REPORT — 1851. 



Date. 



Hour. 



Appearance or 

 maguitude. 



Brightness 

 and colour. 



Train or sparks. 



Velocity or 

 duration. 



1850. 

 Feb. 9 

 11 



April 



May 



June 



h m 



11 15 p.m. 

 10 37 p.m. 



10 35 p.m. 



A large meteor 



Light only seen 



" An immense light 

 shone in at the win- 

 dow of a spare room 

 in which 1 happened 

 to he, so bright as to 

 cast even a shadow 

 of the irregularities 

 of the glass, but it 

 had ceased before I 

 could reach the win- 

 dow, the access to 

 which was blocked 

 with furniture." 



Very brilliant 



The explosion in about 1 

 minute. 



10 



16 



10 p m. 



30 



10 p.m. 



10 5 p.m. 



11 28 p.m. 



10 12 p.m. 



Increased as it de- 

 scended till nearly 

 = 11.. 



Pure white .. 



Vanished, no explosion, no 

 train, 



Very brilliant Increased in 



size. 



12 25 p.m. 

 12 40 p.m. 



12 40&few 



sees. 

 12 45 p.m. 



1 3 a.m. 



1 20 a.m. 

 11 42 p.m. 

 11 30 p.m. 



1 1 p.m. 



Larger than 1st mag. * 



Small 



= lst mag. 

 = 1st mag. 

 = lst mag. 



Burst into luminous frag, 

 ments. 



Shot rapidly aerr 



Blue Train left 20° in length . 



Beautiful red. 



Blue... 

 White 



Train left. 



No tail. 



Table II. — Catalogue of Luminous Meteors, continued 



July 1 

 4 



7 30 p.m. 

 9 25 p.m. 



9 26 p.m. 



Increased in size ; be- 

 came very large. 



From a mere point in 

 creased to 3 times 

 diameter of %. . 



Bright 



Became very 

 bright. Sil- 

 very blue. 



6 times bright- 

 er than %. 

 Pale blue. 



Exploded viith a bright 



flash and l)urst into sparks 



At last a few sparks . . 



At first no spai'ks 



Duration 2 sees. 



Duration 2 sees, 



