2. 1808, April 19th. At Casignano, Parma, Italy.
3. 1838, April 18th. At Abkurpore, India.
4. 1842, April 26th. At Milena, Croatia.
V. The Epoch of April 9th–12th.
1. 1805, April 10th. At Doroninsk, Russia.
2. 1812, April 10th. At Toulouse, France.
3. 1818, April 10th. At Zaborzika, Russia.
4. 1864, April 12th. At Nerft, Russia.
The foregoing lists, which might be extended, are sufficient to establish the fact that meteoric stones are but the largest masses in the nebulous rings from which showers of shooting-stars are derived; a fact worthy of consideration whatever theory may be adopted in regard to the origin of such annuli.