A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 25 



Direction or altitude. 



General remarks. 



Place. 



Observer. 



Reference. 



m y Pegasi at an angle of 

 5° towards S. Had the ap- 

 earance of being near me 

 turora Borealis at the time. 

 mN.W. toS.E 



m X, Ursse Majoris perpen- 

 iculai-ly towards horizon : 

 )st in clouds. 



m /S to /K Ui-soe Majovis 



m 8 Bootis to Arcturus 



iris to Z, Ursa; Majoris 



n a to 6 Arietis 



romeda to Cassiopeia 



Lyncis, about 2° of S Urs, 



laj. 



n » towards fn. Ursae Majoris 



uopeia to Capella 



n above Aries under An 

 rem. 



45°in\Y.S.W 



ast 



45° in N.W., moved to- 

 wards the N. nearly horizon 

 illy, but incliuiug slightly 

 irthwards. 



Circular though as 

 a spark ; disap- 

 j)eared at an al- 

 titude of 15°. 



Did not explode ; 

 frequentlightniiig, 



Nottingham 



Hereford , 



Castle Doning- 

 ton. 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Ibid 



Highfield House 

 Hart well Eectory 

 Darlington .. 



Exploded into half 

 a - dozen large 

 sparks. 



With a faint Aurora 



Ibid 



HartwellRectory 

 Rose HiU, Ox- 



ford. 

 Highfield House 



Ibid 



Hereford 



?^ed 2° E. of ! Cygni, and 3' 

 . of the cluster in Delphinus. 



■Ldown from left-hand of; 

 ootes. 



ifrn zenith to the north 



. lin zenith about half-way to 

 lorizon. 



; iln half-way between e and jj 

 jagittae through y Sagittae, 



I Ihen it turned, rose and ex 

 ^.oded near /S Cvgni. 



Huggate, near 

 Pocklington, 

 Yorkshire. 



Darlington 



Rose Hill, Ox. 



ford. 

 Highfield House 

 Toronto, Canada 



,ia Orion to W 



,j i r zenith moved nearly hori- 



mtally, with slight dip in a 

 ' .E. direction, disappearing 



ightly E. of Limerick. 

 ,'bugh No. 27, and 1° E. of 



0. 11 Lyncis. 

 I ed over 10° of space; pass 



I 30° under a, Pegasi. 



sse Majoris perpendic. down 

 sae Majoris to y Bootis ... 



Ikab to Mirach 



jtima Coronae Borealis per- 



. mdic. down. 



Uts to Gemma 



i| — 



It passed behind se. 

 veral clouds. The 

 accompanying 

 diagram will best 

 show the curious 

 path. 



Several 



Highfield House 



Trowbridge .. 

 From Galway to 



Limerick, 



coach (8 miles 



fromLimerick) 



Darlington 



Nearly horizontal, Highfield House 



inclining slightly 



downwards, mo- 

 vingtowardsS.W. 



Castle Donington 



Ibid 



Ilbid 



Ilbid 



Jibid., 



E. J. Lowe, Esq. 



Correspondent... 



W. H. Leeson 

 Esq. 



Id. 



Id. .: 



Id 



E. J. Lowe, Esq 

 Rev. C. Lowndes 

 J. Graham, Esq, 



Id 



Rev. C. Lowndes 

 Rev. J. Slatter. 



[Esq. 

 A. S. H. Lowe, 



Id 



C. Lingen, Esq. 



Rev. T. Rankin. 



J. Graham, Esq. 



Rev. J. Slatter. 



[Esq 

 A. S. H. Lowe, 

 Correspondent... 



E. J. Lowe, Esq, 



C. J. Astley, Esq. 

 J.W.Kelly, Esq. 



J. Graham, Esq. 

 E. J. Lowe, Esq 



[Esq 

 W. H. Leeson 



Id 



Id r.. 



Id 



Id 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Hereford Times. 

 Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 H. Lawson, Esq.'s 



letter to E. J. 



Lowe. 



Letter to Prof. 



Powell. See Ap. 



pendix, No. 8. 

 Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Ibid. 



Globe, Oct.19,1850. 



See Appendix, 



No. 6. 

 Mr. Lowe's MS. 



B. M. S. Report, 

 Ibid. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



