A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Direction or altitude. 



jving towards tlie S.W. .., 

 tweeu a and /3 Capricorn. 



low feet of Capricorn 



low Scorpio 



pm T Cassiopeias to below 

 Polaris. 



rizontallyfrom H.24 Camelo- 

 pardi towards X Draconis. 



ved perpendicularly up for 



1° from T Cassiopeice. 



>m C. 11.157 Lyucis, towards 



p Ursas Majoris. 



im /3, ySiX Pegasi perpeiidic. 



lown to within 20° of hori- 



;on, when it went behind a 



■loud. 



General remarks. 



Penzance, Corn- 

 wall. 

 Rose Hill, Oxford 



Had tlie appearance 

 of a spark very 

 near us. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Highfield House 



In 1 to 2 sees, after 

 a flash resembling 

 lightning, and as 

 vivid, and imme- 

 diately a second 

 from the same 

 cloud. 



above y Persei ; its path 

 learly parallel to horizon 

 lut cdpped a little. 

 ibove /3 Herculis, and paral- 

 el with it and 19 Herculis. 

 Eqiiulei to near 64 Capricorn! 

 m below /3 Aquilse to just 

 bove Fomalhaut, moving 

 early horizontally from E 

 owards S. 

 m between X Bootis and 



T XJrsae Majoris perpendicu- 

 irly down, inclining slightly 

 orth ; passed near Cor. Ca 

 oli and about 3° to 4° N. of 

 lie large group in Corona Be 

 enices. 



/.m H. 24 Camelopardi to 



' Ursae Majoris. 

 Ipendicularly down from 



'" ! Cassiopeise. 



Tygni to ^ y Pegasi 

 '"|j a Aquilse 



Ibid.. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Highfield House, 



Circular, well-de- 

 fined disc. 



Place. 



Observer. 



R.EdraondSjjun. 



Esq. 

 Rev. J. Slatter.. 



Id 



Id 



E. J. Lowe, Esq. 



E. J. Lowe, Esq. 



Ibid., 



South Claydon, 

 Bucks. 



Dai-lington 



Ibid.. 



Ibid 



Port Madoc, 

 Caernarvonsh. 



Beeston Railway 

 Station, 1 J mile 

 S. of Highfield 

 House. 



Highfield House. 



Id. 



Rev. J. J. Irwin.. 



J. Graham, Esq. 



Id 



Id 



Mrs. Smyth 



R. Enfield, Esq. 



E. J. Lowe, Esq. 



A. raeteor. 



fcut 30° N. of a, Herculis and 

 'TS. of/3 0pliiuchi. 



Ibid., 



Id. 



Ibid 



CastleDonington 

 Ibid 



Darlington 



Reference. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Com.to Prof. Powell 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Il)id. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 iJ. M. S. Report. 



Ibid. 



Times, Aug. 15 ; 

 and subsequent 

 letter to Prof 

 Powell. Sec A^j. 

 pendix. No. 4 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Letter to Prof. 

 Powell. See Ap- 

 pendix, No. 3. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 



A.S.H.Lowe,Esq 

 Rev. J. Sowter 

 Id 



J. Graham, Esq. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



dieemed at right angles with others with no projectile force. 

 "' 1851. 



