A CATALOGUE OK OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 11 



Direction or Altitude. 



[t fell from near the zenith. 



passing. through Orion's Belt. 



and disappeared when on a 



level with Rigel. 

 Passing nearly horizontally 



through Ursa Major. 

 Vt an elevation of about 600 



feet its direction was S.S.E. 



General remarks. 



t fell from an eleration of 60° 

 and H.N.E., and disappeared 

 in the N.E. at an elevation 

 of about 10°. 



ihout 50° in a N.E. direction. 



he direction was that of a 

 line drawn from Orion's Belt, 

 through the Pleiades, and 

 onward to the W. of Cassio- 

 peia, disappearing in the 

 N.E. portion of the hemi- 

 sphere. 



After dropping per. 

 pendicularly for 

 a short distance 

 it separated 



itself into about 

 eighteen globu- 

 lar masses of dif- 

 ferent colours, 

 some about 8 or 

 10 inches hi dia- 

 meter, and the 

 others from 1 to 

 3 inches. 



Place. 



Manchester . 



Observer. 



London . 

 Sidmouth 



t was soon at an altitude of 45°, 

 and darted perpendicularly 

 between the Pleiades and Al- 

 gol to the horizon. 



After falling about 

 50°, it burst into 

 a number of 

 sparks, like 

 rocket. 

 About 30 sees, after 

 the disappearance 

 of the meteor 

 there was a low 

 rumbling thun- 

 der in the N.E., 

 which continued 

 fully 2 mins. 



G. V. Vernon. 



Mr. \V. Grubb. 

 T. H. S. Pullen. 



Reference. 



Osborne 



Coleraine. 



Baldoyle (county 

 Dublin). 



J. R. Mann. 



J. P. Culverwell 

 Esq. 



Mr. Lowe's MS. 



The stars for 15° Wrottesley Ob- J. 

 on each side of! servatory. 

 its path were 

 paled as by the 

 presence of the 

 full moon. 



MS. communica- 

 tion. 



