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DR. DOBERCK, of whose paper an interesting abstract was given on June 25, informs us that shooting-stars decrease in average magnitude from evening to morning, their duration and length of path decreasing with the magnitude, while the velocity increases as the magnitude diminishes.
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BOMPAS, G. Horary Variation of Meteors. Nature 54, 296 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054296d0
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