A CATALOGUE OP OBSERVATIONS OF l.UMI>fOUS METEORS. 19 



Direction or altitude. 



•om about 2° S. of y Trianguli 



to a Arietis. 



cm 2° S. of Aldebaran to a 



Ceti. 



om 3° E. of » Tauri to fr' 



Orionis. 



,om direction of Vega, passing 



between /3 and y Herculis. 



om V Urs. Maj. in the direc 



tion of Capella through a 



cloud. 



om between x and 3 Cygni, 

 passing through | Lyrae. 

 om between a and ji Aurigse 

 to within 2° S. of S Aurigse. 

 om Polaris to S Draconis 



Aurora borealis 



Itdisappeared about 

 half-way in the 

 thickest part of 

 the cloud. 



om Markab to i Pegasi .. 



om 4° N. of I Aurigse, and 

 went 5° due N. 



lorn 1° N. of I Urs. Maj. to 1° 

 N. of ^ Urs. Maj. 

 <>peared at an elevation of 

 labout 45°, and moved down 

 wards in a path forming an 

 angle of 8° or 10° with the 

 vertical, and slightly curved 

 towards the vertical. 

 Ititude 70° in the W. ; moved 

 Ivertically. 



Jititude 15° from S.W. to- 

 wards W. 



Jtitude 20° due E. perpendicu- 

 lar down to vrithin 5° of 

 liorizon. 



Kititude when it first made its 

 ippearance past the angle of 

 a house, between 25° and 

 30° ; direction East ; moved 

 inearly in a great circle to- 

 wards the S. point of the ho 

 irizon, and disappeared behind 

 some trees. 



Iwae nearly the same as the 



Above. 



General remarks. 



Stone 

 Ibid... 



Ibid. 



Observatory, 



Beeston. 

 Stone 



Observatory, 



Beeston. 

 Stone 



In the absence of the 

 moon this would 

 have proved a fine 

 meteor. 



Several small 



Several small ones.. 



Place. 



F. V. Fasel, Esq. 

 Rev. J. B. Reade 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Near Glasnevin, 

 about i a mile 

 to the north 

 of PubUn. 



Ibid. {In the 

 village of Glas 

 neviu.) 



Highfield House 



Observatory 

 Ibid 



Ibid,. 



Rosebank,4railes 

 S.E. of Glasgow 



Observer. 



Id 



E. J. Lowe, Esq, 

 J. Oliver, Esq.... 



E. J. Lowe, Esq 



F. V. Fasel, Esq 

 Rev. J. B. Reade 

 Id 



F. V. Fasel, Esq. 



J. Oliver, Esq.... 



J. W. Mallet 

 PhD. 



Id. 



A. Lowe, Esq. 



Reference. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



4 



Ibid. 



Mrs. David Ran- 

 kine. 



MS. com. to Prof. 

 Powell. 



Ibid. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



MS. com. 



Id. 



Ibid. 



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