A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 21 



Direction or altitude. 



General remarks. 



Place. 



Observer. 



Reference. 



jpeared in S.W. at an alti- 

 tude of about 45° ; moved 

 towards the N.W. point of 

 the horizon. 



imediately belovF pointer of 

 Ursa Major 10° North. 



(er 20' in space, from 16 Argo 

 Navis towards Sirius. 



(•er 3" in space, from /3 Andro- 

 medae towards Saturn. 



]om direction of Arctui-us 

 tlirough S Bootis to y Dra- 

 conis. 



J)parently meteors at great di- 

 stance. 



bwly from -^ Cancri, passed 

 ,1° N. of S Cancri through » 

 JHydrae to 1° S. of 31 Mono- 

 hcerotis. 



lorn about 3° N. of j Cancri to 

 about n Hydrse. 

 iom Gemini to Leo 



^om Ursa Minor to west . 



lorn i Hydrae northward to- 

 wards horizon for 5° at an 

 angle of 45°. 



J an angle of 45° easterly from 

 N.E., altitude 15°. 



'»rpendic. down from ^ Bootis 



iom zenith down to south 



jom Ursa Major downwards.. 

 i path produced backwards "j 

 would pass through Arc- \ 



jturiis. 



1 



Mass fell into the 

 sea, causinggreat 

 spray, &c. 



St. Ives, Hunts. 



Observatory, 



Beeston. 

 Ibid 



Ibid. 



There were several 

 spurts of light mo- 

 ving over 2' to 3' of 

 space and under a 

 6th mag. star. 

 Passed beneath 

 nearly full ([ . 



A globe meteor 



Jttpiter Arcturus 



Rosebank, 4 miles David Rankine, 

 S.E. of Glasgow. Esq. 



MS. com. 



Near Dover . 



J. King Watts, 



Esq. 

 E. J. Lowe, Esq, 



Id 



Id 



Ibid., 



Id. 



Ibid. 



Stone 



Victoria Park, 



London. 

 St. Ives, Hunts 



Highfield House 

 Observatory. 



Observatory, 



Beeston. 

 St. Ives, Hunts. 



Ibid 



LongWhatton, 

 near Lough- 

 borough, Lei- 

 cestershire. 



F.Higginson, 

 Esq., R.N. 



Proceedings of the 

 Royal Society, 

 vol. vi. No. 94, 

 p. 276. 



J.Oliver, tlsq.... 



W. R. Birt, Esq. 



J. King Watts, 



Esq. 

 E. J. Lowe, Esq. 



A. S. H. Lowe, 



Esq. 

 E. J. Lowe, Esq, 



J. King Watts, 

 Esq. 



Id 



Rev. K. Swann 



MS. communicated 

 to Prof. Powell. 

 Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



MS. comm. 



Ibid. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



MS. comm. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 

 Ibid. 



