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THE number of shooting stars seen here during the last six months (July to December) is 2,259 in 168 hours of watching. This number includes 385 Perseids observed between August 3 and 16. Of the remaining 1,874 1,028 were seen during seventy-five hours in the mornings and 846 during ninety-three hours in the evenings. After making certain allowances for time spent in registering the paths (and omitting the Perseids), the horary numbers appear to have been as follows:—
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DENNING, W. Shooting Stars. Nature 17, 201 (1878). https://doi.org/10.1038/017201b0
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