Title: On meteoric fireballs seen in the United States during the year ending March 31, 1879 Authors: Kirkwood, D.
1878, June 3, 2h59m A.M.- This meteor, observed at Chicago by Prof. E Colbert, was equal in apparent magnitude to the moon at four days old. Its course was from near the zenith to a point about 4° above Beta Cassiopeiae. Near Alpha Cassiopeise it exploded into seven or eight fragments.
