[21] New Concord is close to the Guernsey county line. Nearly all the stones fell in Guernsey.
[22] The first indication of the approaching shower was the appearance of meteors in unusual numbers at Malta, on the 13th of November, 1864. In 1865, as observed at Greenwich and other stations, they were still more numerous.
[23] See page 30.
[24] Recent in comparison with the origin of the August meteors, which constitute a continuous ring.
[25] Mr. Swift, of Marathon, N. Y., had two or three days priority in the discovery of this comet, but unfortunately delayed his announcement of the fact.
[26] Astr. Nach., Nos. 1710, 1711. For a fuller statement of Schiaparelli's theory, see Silliman's Journal for May, 1867.
[27] The radiant of the Biela meteors is near Gamma Andromedæ.
[28] Making proper allowance for the precession of the equinoxes.
[29] Boston Journal of Chemistry, November, 1871.
[30] See Mr. Proctor's interesting discussion of this subject in the Monthly Notices of the R.A.S., vol. xxxii.