16?.........ditto.
Nov. 29Silesia; Vienna......6¾ P.M.ditto; large; burst; no noise heard.
1848Jan. 20Rome.........ditto.
Feb. 7Nottingham2 > Jupiter......ditto.
Mar. 12Breslau.........ditto.
Apr. 12Oxford...S.E. to N.W....ditto.
15Whitesville.........ditto. North Carolina.
May 10Woodstock, Oxford.........ditto.
?July 4Marmande, Lot et Garonne7 lbs.......Stone-fall; a fragment in the British Museum. This fragment was from the collection of a Colonel Gabalda of the French army. The entire stone is stated to have weighed 3 kilogrammes and 56 grammes. No published accounts of this fall, apparently.
13Stone-Easton, Somersey.........fireball.
15Nottingham.........ditto.
29Bradfield, Berks......10 P.M.ditto; also at Bonn?
Aug. 2Paris.........ditto.
Aug. Littau, Olmutz, Moravia2 > moon...15"ditto; double meteor; 2 fireballs pear-shaped, close together, in line.
Sept. 1Dijon.........ditto.
10Leipzig.........ditto.
11Aix.........ditto.
Dec. 11Bonn.........ditto.
1849Feb. 10Nottingham.........ditto.
28Rosehill, Oxford.........ditto.
May 8Nottingham.........ditto.
31Hirschberg.........ditto.
June 27Nottingham.........ditto.
30ditto.........ditto.
Aug. 3ditto.........ditto.
6Rosehill.........ditto.
7Nottingham.........ditto.
11Saarbrücken.........ditto.
16Leobschünitz.........ditto.
Sept. 3Castle Donington, Leicestershire...N.E. to N.W.streak 7"ditto.
Oct. 20Aylesbury.........ditto.
28Leipzig.........ditto.
Nov. 13Mecklenburg; Breslaularge...streak 15'ditto; brilliant; burst; 4 A.M.. No niose.
1850Jan. 2Aix; Bruehl...N.W. to S.E.?3¾ A.M.ditto; great light for 1' or 2', and strong detonation in about 2'. Sky rather overcast at the time; at Crefeld people thought they heard afterwards a rushing sound like birds flying through the air. The noise seems to have been heard over 300 square miles, in Rhenish Prussia; the noise shook the ground like an earthquake. See also Catalogue, page 89.
Feb. 3Nottingham.........ditto.
19Wirtemberg.........ditto.
1850Feb. 23Bonn.........fireball; cast shadows.
26nottingham......10"ditto.
Mar. 5Wirtemberg......S. to N.ditto; burst.
7Nottingham.........ditto.
Apr. 6Ittendorf.........ditto.
June 1Nottingham.........ditto.
7Herrenberg.........ditto.
9Nottingham.........ditto.
July 6Wirtemberg...S.W. to N.E....ditto; brilliant.
9England.........ditto.
23Leipzig2' diam......ditto.
28Münster?......streak 10'ditto.
Aug. 4Radeburg.........ditto.
5Marburg15' diam......ditto; burst; brilliant; tailed. Münster?.
8Berne; Paris?.........ditto.
10Aix; Berne?.........ditto.
11Radeburg.........ditto.
13Port Madoc.........ditto.
16Marburg; Leobschünitz.........ditto.
22Nottingham.........ditto.
29ditto2 > Jupiter......ditto.
Sept. 4Grantham.........ditto.
19Neunkirchen.........ditto.
21Darlington......6"ditto.
Nov. 13Oxford.........ditto.
23Nottingham2 > Jupiter......ditto.
1851Jan. 8Stutgardtlarge......ditto; brilliant.
22Aix and Bonn.........ditto. Two different ones.
Feb. 21Elbberfeld; Barmen.........ditto?; an atmospheric phenomenon?.
*22Gutenberg; Eifel= sunN.W. to S.E.7¾ P.M.ditto; burst with detonation and sparks; dazzling. Also at Neunkirchen; detonation heard at Birenfeld and the Eifel mountain. Heis calculated its height when first seen at 9 miles, and at 4 (geographical?) miles when it disappeared. Seen also at Boxheim, near Kreuznach.
Apr. 18Elberfeld.........ditto.
19Aix.........ditto; intermittent; large streak.
May 18Freiberg.........ditto.
June 11Frankfort, Hanover, Badenlarge......ditto; tailed; oval.
1851Aug. 10Aix.........fireball; bluish.
Sept. 24ditto.........ditto.
26ditto; Dusseldorf, &c.2/3 moon...stationaryditto; at first a point of light; increased, then decreased and vanished.
Oct. 6ditto; Bonn, &c....to N.W....ditto; brilliant. Also at Malmedy.
Nov. 3Verden, Hanover.........ditto. Also at Nottingham?.
20Cracow.........ditto.
Dec. 10Münster?......streak 45"ditto; followed by a report?.
1852.*Jan. 24Nellore, Madras......4½ P.M.Stone-fall. Weight of stone about one maund.
May 11Eitorf; Neunkirchen> VenusN.E. to S.W.8"fireball; no train or sparks. 1851?. Also seen at Frankfort, Bremen, Baden, and Fulda.
17Nottingham= 3 Jupiter......ditto.
June 12Pegau, Saxony...W.N.W. to E.N.E...ditto; bluish. 1851?.
July 5Holland; Leicestershire?.........ditto.
6ditto.........ditto.
*8Wedde, Holland.........Stone-fall; day-time. In the Gröningen Museum.
23Holland; Leicestershire?.........fireball. July 5?.
Aug. 12Münster.........ditto; coloured sparks; intermittent.
19ditto.........ditto; white, then red, and sparks.
Dec. 9Cracow.........ditto.
*11ditto; Silesia; Berlin10' diamN.N.W. to E.S.E8 A.M.ditto; brilliant; tailed; detonation. Lasted 9". Length of its path estimated by Pape at 20 miles; height 13 miles at first, and about 5 miles when it burst. Explosion heard at many places. See Proceedings of the Society of Silesia, vol. xxxi. p. 187. Seen also at Erlangen, 2 > Venus, giving out great light. At Leipzig, 10' in diamter, at first yellow, then green; burst into sparks without noise, as also at Jena, Lobau, Pegau, and Fulda.
13Leipzig.........ditto.
1853Jan. 16Kremsmünster.........ditto.
24Erlangen and Münster.........ditto.
29Erlangen......4"ditto.
Feb. 14Cracow.........ditto.
?Mar. 6Wanjka-land, East Africa.........Stone-fall. A specimem of 1½ lb. at Münich. Duruma, Wanjka-land. May this not be the Segowlee meteorite?.
April 2Toulouse.........fireball.
JuneMünster.........ditto; during twilight.
July 11Mentzlarge...3½"ditto; intense light.
Oct. 25Münster......8"ditto.
Dec. 11Erlangen......4"ditto.
1854Jan. 1Hermanstadt.........ditto.
2Königsberg.........ditto.
21Neunkirchen.........ditto.
*Mar. 1Switzerland and Tyrol.........ditto; followed by detonation.
3Münster......streak 10"ditto; no tail or sparks.
8Zurzach.........ditto.
12Wirtemberg; Lintz...E. to W....ditto; bluish; whizzing sound?.
19Escheneilerlarge......ditto.
Apr. 4Cracow.........ditto.
1854Apr. 8Kremsmünster.........fireball.
13Leipzig.........ditto.
14Bamberg.........ditto.
May 15Cracow.........ditto.
18Leutschau.........ditto.
July 2Cracow.........ditto.
14Senftenberg.........ditto.
29Gera.........ditto.
Sept. 2Kahlenberg.........ditto.
5ditto.........ditto.
6ditto.........ditto.
Oct. 3Admont.........ditto.
Nov. 11Münster; Hamm.........ditto; small.
*17Heppens; Embden, &c.largevertically down11 A.M.ditto; burst with detonation. Like a ninepin.
Dec. 9Schütenhoffen.........ditto.
1855Jan. 15Vienna.........ditto.
23Bautzen.........ditto.
29Malmö.........ditto.
Apr. 11Cronstadt.........ditto.
16Zara.........ditto.
24Elberfeld and Lentzenkirchen.........ditto (or 25th April).
May 7Parma.........ditto.
July 11ditto.........ditto.
Aug. 12Münsterlarge......ditto?; great light, = ½moon
16Neufchatel?...W. to E....ditto.
Sept. 8Rome.........ditto.
22Vienna.........ditto.
Oct. 1Kahlenberg.........ditto.
14Hermanstadt.........ditto.
16Walkersdorf.........ditto.
Nov. 8Neunkirchen.........ditto.
8Gran.........ditto.
Dec. 8St. Magdalena.........ditto; North America.
27Zurich.........ditto.
28Gera.........ditto.
1856Jan. 9Switzerland; Aix= moonS.W. to N.E.6½ P.M.fireball.
*Feb. 16Westphalia......4 P.M.ditto; followed by violent detonation.
Mar. 25Neufchatel...vertically down...ditto; brilliant.
May 19Zurich...E. to W....ditto; magnificent white meteor.
*Oct. 5Bohemia...N. to S.?noonditto; detonation heard over 8 (German?) miles by 2½.
11Zurich> Jupiter......ditto.
1857Feb. 7Parma...N.E. to S.W....ditto.
Oct. 29Paris.........ditto; 17 miles high to 4½; v.= 5 miles. "Heis."
Nov. 19Barmen.........ditto.
1858Jan. 8Leipzig.........ditto.
10Neufchatel; Rochefort...S.W. to N.E.9 P.M.ditto; divided into two; reddish; tailed.
*27SwitzerlandlargeN.W. to S.E.3.45 P.M.ditto; curved tail; bluish; detonation.
Feb. 17Wesphalia...N.E. to S.W....ditto; brilliant; no noise. 8¼ P.M.
June 6Treves= moonN. to S....ditto; 2 A.M.
7Westphalia; Holland; SaxonylargeS.W. to N.E.10 P.M.ditto; burst into 3 parts at a height of 15 miles; 200 ft. in diam.? "Heis."
27Elberfeld...S.E. to N.W.2" to 3"ditto.
28Münster and Dortmund.........ditto; dissolved into sparks.
July 11Oldenburg...S.E. to N.W.5" to 10"ditto; streak visible 1' to 3'.
Sept. 10Daun, Eifel= ½moonE. to W.slowditto; dissolved into bright clouds; tailed.
Oct. 3Westphalia; Neuss.........ditto; brilliant. 12.30 A.M.
4Clermont; Westphalia......7.50 P.M.ditto.
Nov. 30Pas de Calais.........ditto; streak visible some time.
1859Feb. 20Göttingen......2" to 3"ditto.
Mar. 19Elberfeld.........ditto; brilliant.
May 15Westphalia...N.W. to S.E.4"ditto; path oblique; no train.
July 9Neunkirchen...S.W. to S.E.9 P.M.ditto; splendid; burst without noise.
Aug. 2China.........ditto; ditto; "Overland Mail, Aug. 10, 1859."
17Central Germany...E.S.E. to W.N.W.3"ditto; brilliant; streak visible a long while; no noise.
Oct. 20Dorpat.........ditto; two fireballs during an aurora. Oct. 19?.
22Louvain, Belgium......4" or 5"ditto; long broken tail; reddish.
27Dorpat?.........ditto.
Nov. 9Giessen...N.E. to S.W....ditto; tailed, white oblique path. 6½ P.M.
11Darmstadt; Manheim...W. to E....ditto; during moonlight; 1½ inch diam. 7 P.M.
14Borken, Prussia.........ditto; brilliant.
Dec. 8Darmstadt...N. to S.7 P.M.ditto; oblique path; 2' to 3' in diam.
11Manheim; Giessen...N.E. to S.W....ditto; during bright moonlight. 7.20 P.M.
25Erbach, Switzerland...S.W. to N.E.15"ditto; arc of 30° burst. 5¼ P.M.
27Aarau, ditto.........ditto; slow; tailed.
28Zurich...S. to N.5"ditto.
1860Jan. 20Cassel and other places......5"fireball?; intense and sudden light. 5 A.M. Night rather dark and cloudy; a light perceived over a distance of 26 geographical miles about 5 A.M. Seen at Friedberg, Odenwald, Hesse, &c.
Apr. 14Geldern; Holland.........ditto.
?June 9Raphoe, co. Donegal......2 P.M.Stone-fall; fell during a storm of thunder and hail. Raphoe. Ireland; see the Londonderry Sentinel of June 15, 1860. It does not appear there was any fireball; the stone resembled friable sandstone; it was seen to fall near Raphoe, and was about as large as a duck's egg. It had neither outside crust nor shining metallic particles; was quite cold and moist when picked up. N.B. June 8 or 9. The fragments of this stone have been mislaid or lost unfortunately.
13Dresden...S. to N....fireball.
Oct. 15ditto.........ditto.
25Hamm. Westphalia...N. to S.streak 6"ditto; burst without noise.
30Edstorf...E. to W....ditto; long broar tail; dazling; white.
Nov. 1Giessen.........ditto; path curved; no tail; bright.
Dec. 6Dresden...S.E. to N.W....ditto; bluish.
11Ittendorf; Aarau.........ditto.
24Kremsmünsterlarge......ditto; long tail.

Note. 1856. February 3. Additionial particulars by Prof. Heis of Münster. When first seen , this meteor was 30 geographical miles over St. Gotthard; finally 10½ miles directly over Chalons in France; and if it fell to the ground, would have fallen between Amines and Cambray; was seen at Berne to fall straight down from the zenith.

Additional authororites and references consulted in the preceding Catalogue, and more especially in the Supplement:--Annual Records of Wirtemberg, 1855; Proceedings of the Society of Natural Philosophy at Bâsle, 1849; Boguslawski's 10th Supplement of the Catalogue of Chladni, Pogg. Ann. for 1854, Part IV.; Neufchatel Journal of Natural History and Philosophy; the Cologne, Manheim, Darmstadt Gazettes; Reports of the Proceedings of the Society of Upper Hesse, 1859 and 1860; Heus' Weekly Review (Wochnerschrift) of Astronomy, Halle, 1860; J. Schmidt's Observations; Kämtz's Meteorology; Proceedings of the Societies of Silesia; L'Institut de France; Unterhaltingen für Dilettanten und Freunde der Astronomie, Geographie und Witterungskunde, G. A. Jahn, Leipzig, 1851-1860; Timb's Year Book of Facts, &c.; Monthly Magazine; Gentleman's Magazine; Encyclopædia Metropolitana. 1849, article by W.H. Miller on Meteoric Stones.

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