A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 19 



Direction or altitude. 



General remarks. 



Place. 



Observer. 



Reference. 



irough /3 Lyrse and 1° E. of 

 /3 Cygni. 

 ■jove a Pers. Gave same centre 

 as in Aug. 6 



om y to ^ Ursse Majoris .. 

 om a point nearly 10° left of 

 c Lyrje In a vertical direC' 

 tion towards horizon ; ex. 

 ploded like a rocket ; at 

 starting it appeared rather 

 small, gradually increased, 

 then decreased; for an in- 

 stant disappeared, then in- 

 creased, and decreased again. 

 (See fig.) 



irough Cetus above /3 from 

 Ihead of Cetus 



]om 15 Persei, and moved 

 nearly parallel with y and a 

 Persei, being nearly perpen- 

 die. with horizon. 

 • down from Urs. Maj 



Darlington 



Rose HiU, Ox- 



ford. 

 Castle Donington 

 Near Union 

 House, Shard 

 low (near Cas- 

 tle Donington) 



Rose Hill, Ox- 

 ford. 

 Darlington 



J. Graham, Esq. 



Rev. J. Slatter... 



Rev. J. Dalby ... 

 W. H. Leeson, 

 Esq. 



MS. of E. J. Lowe 



Communicated to 



Prof. PoweU. 

 Mr. Lowe's MS. 

 Ibid. 



bm zenith towards E., passing 

 S. of a Cassiopeise. 



]:arly perpendic. down, incli- 

 ning to N. from 5° below 

 y Bootis. 



lorn a to ;c Ursaj Majoris. . 



■jirough «• Andromedse and 

 about 1° N. of ? Andro 

 medae. 



bm ft, Bootis to Arcturus 



Rather rapid 



Rapid 



bm y Trianguli to Saturn 

 (i. e. near t Piscium). 



■^rough 11 Muscse Borealis, 

 slightly above a Arietis and 

 1° below y Pegasi; as it 

 moved along, an increase in 

 its apparent alt. was evi- 

 ient. 



bm £ Persei to near No. 21 

 Persei. 



labove i Arietis, and directly 

 south in a line parallel with 

 horizon. 



Irpendicularly down from Po- 

 laris. 



Irpendiciilarly down from S 

 Herculis. 



Moved horizontal- 

 ly ; it was not 

 one meteor but 

 separate frag- 

 ments, wliich in. 

 creased as they 

 proceeded, until 

 all suddenly va 

 nished. 



Rose Hill, Ox- 

 ford. 

 Highfield House. 



Ibid 



Nottingham 



Darlington 



Highfield House, 



Ibid 



Darlington 



Hiffhfield House. 



Rev. J. Blatter.., 

 J. Graham, Esq. 



Rev. J. Slatter.., 



A. S. H. Lowe, 



Esq. 

 E. J. Lowe .:.... 



Communicated to 

 Prof. Powell. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Communicated to 



Prof. Powell. 

 Mr. Lowe's MS. 



G. AUcock, Esq. 

 J. Graham, Esq. 



E. J. Lowe, Esq. 



Id 



J. Graham, Esq. 



E. J. Lowe, Esq 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Darlington near 

 Durham. 



Highfield House, 

 lat.52°57'30" 

 long. 1° 10' W, 



Highfield House, 



J. Graham, Esq. 

 E. J. Lowe, Esq, 

 Id 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



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