A CATALOGUB OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



Direction or Altitude. 



ell from a little E. of the Great 

 fear constellation diagonally 

 towards theN.W., disappear- 

 ing about 2U° above the hori- 

 zon. 



rom 3o° above the due S. 

 horizon ; it went by W. to 

 the horizon. 



rom 40° above the E.S.E. ho- 

 rizon to S.E., disappearing 

 25° above the horizon. 



General remarks. 



Place. 



Blackheath 



Just before disap- Ibid.. 

 pearing below the 

 horizon I di- 

 stinctly saw it 

 separate, giving 

 at the same time 

 a report like that 

 of a distant rifle. 



Observer. 



Reference. 



Henry C. Gris-'MS. communica 

 wiek. lion. 



ell perpendicularly from near 



a. Ophiuchi to within 15° of 



the horizon, 

 ell from 10° above v UrsaeTbis meteor paled Ibid 



Ibid.. 



Id. 



Ibid. 



Id. 



Wrottesley Ob- \V. P. Wakelin. 

 servatory. 



Majoris, between n and £, to 

 within a degree or two of 

 12 Cainim Venaticorum. 



rom near « Cassiopeia? dia- 

 gonally towards a point north 

 of « Persei. 



bout Pleiades, moving W. to 

 E. 



twice, and at- 

 tained its maxi- 

 mum brightness 

 just before its 

 disappearance. 



Ibid. 



Id. 



Id. 



Ballater 



J. H. Gladstone. 



orthcrn hemisphere ; it fell 

 from W. to E. through 25°, 

 dessending from an altitude 

 of 36° to about 25°. 



. few degrees S.W. of y Pegasi. 



t descended vert ically from the 

 constellation Draco to within 

 10° or 15° of the horizon. 



ii X.E. from about 35° or 25° 

 altitude. 



'rom midway between the con- 

 stellation Lyra and Hercules, 

 at an angle of 45° to S. 



'rom near /3 Pegasi, at an angle 

 of 45°, to within 10° of the 

 S.W. horizon. 



.bout the same altitude as the 

 Pleiades, and some 8° to the 

 south. 



'rom Capella to irius 



Elgin 



Fort William, 

 Scotland. 



It attained itsmaxi- Wrottesley Ob- 



muni brilliancy 

 immediately be 

 fore it disappear 

 ed. 



As it paled it got 

 gradually shorter 

 and wider ; it at 

 last looked like a 

 faint cloud. 



They were three in 

 number. 



servatory. 



Ibid., 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Id 



Mrs. J. H. Glad 

 stone. 



F. Morton. 



Id. 



W. P. Wakelin. 

 F. Morton 



Id. 



Manchester . 



The under-gar- 

 dener at Lord 

 Wrottesley's, 

 the times by 

 F. Morton. 



G. V. Vernon. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



MS. 



