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THE moon being absent from the nocturnal sky during the recent return of the Perseids, encouraged the hope that the shower would be somewhat brilliant; but the weather is an element of great importance in such observations, and it was by no means favourable during the late display. In the south of England several nights were partly clear near the important time, and on August 10 the firmament at Bristol was almost free from dark cloud; but the sky was hazy and the stars dim, so that only the brighter meteors were observed.
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DENNING, W. The August Meteor Shower, 1896. Nature 54, 415–416 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054415a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/054415a0