A little ramble through 19th century astronomy - The Andromedid meteor shower of 1872 seen from Jamaica

 Nature, March 6^th 1873

The shower of meteors on the night of November 27rh 1872 was evidently well seen from Europe, as I had anticipated, but no such notice seems to have been taken of the shower on the night of the 24^th.

On that night there was an equally fine display in Jamaica, from about the same radiant point; the night of the 25^th was cloudy, and only a few meteors were seen on the night of the 26^th, which was clear; and the shower on the 27^th was simply a repetition of the shower on the 24^th; but on both occasions the numbers seen here were somewhat less than in Europe.

These meteors must therefore form two almost distinct bands passing round the Sun, which their association with the comet of Biela renders particularly interesting; it is just possible that these two bands intersect, and that one part of the comet belongs to ne band and the other part to the other, and that they came into  notice and actual contact about the same time in the year 1846, and of course afterwards separated . 

Maxwell Hall

Jamaica, January 5^th 1873

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