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AT Bristol rain fell heavily between midday on November 12 and the same time on November 13, a 5-inch gauge registering an inch and eight-tenths, which is by far the greatest downpour of the year within twenty-four hours. In the afternoon of November 13 the clouds broke, and the weather showed a disposition to become more favourable. At night the sky was moderately clear at times. I began to watch for the return of the Leonids at 15h. 30m., but there were many clouds until about 16h, when the firmament cleared and remained nearly cloudless until 18h. During the 2½ hours 1 counted 29 shooting-stars, and of these 17 were Leonids; so that the shower was pretty conspicuous. The radiant-point was at 149° + 22°, which is almost identical with the place assigned to it in previous years.
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DENNING, W. The Leonid Meteor-Shower, 1888. Nature 39, 84–85 (1888). https://doi.org/10.1038/039084a0
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