A CATALOGUE OP OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 13 



Direction or Altitude. 



It fell at an inclination of N.W. 

 to W. 



In the N. 45° 



It darted from a point half- 

 way between the Pleiades 

 and £ Persei to a point about 

 one-third of the distance 

 from Aldebaran to i Auriga?. 



[t fell from the zenith to the 

 N.W. 



General remarks. 



Place. 



It travelled about Bradford 

 15° and then 

 burst ; it appear- 

 ed at first as 

 though the moon 

 had fallen to the 

 earth. 



It appeared sta- Torquay 

 tionary, but in- 

 creased in bright- 

 ness for 2 or 3 

 seconds, when it 

 suddenly disap- 

 peared. 



Its path was con- 

 cave to the hori- 

 zon. 



Wrottesley Ob- 

 servatory. 



Manchester . 



Observer. 



M. D. 

 W. W. M. 

 E. M. C. 

 J. C. 

 C. W. 



E. Vivian. 



J. H. 



G. V. Vernon. 



Reference. 



MS. communica- 

 tion. 



vertical about four miles north of Dennisville, at a height of near eight miles, 

 which may be assumed to be the approximate position of one point in the 

 meteor's path. The height is inferred not merely from the angular elevations 

 of the smoke as seen from different points, but from the interval between the 

 flash and the report, as observed at Beasley's Point. This position assigned 

 to the base of the cloud, from local reports, coincides pretty nearly with that 

 indicated by distant observations. 



At New Haven, latitude 40° 18' 18", longitude 72° 55' 10", at an eleva- 

 tion of 6°, the bearing was S. 35° 34' W. ; and at Alexandria, latitude 38° 49', 

 longitude 77° 4', at an elevation of 10^°, it was N. 76i° E. These directions 

 meet half a mile west of Dennisville in latitude 39° 1 1 V, longitude 74° 50^' ; 

 the line from New Haven having a vertical height at this point of 2V| 

 miles, and that from Alexandria 24| miles. Continuing the path, as ob- 

 served at Alexandria, down to 9^° elevation, we have corresponding azimuth 

 76^°, and the lines then meet half a mile north-west of Dennisville at a 

 height of 22^ miles; but this makes the nearest point in the meteor's path 

 twenty-four miles from Beasley's Point, and consequently the interval there 

 between the flash and the report two minutes instead of one, as observed. 

 Besides, the observations on the smoke show pretty clearly that the minimum 

 height at Dennisville could not have exceeded ten miles. We must there- 

 fore conclude the meteor's actual position to have been several miles east of 

 that indicated by these distant observations. 



3. On the above supposition, the meteor's path would reach the earth near 

 Hughesville, on the north-western boundary of Cape May County, in which 

 vicinity, or perhaps still further west, it is probable that the meteor or some 

 of its fragments will yet be found. 



4. Some observers must have seen the meteor at a height of more than 



