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Catalogue of aërolites and Bolides, from A.D. 2 to A.D. 1860
A.D.2-1499
1500-1699
1700-1799
1800-1829
1830-1845
1846-1860

YearDay of monthLocalitySize or weightDirectionDuration; rate; hour;Remarks, &c
1800.*Apr. 1Essex; Steeple-Bumstead...S.W to N.E....fireball; detonation;verticallydown with a hissing sound;
5North America...S.E to N.W....great meteor and detonation; stones said to have fallen. April 5, 1800?. N. America. Evidently confounded with that of Baton Rouge, 5th April, 1799. This meteor is said to have appeared as large as a house 70 feet square, at an apparent height of 200 feet; to have felt warm, and scorched vegetation near where it was supposed to have fallen.
Aug. 8ditto.........fireball.
15Halle.........ditto. (about middle of August).
1801.*?Isle aux Tonneliers, or Isle de France.........meteor and detonation; aërolitic?.
June 19Halle.........fireball.
July 14Montgaillard.........ditto.
Aug. 26Département de l'Ain.........ditto. (end of August).
Oct. 23Colchester; Bury St. Edmunds.........ditto; aërolitic?.
1802.Aug. 10Quedlinburg.........ditto.
Nov. 6Suffolk.........ditto.
?Sept. 15Scotland; Lock Tay.........Stone-fall; doubtful:see Monthly Mag., Oct. 1802. p. 290.
*Oct. 1Beauvais...E. to W....fireball, followed by a detonation.
*?Allahabad, India.........Stone-fall. Poggendorff, 1832, vol. xxiv. p. 223.
1803.Jan. 21Silesia.........a shooting-star; got larger and larger till it fell to earth. 1803. January 21. Between Barsdorf and Freiburg. Seemed to pass close to the ground; a whizzing noise heard, then it seemed to lie burning on the ground; next day a jelly-like mass found on the snow. Curious, if true.
*Apr. 26L'Aigle, Francelargest 17 lbs.S.E to N.W.1 P.M.Stone-fall; 3000 said to have fallen; detonations.
*May 9Cambridge2/3 moonS.W to N.E.streak 30"fireball; detonation. 2 P.M. Brilliant. May 9. Cambridge. During bright sunshine, a large oval meteor fell straight down to within 15° of the horizon; had a train of light and vapour: seen about same time at Swaffham in Norfolk, and in Lincolnshire at same hour; a shock, and loud noise and hissing sounds were heard; probably aërolitic.
?July 4East Norton, Leicester.........Stone-fall?; meteor and detonation; struck a building; electrical?. 1803.* July 4. Rather a curious account in Encyclopædia Britannica. More like an electric ball, and yet a vitrified stone found containing nickeliferous iron. A little doubtful perhaps if meteoric.
Sept. 22Geneva.........fireball.
Oct. 8at sea?largeverticallydownstreak 60'ditto. 2nd or 10th October?.
*8Apt., Vaucluse, France7 lbs....10 A.M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·48.
Nov. 13Edinburgh; London= moonE.S.E to W.N.W2" to 5"blue; 23 miles high when first seen; v.=8 miles a second. 1803. November 13 (Nov. 6?). Said by some to have been as large as the August 18, 1773 meteor. Shaped like this:
13Dover; Hants.........splendid meteor; brilliant.
16Geneva.........fireball.
Dec. 13Ekatherinenburg.........ditto.
*13Massing, Bavaria3 ¼ lbs....11 ½ A. M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·26.
16Schwartzenburg.........fireball.
1804.*Mar. 17BerlinlargeW. to E....ditto, followed by 2 detonations after bursting. Also at Newstrelitz.
*Apr. 5Possil, Glasgow...S.E. to N.W.A.M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·53. Day-time.
15Geneva...S. to N....fireball; followed by a train of smaller balls.
June 4Dessau.........ditto.
Aug. 19Eckwarden.........ditto.
July 29?.........ditto.
Sept. 7Tunbridge Wells= moonS.E to N.W....ditto; broke up and almost instantly vanished; 4 Sept.?
10Weimar.........fireball.
1805.Feb. 1Saxony.........ditto.
*Mar. 25Irkutsk, Siberia7+2½ lbs....5 P.M.Stone-fall; two; sp. gr. 3·63. Doroninsk.
1805.*JuneConstantinople......day-timeStone-fall; contains no iron?; sp. gr. 3·17.
July 21London.........fireball.
Aug. 6Berlin......streak 18"ditto.
Sept. 23Weimar.........ditto; 1806?.
Oct. 14Shrewsburylarge......great light; fell in the N.W. 1806?.
21Sweden.........fireball.
23Germany.........ditto.
*Nov.Asco, Corsica.........Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·66.
1806.Feb. 11Stockholm= moon......fireball.
*Mar. 15Alais, France8+4 lbs.W. to E.5 P.M.Stone-fall; two; carbonaceous-like; sp. gr. 1·70.
*May 17Basingstoke, Hants2½ lbs.......Stone-fall, after a detonating meteor.
July 17London; Edmonton¼ moonS.E to N.W....fireball; very brilliant; conical; long tail.
?Sept. 23Weimar.........aërolitic? (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue).
28?.........bolide.
Oct. 14Swansea, &c..........lighted up a great extent of country. 1805?.
Dec. 22England.........fireball.
1807.Mar. 6Geneva.........ditto.
*13Timochin, Smolensk160 lbs.......Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·64; afternoon.
Aug. 9Nurenberg.........fireball.
Sept. Fünen, Denmark.........ditto. September 6?.
*Dec. 14Weston, Connecticut300 lbs.S.E to N.W.¼7 A.M.Stone-fall; large explosive meteor; 3 miles per sec.
1808.*Apr. 19Parma,Italy......1 P.M.Stone-fall; several; near Borgo.
May 21Ferentino.........fireball.
*22Stannern, Moravia......6 or 10 A.M.Stone-fall; 250 fell; no iron; sp. gr. 3·07.
29Cape Spartel.........fireball.
July 29Troston.........ditto. Boston?.
Aug. 15Vienna, &c..........ditto.
*Sept. 3Lissa, Bohemia......3¼ P.M.Stone-fall; 4 or 5 small stones fell.
Nov. 11England.........fireball.
1808.Dec. 29Berne.........fireball.
*?Hungary (Bohemia?).........Stone-fall. Poggendorff, vol. iv. p. 451, 1854.
*?East Indies.........ditto. ditto.
?Greenland...N.W to S.E....ditto. said to be rare in the arctic region. 1808. December 29. Berne, Switzerland.
1809.Apr. 9Tours, France.........fireball.
June 17St. Bart.........ditto.
*20Lat. 31° N., Long. 70¼°W6 ozs.......Stone-fall; fell on ship-board (June 17?).
July 29Neumark.........fireball.
Aug. 28Parma.........ditto.
Nov. 29Munich.........ditto.
Oct. 12London.........fireball.
?Kikina, Smolensk.........Stone-fall. Same as Mar. 1807, Timochin?.
Dec. 29Munich.........fireball.
1810.Jan. 2Geneva.........fireball, or 3rd January.
?Apr. 20Santa Rosas, New Grenada1600 lbs.......Iron-fall?. Arago and Buchner. Found or fell?. 1810.? April 20. Santa Rosas, at Tocavita; said by some to have fallen in the night of that day; but this appears doubtful.
*30Caswell, N. Carolina3 lbs.+...2 P.M.Stone-fall; several.
*July 15Futteh-Ghur, Shahabad.........Stone-fall; one large one. Middle of July. India.
*eary part of Aug.Tipperary, Ireland7¾ lbs....11½ A.M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·67; at Moores-Fort.
*Nov. 23Charsonville, France40+20 lbs....1½ P,M.Stone-fall; three fell; near Orleans
*28Cerigo, Cape Matapan......9½ P.M.aërolitic meteor. 1810.* November 28. Fireball, evidently aërolitic; fell into the sea between Cape Matapan and the Island of Cerigo, Greece.
Dec. 30Greenland.........fireball (29th December, 1808?).
1811.Feb. 18Olmutz.........ditto.
*Mar. 12Poltawa, Russia13 lbs.+...nightStone-fall; two fell; sp. gr. 3·49 Kuleschofka..
May 15Paris; Geneva......streak 10'like a serpentine rocket; 77 miles high when first seen.
*July 8Berlanguillas, Spain......8 P.M.Stone-fall; 3 fell; sp. gr. 3·49. Near Burgos.
JulyHeidelberg.........fireball; a gelatinous substance fell?.
Nov. 22New Orleans.........ditto.
*23Panganoor, India.........Stone-fall?. Contains iron and nickel.
1812.Jan. 28Carlsruhe.........fireball.
30Louisville.........ditto.
*Apr. 10Grenade, Toulouse...N.E. to S.E.8 P.M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3.70; several fell.
*15Erxleben, Saxony4½ lbs....4 P.M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·63; or 13th April.
*Aug. 5Chantonnay, France69 lbs.+...2 A.M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·46; three fell.
23Utrecht.........large bolide.
Sept. 13Segovia.........fireball.
Nov.Jamaicalarge......ditto.
15Carlsruhe and Vienna.........ditto.
??Hungary.........Stone-fall? (according to the Brit. Assoc. Reports). 1812.? Hungary. According to Kesselmeyer, only the meteor of the 15th November.
1813.Jan. 27Brünn.........fireball.
1813.Mar. 8Brünn.........fireball; (aërolitic, according to Baumhauer's Cat.). Only a fireball; perhaps same as that given as January 27th.
*14Cutro, Calabria.........Stone-fall and dust?.
*21New Haven, Conn., U.S.= moonS.W to N.E.8" or 10"tail 12° long; detonation in 8' after.
Sept. 2Berne.........fireball.
*10Limerick17+65+24 lbs.E. to W.9 A.M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·64; at Adare and Scagh. 6 A.M..?
*Aug. or Sept.Malpas, Cheshire......1 P.M.stones fell. Ann. of Phil. 1813, vol. ii. p. 396.
Oct. 20Swabia.........fireball.
Nov. 8Woodfort.........ditto.
10Sunderland.........ditto.
*Dec. 13Lontalax, Wiborg.........Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·07; Finland.
1814.Jan. 27Augsburg; Zurichlarge?......fireball; also at Munich.
*Feb. 3Bachmut, Russia40 lbs.......Stone-fall; several; Government of Ekaterinosloff.
Apr. 19Berlin.........fireball.
*July 3Canada.........meteor; detonation; dust-fall; or 4th july?.
29Geneva.........fireball.
Aug. 3Frankfort.........ditto.
*Sept. 5Agen, France18 lbs.+......Stone-fall; two fell at mid-day. Sp. gr. 3·60.
8Augsburg.........fireball.
11Glasgow...towards s....ditto; at right angles to the magnetic meridian.
Oct. 14Germany.........ditto; or 18th October.
*Nov. 5Doab, India......4½ P.M.Stone-fall; 19 fragments picked up. Near Futtypore?.
9Moscow.........fireball.
Dec. 2Surrey; London.........a great meteoritic light; equal daylight.
1815.*Feb. 18Loodianah, India25 lbs....noonStone-fall; near Durallah. In the British Museum.
Apr. 30Florence.........fireball.
May 10Worcester.........ditto.
*14Malacca= full moonS.E. to N.W.7½ P.M.ditto; great detonation followed. 1849?.
Sept. 16Göttingen.........fireball, flllowed by many smaller balls.
29London; S. EnglandbrilliantS. to N.quickditto; burst.
*Oct. 3Chassigny, Langres8 lbs....8¼ P.M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·55; France. Contains scarcely any iron.
1816.*Aug. or JulyGlastonbury.........Stone-fall; Somerset.
Jan. 8Pesth, Hungary.........fireball.
*Mar. 23Oxford; Surrey...S. to N.11 P.M.ditto; followed by a rumbling noise for 5'.
*Aug. 7Hungary.........ditto; at Nagy-Banya; burst with detonation.
1816.Aug. 13Scotland.........fireball.
Oct. 19Dusseldorf.........ditto.
Dec. 20 Hungary.........ditto.
1817.Mar. 2Gothenburg.........ditto.
18Lot-et-Garonne.........ditto.
Apr. 10Bohemia.........ditto.
17Rhine.........ditto.
27Hesse.........ditto.
May 2Göttingenlarge......ditto; brilliant (or 3rd May). Fell into the Baltic?.
Aug. 7Augsburg.........ditto.
Sept. 8Richmond.........ditto.
Oct. 6Tunbridge Wells½ moon......white at first, blue, then red.
17Aix.........fireball.
Nov. 19?.........ditto.
Dec. 8England.........ditto.
1818.Jan. 18Siberia.........ditto.
28Campbelltown, Scotland.........ditto.
*Feb. 6LincolnshirelargeN.W to S.E.?2 P.M.equal semi-light; loud rumbling noise heard. A hissing sound also said to have been heard.
*15Limoges, France.........Stone-fall; one large one?.
15Toulouse.........fireball (same as last?)..
Mar. 2Atlantic Ocean.........ditto.
*April 10Zaborzika, Volhynia.........Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·47. One stone. March 30.* O.S. according to Partsch.
*JuneSeres, Macedonia15 lbs.......Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·70.
July 17North America.........fireball.
Aug. 3Worthing.........ditto.
5Chelenfort.........ditto.
*10Slobodka, Smolensk7 lbs.......Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·47. Russia.
Sept. 5Breteuil.........fireball (or 6th instant(sic)).
14England.........ditto.
23Kilkel.........ditto.
*Oct. 31Mehadia.........aërolitic (Boguslawski's Catalogue). 1818.* October 31. Between Bucharest in Wallachia and Mehadia. A meteor by which the whole neighbourhood was lighted up for 5'. Brit. Assoc. Report, 1849.
Nov. 13Gosport.........fireball.
17Gosport.........ditto (same as last?).
Dec. 18Halle.........ditto.
21Fünen.........ditto; or end of February?.
1819.Feb. 2Canterbury.........ditto.
Mar. 26Berne.........ditto.
*AprilSalerno, Italy.........Stone-fall (Poggendorff, 1854). At Massa-Lubrense..
May 2Aberdeen.........fireball.
1819.*June 13Jonsac, Charents, &c. France6 lbs....6 A.M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3.08; contains no iron.
July 24Youngstown?.........fireball.
Aug. 1Tottenham, London...N.E. to S.W....ditto.
6Moravia.........ditto.
*13Amhurst, Mass., U.S.......8½ P.M.a white silvery fireball; violent explosion. A gelatinous substance said to have been found.
20Rotweil.........fireball.
*?Pulrose, Isle of Man.........Stone-fall; light and scoriaceous; fell 1813-1819.
Oct. 1England.........fireball.
*13Politz, Gera, Prussia7 lbs.+...8 A.M.Stone-fall; three fell; sp. gr. 3·39; or 12th October.
24Antwerp.........fireball.
Nov. 13St. Domingo.........ditto.
14Bohemia.........ditto.
18Tottenham.........bolide.
19Rochelle.........ditto.
*21Baltimore, Mass., U.S.largeN.E to S.W....fireball; detonation heard 2' after. November 21.* Massachussets; Maryland, &c. Direction S. 44°W.; calculated diameter ½ mile.
1820.?Apr. 5in sea, near Antigua.........aërolitic (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue).
18Augsburg.........fireball.
May 10Andernach.........ditto.
*21Oedenburg, Hungary¼ lb.......Stone-fall; smelt of sulphur.
*July 12Lixna, Dunaberg, Russia40+14 lbs.S. to N.5½ P.M.Stone-fall; several fell; Witepsk. June 30?.
20Brünn.........fireball.
Aug. 6Ovelgönne, Finland.........aërolitic (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue); only a substance like pumice-stone, caused by a stroke of lightning falling into a hayrick.
*Nov. 12Cholimschk, Russialarge......fireball. with detonation.
?29Cosenza; Ionian Isles.........lighted everything up; like daylight. Calabria. Arago says a shower of stones; other accounts, only a great meteor. No mention of any detonations.
Dec. 9Tumea.........fireball.
5Naples.........ditto.
30Zante.........ditto.
1821.Feb. 12Breslau.........ditto.
?Mar. 5Pomerania.........aërolitic fall (Boguslawski and Poggendorff). A doubtful fall; occured during an earthquake, supposed to have been caused by the explosion of a meteor. Chladni thinks that the holes in the ground might have been caused by falling stones, which were not found because not searched for. (Gilbert's Ann., lxxi. 1822, p.560).
20St. Thomas's Island.........large meteor.
Apr. 28Leipzig.........fireball.
May 16Munich.........ditto.
17Germany.........ditto; same as last?.
1821.*June 15Juvénas, Ardèche, France220 lbs.+...3 P.M.Stone-fall; 3 fell; sp. gr. 3·10, contains 1·5 p.c. only of iron. June 21?.
21Mayo, Ireland.........hailstones fell with a metallic interior. See Buchner.
Aug. 20West Indies.........fireball.
30Dresden.........ditto.
Sept. 7at sea...E. to W....glowing and red, like heated iron.
8Bohemia.........fireball.
18at sea= moonW. to E....oblique down from zenith; burst and fell into the sea.
Oct. 7Saxony.........fireball.
30Marienwerder.........ditto.
Nov. 28Naples.........ditto.
30Delitzsch.........ditto.
Dec. 1 or 2Leipzig; Saxony.........ditto; two?.
3Weimar.........ditto.
4Görlitz.........ditto.
11England.........ditto.
21Naples.........ditto.
*24Bromberg; WirtemberglargeE. to W.6 P.M.ditto; accompanied with detonation.
25 or 26Lausitz; Weimar?.........fireball; two?.
28Augsburg.........ditto.
1822.Jan. 11Cherbourg.........ditto.
14Eichesfelt.........ditto.
25Prussia.........ditto.
Feb. 6 or 7Moravia and Bavaria?.........ditto; two?.
8Neuhausen.........ditto.
9Leipzig.........ditto; same as last?.
Mar. 1Brünn.........ditto.
9N. America.........ditto (=next?).
*16Richmond, Virginia...N.E. to S.W....vast luminous meteor, burst with loud explosion.
31Leipzig.........fireball.
Apr. 9Rhodes.........long bright column of meteoric light, exploding with many sparks.
*June 3Angers, France...30 ozs....8 P.M.a small explosive meteor and stone-fall.
9Moravia.........fireball.
13Christiania, Norway.........ditto; a bituminous substance fell?.
*16Cherbourg.........a luminous meteor and explosion.
17Leipzig.........fireball.
?17Catania.........detonating meteor?.
July 19Hamburg.........fireball.
28Brünn.........ditto.
Aug. 6Paris; Caen; Southamptonlarge...streak 5'serpentine trail of great size. Also seen at Havre.
1822.*Aug. 7Kadonah, Agra.........Stone-fall; night.
7Moravia.........fireball.
?11Liège; Coblentz.........large mass of fire fell down with a great explosion; possibly electrical. perhaps another account of the last.
11 or 12Alps......streak 3'most brilliant meteor; cast shadows.
16Rochelle, France...S.E. to N.W....serpentine course; 66 leagues high; also seen at Paris.
22Bromberg.........fireball.
23Posen.........ditto.
*Sept. 1Fort RoyallargeW. to E.quicktrain visible several minutes; great detonation.
*10Carlstadt, Sweden......11½ P.M.Stone-fall; several?.
*13La Baffe, Epinal, Francesp. gr. 3·66....7 A.M.ditto; one stone about 3 inches in diameter, containing nickel and chrome.
Oct. 13Orenburg.........fireball.
27Berleburg.........ditto.
28Brighton; S. England1/3 moon......fine meteor (22nd October?).
Nov. 4Chili; S. Americalarge......ditto. ditto.
11Freiberg.........fireball.
12Potsdam.........ditto.
15Apenrade.........ditto.
19Valparaiso2/3 moon...2 A.M.ditto; train of fire; jerked and burst.
*30Futtehpore, Doab, India22 lbs.+S.E. to N.W.evening before sunset.Stone-fall; several; sp. gr. 3·52. Umballah?. The same meteor was seen at a distance of 300 miles from where the stone fell; Rourpore, 75 miles N.E. from Allahabad, is also given as the locality of this fall: it seems probable that two stones fell, and which have been preserved, at some distance from each other. See Reports of the Sittings of the imperial Academy of Sciences of Vienna, and a recent paper by Haidinger on this stone-fall, as well as on that of Shalka, Pegu, Assam, and Segowlee.
Dec. 21Brünn.........fireball.
1823.Jan. 11Augsburg.........ditto.
24England.........ditto.
26Gosport.........ditto; perhaps same as last?.
Apr. 2Manheim.........ditto.
6Berlin.........ditto.
9Potsdam.........ditto.
May 2Embleton.........ditto.
20Ragusa.........ditto.
23Kiel; Denmark.........ditto.
July 30Leipzig.........ditto.
*Aug. 7Nobleboro', Maine, U. S.16 lbs....4½ P.M.Stone-fall; two fell; sp. gr. 3·09.
9Singen...N.E. to S.W....fireball.
12Tübingen.........ditto.
19Munich.........ditto.
20Ragusa.........ditto.
Oct. 3Königsberg.........ditto.
Nov. 9Prague......streak 2'ditto (or 8th November?).
1823.Nov. 27Naples?.........fireball.
Dec. 6Aix.........ditto.
13Belley, France.........ditto. Département de l'Ain.
1824.*Jan. 15Renazzo, Bologna, Italy12 lbs.+...9 P.M.Stone-fall; three fragments fell; sp. gr. 3·25. Also at Cento.
Feb. 3Görlitz.........fireball; aërolitic?.
*18Irkutsk, Siberia5 lbs....noonStone-fall; near Tounkin. 7 A.M.? May 14?.
Mar. 1Berlin.........fireball.
April 17Linlithgowshire...N. to S.quickbrilliant meteor. At Borrowstowness.
June 9Leipzig.........fireball.
Aug. 12Tuscany.........ditto; or 11th August.
?23Mendosa, S. America.........ditto; and meteoritic dust fell?. Poggendorff.
Sept. 13Petersburg.........small bluish globe of fire; day-time.
*Oct. 14Zebrak, Beraun4 lbs....8 A.M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·60. In Bohemia.
20Sterlitamak, Russia.........hailstones containing iron pyrites fell! meteoric?.
Nov. 14Mainz.........fireball; or 13th November.
16Bonn.........fireball.
27Erlangen; Prague= moonS.E to N.W.4" or 5"ditto.
Dec. 10Mans, France.........ditto.
15Magdeburg.........ditto.
17Neuhaus, Bohemia.........aërolitic (Boguslawski's Catalogue). A resinous substance fell after a fireball?.
1825.Jan. 2Arezzo...W. to E.quick 5"fireball; tailed; horizontal; brilliant. 2 A.M.
*16Oriang, India......eveningStone-fall; in Malwate. Several hot stones.
17Bromberg.........fireball.
24Königsberg.........ditto.
Feb. 3Nurenburg.........ditto.
4Cassell.........ditto.
*10Nanjemoy, Maryland, U. S.16 lbs.N.W. to S.E....Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·66; about noon..
June 28Frankfort; Stutgardt.........fireball. July 28?.
?July 5Torrecillas dal Campo, Spain1 oz. to 1 lb....2 P.M.stones fell; perhaps hailstones. an abundant shower of stones; men and cattle suffered much. Gazette de Madrid, July 18, 1825. Ann. de Chimie. vol. xxx. p. 422, 1825.
?28Cherson, Russia.........aërolitic (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue). Some stones fell. one 7 lbs. Doubtful according to Chladni.
Aug. 3Meidling.........fireball.
22Utrecht.........fireball; seen all over Holland.
Sept. 10Liancourt, France2/3 moonN.E to S.W....fireball; oval and tailed.
*15 or 14Owhyhee, Sandwich Islands30 lbs....A.M.Stone-fall; 2 fragments; sp. gr. 3·39; September 27?
20Hanover.........fireball.
24Leipzig.........ditto.
Oct. 17Prague.........ditto.
19Berlin.........ditto.
22Höxter.........ditto.
1825.Nov.Ohio, U.S.> moonE. to W.quickburst partially. Part of the interior of the nucleus seemed to separate from the rest and fall to the earth, breaking into a number of small balls, without noise.
3Calcutta1/3 moonE. to W.5" or 6"horizontal motion; seen by twilight.
4Halle.........fireball.
5Merseberg.........ditto. Probably same as the last.
9Pils.........ditto.
14Leith...E. to W.streak 2'quick motion; large, long tail.
22Calcutta...E. to W.streak 2½'fireball, with large comet-like tail.
Dec. 1Berlin= moon......reddish; no streak.
2Calcuttalarge...streak 5'globular.
10Halle.........fireball.
18Frankfort-on-Maine.........ditto.
?May 12Bayden, Wiltshire.........Iron-fall?. (Poggendorff, viii. 1826). Bayden, Wilts; according to P. A. Kesselmeyer, of Frankfort, the piece of iron which fell is in possession of Mr. Schwickard in Mexico, who bought it from a mineral dealer in London. Prof. Nöggerath, of Bonn, is said to have seen it; it looked like meteoritic iron, and the magnetic needle was greatly affected by it. Possibly the same as the large meteor seen in Gloucestershire, May 12, 1826.
1826.??Georgia, U.S..........stones fell?, and killed several people. See Athenæum, 1836, p. 803..
Feb. 14La Manche.........fireball.
*15Lugano, Italy.........ditto; followed by loud detonation. No stones found.
?Apr. 1Saarbrücken...downwards...a curious meteoric appearance and noise.
14Glasgow.........fireball.
?May 12Gloucestershire1/3 moon......bluish; vanished, leaving a red spark. Aërolitic, according to Baumhauer's Catalogue; probably only a large meteor; seen also in Wiltshire, according to Baumhauer.
*19Ekaterinosloff86 lbs.......Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·77. (1825?.)
July 21Heidelberg.........fireball.
29Florida.........ditto.
Aug. 3Frankenstein...S.W. to N.E....ditto.
3Leipzig...E.N.E to W.S.W...ditto.
8Odensee.........ditto.
11Halle.........ditto.
18Englandlarge......a fine meteor.
26 or 27Edinburgh...S.W to N.E.quickfireball; like a rocket; 45° arc; train; burst.
*Aug.Lot-et-Garonne, France.........aërolitic (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue). Lot-et-Garonne (one account says Castres in Gironde); a large stone fell; according to Quetelet, during a thunder-storm, on Mount Galapain.
1826.*Sept.Waterville, Maine, U.S.1/3 moon......fireball, large and brilliant; burst with great noise at night. The stone said to have been picked up; probably not really meteoritic.
4Hale.........fireball.
13Bordeaux......5 A.M.ditto; daybreak; brilliant; train of fire.
Nov. 3Calcutta2/3 moonS.E to N.W...dissipated into sparks. 1825?.
Dec. 31Dammerung.........fireball; in Lippéschen..
1827.*Feb. 27Ghazeepore, Indiaseveral lbs....3 P.M.Stone-fall; one fragment; sp. gr. 3·5. At Mhow, near Ghazeepore. Feb. 16?
*May 9Nashville in Sumner co., Tennessee5 lbs.+11 lbs.W. to E.4 P.M.Stone-fall; three fragments; sp. gr. 3·55. Drake's Creek. May 22?.
Aug.Greenwichlarge......fireball, increased from a point to 7 times larger than Jupiter..
?30Kuld-Schu.........aërolitic (according to Baumhauer). (May 22?) A doubtful stone-fall; from a newspaper; also Kämtz, iii. 296.
*Oct. 5Bialistock, Russian Poland4 lbs....9½ A.M.Stone-fall; contains no iron; sp. gr. 3·17. (Oct. 8?.)
Nov. 6 or 7Teneriffe.........fireball.
15Frankfort.........ditto.
1827 or 28.?Aug. or Sept.Allport, Derbyshiresp. gr. 2·0...3 P.M.a meteoric light traversed the sky, and an explosion. The meteorite picked up, suppossed to have fallen on this occasion, now in Dr. R. A. Smith's possession, of Manchester, appears to Mr. Greg to be a more than doubtful substance; more like a kind of compact charcoal, with particles of sulphur and iron pyrites imbedded; nevertheless peculiar: pieces are stated to have fallen after the explosion occurred.
1827.*Aug. China.........Stone-fall; in Boguslawski's 10th Supp. to Chladni.
1828.Jan. 18Gotha.........fireball.
Feb. 11New York...S.W to N.E.20° in 2"fine grass-green; scintillations given off.
*MayTscheroï.........Stone-fall (Pogg., 1835, vol. xxxiv. p. 341).
*June 4Richmond, Virginia4 lbs....9 A.M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·47.
Sept. 7Horton, Ribblesdale= moon's d.verticallytowards E.15° in 3½"equal sunlight; increased from a 1st* to 30' in diameter.
Oct. 10Turin.........fireball.
Nov. 6Cape Town, S. Africa.........a fine meteor.
11Sury, Département de Loirelarge......seen during sunshine; or 12th November..
1829.May 8Forsyth, Georgia, U.S.36 lbs....3½ P.M.Stone-fall; sp. gr. 3·50.
?JulyN. America.........Stone-fall; An Indian killed. Athenm. 1836, p. 803.
Sept. 26Dusseldorf.........aërolitic (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue). Only a fireball. Kämtz, vol. iii.
*29Krasnoi-Ugol, Russia......2 P.M.Stone-fall. 7 stones fell. Government of Käsan (Rjäsan).
Aug. 14Gümbinnen.........three fireballs.
*15Deal, New Jersey, U.S.......nightStone-fall.
26Parina.........bolide.
*Oct. 19Cape Town, S. Africalarge...10 P.M.great light and brilliant; detonation 2'·45 afterwards.
?Nov. 19Prague.........aërolitic (according to Baumhauer's Catalogue). Doubtful; little pieces of stone with a red crystalline surface, that smelt of phosphorus and sulphur. Kämtz, iii. 297, and Pogg. Annalen. Does not state if from a fireball.

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