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A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. Ill] 






























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t Description. Place. Observer. Reference. 
= re es PE — a 
1848. 
April 6 ...s..|Soon after sunset. (2 just|Near Rosehill,|Rey. J. Slatter...|MS. letter to Prof. 
visible). A small meteor;| about two Powell. 
very white ; moved from S.E.| miles S8.E. 
towards 8.W., and then fell) of Oxford. 
nearly perpendicularly. 
12......)9" 15" p.m. A meteor about/Oxford.........|Rey. J. Slatter...|Ibid. 
the size and colour of An- 
tares ; moved slowly nearly 
horizontally along E.; de- 
scendeda little below « Lyre, 
and then disappeared. i 
sacees After sunset, hardly dark. A/Between Ox- |Rev. J. Slatter...|[bid. 
meteor in S.S.E. appeared to} ford and 
ascend a little, and then de-| Rosehill. 
scended almost perpendi-|. 
cularly, increasing in bright- 
ness till it disappeared. 
July 13......{10° p.m, A bright meteor from|Stone Easton,|H. Lawson, Esq.,|MS. letter to Mr. 







S. to W. at about 35° alt.;} 14 miles F.R.S. &e. Lowe. 
head “ the size of a full-sized} S.W. of 
ericket-ball ;”’ cream colour ;| Bath. 
middle of train purplish red, 
hind part bluish green. ~ 
15......{}15 p.m. A meteor=star Ist|/Highfield 
mag.; fell perpendicularly} House, Not- 
from 24 Camelopardalis (He-| tingham. 
velius) through (B.C.) 43 
and 42 Camelopardalis, and 
through (B.C.) 14 Lyre. 



E. J. Lowe, Esq.|MS. list communi- 
cated to Prof. 
Powell. 
paring them we may remark— 
1846, Aug. 8,9, 10.—The observations at Newhaven, U.S., and at Dijon;-agree in showing 
jumerous meteors. 
Dec. 21.—May the large meteor observed at Nottingham at 9 p.m. be connected with the bolide 
t Dijon “ in the morning?” 
| 1847. Jan. 10, 11.—Many meteors were observed both at Nottingham and Parma. 
| June 21.—Several at Nottingham. 17-22. Many at Parma. 
Aug. 9, 10, 11.—Observations agree at Nottingham, Durham, Oxford, Belgium, and Aix la 
Chapelle. 
Nov. 12, 13.—Observations agree at Durham, Bruges, and Benares. 
1848, April 6—The same meteor seen by Mr. Symonds and Mr. Slatter. 
V. The Table in Report 1848, continued. 
Date. 









Description. Place. Observer. Reference. 
1848. 
ig 1......)108 25". Large and brilliant ;/Highfield E. J. Lowe, Esq.|MS. communica- 
from near37 (Hevelius) Ursee| House, Not- tion to Prof. 
Majoris, through A Urs. Maj.|_ tingham. Powell. 
to 21 (B.C.) Leonis Minoris ; 
with a train. 
10° 30™ to 10" 50™, Several|[bid.sesessssssee[Lde .sseevesseses ss Lbid. 
small, with trains, in An- 
dromeda, Pegasus, and Cas- 
siopeia. 

