II. The Epoch of August 7th–11th.
1. 1642, August 4th. A meteoric stone fell in Suffolk County, England.
2. 1650, August 6th. An aerolite fell in Holland. The observed motion of the node brings both these stone-falls within the epoch.
3. 1765, August 9th. A large bolide was seen at Greenwich.
4. 1773, August 8th. A fire-ball was seen at Northallerton.
5. 1800, August 8th. A large meteor was seen in different parts of North America.
6. 1802, August 10th. A fire-ball appeared at Quedlinburg.
7. 1807, August 9th. A bolide was seen at Nurenberg.
8. 1810, August 10th. A stone weighing seven and three-quarter pounds fell at Tipperary, Ireland.
9. 1816, August 7th. In Hungary a large fire-ball was seen to burst, with detonations.
10. 1817, August 7th. A brilliant fire-ball was seen at Augsburg.
11. 1818, August 10th. A meteoric stone, weighing seven pounds, fell at Slobodka, Russia.
12. 1822, August 7th. A meteorite fell at Kadonah, Agra.
13. 1822, August 7th. A large meteor was seen in Moravia.
14. 1822, August 11th. "A large mass of fire fell down with a great explosion" near Coblentz.
15. 1823, August 7th. Two meteoric stones fell in Nobleboro', Maine.
16. 1826, August 8th. A fire-ball was seen at Odensee.
17. 1826, August 11th. A bright meteor appeared at Halle.
18. 1833, August 10th. A fire-ball was seen at Worcestershire, England.
19. 1834, August 10th. A bolide appeared at Brussels.
20. 1838, August 9th. A fine meteor was seen in Germany.
21. 1839, August 7th. A splendid fire-ball was seen at sea.
22. 1840, August 7th. A bolide appeared at Naples.
23. 1841, August 10th. An aerolite fell at Iwan, Hungary.
24. 1842, August 9th. A greenish fire-ball was seen at Hamburg.
25. 1844, August 8th. A large meteor was seen in Brittany.
26. 1844, August 10th. A fire-ball was seen at Hamburg.
27. 1845, August 10th. A brilliant meteor was seen at London and Oxford.
28. 1847, August 9th. A large irregular meteor, "like a bright cloud of smoke," was seen at Brussels.
29. 1850, August 10th. A meteor as large as the moon was seen in Ireland.
30. 1850, August 10th. A very large bolide was observed in Paris.
31. 1850, August 11th. A fire-ball was seen in Paris.
32. 1853, August 7th. A bolide was observed at Glasgow.
33. 1853, August 7th. A meteor twice as large as Venus was seen at Paris.
34. 1853, August 9th. A large meteor was seen to separate into two parts.
35. 1855, August 10th. A bluish meteor, five times as large as Jupiter, was seen at Nottingham.
36. 1857, August 11th. A bolide was seen in Paris.
37. 1859, August 7th. A detonating meteor appeared in Germany.
38. 1859, August 11th. A meteoric stone fell near Albany, New York.
39. 1859, August 11th. A fine meteor was seen at Athens.
40. 1862, August 8th. A meteoric stone-fall occurred at Pillistfer, Russia.
41. 1863, August 11th. An aerolite fell at Shytal, India.