A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 31 



Direction or altitude. 



General remarks. 



Place. 



Observer. 



Reference. 



ed through « 2 Ononis, 47 

 iami and about 1° above x 2 

 eti. 



Daflington 



feared in tail of Ursa Major, 

 lOved parallel to the body, 

 lien curved below the 

 ointers ; disappeared about 

 0° alt. towards N.E. 



I 2ti to Fomalhaut 



•lied 1° below $ and « Tauri, 

 id i way between a and 2 Ceti 



i)eared near Sirius ; its path 

 as nearly perpendicular to 

 jiizon, but formed a some- 

 hat greater angle with hori. 

 )n W. than S. ; the meteor 

 isappeared when 5° E. of 

 irius. 



Hsugh y Ononis, and above n 

 rionis, passing that star at 

 St. of 3° 30'. 



i!iin between c and Gemi- 

 }rum. 



Sherapore, Dec 

 can. 



Huggate, Pock- 

 lington, York- 

 shire. 



Hartwell .. 

 Darlington 



Ibid 



J. Graham, Esq. 



Correspondent to 



Dr. Buist. 

 Rev.T. Rankin... 



Rev, C. Lowndes 

 J. Graham, Esq. 



Id. 



Fell nearly perpen 

 dicularly down, 

 inclining slightly 

 toN. 



Ibid 



Highfield House 



^menced 20° above the W, 



f prizon, passed through the 

 i;nith and through thcTwins, 

 Jsappearing suddenly in E. at 

 1 altitude of 30° ; ill-defined 

 sc. 



f\a K Ursa: Majoris to ^ be- 

 veen Castor and Pollux. 



X.iuS.W 



,^nalt. of 45° in W 



in alt. of 45° in S.W. 



Ibid. 



Id 



E. J. Lowe 



Id 



Moved horizontally 



Ibid. 



Id. 



i y to 5 Ursse Majoris , 



Fell perpendicularly 

 down. 



Nearly perpendicu- 

 larly down, incli 

 ning to S. 



lU-defined, darted 

 rapidly. 



Parallel to Milky 

 Way and brilliant. 



Ibid 



Highfield House 



A. S 

 E. J, 



Ibid., 



Ibid. 



Id. 



Id. 



[Esq, 

 H. Lowe, 

 Lowe 



St.Ives, Hunting- 

 donshire. 



m a point 3° below a straight 

 'le joining Erica and a Pe 

 isi, about -^ between those 

 ars, and moved S. in a direc- 

 jn nearly parallel with that 

 le, but tending slightly to 

 ards the horizon. 



lliway between <p 2 and ^ 3 

 eti, and passed 2° 30' S. of 

 ;Ceti. 



ifledfrom a point in a straight 

 le joining a and 45 Ceti 

 )0ut 1° nearer the former 

 ar,and passed2° above t Ceti 



Darlington 



J. King Watts, 



Esq. 



J. Graham, Esq. 



Ibid., 

 Ibid., 



E. J. Lowe. 



See Appendix, No. 

 17. 



Letter to Prof. 

 Powell. Appen- 

 ds, No. 8. 



E. J. Lowe. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Communicated to 

 Prof. Powell. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



