A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 11 



Direction or Altitude. 



rem near ^ Ursae Majoris, in a 

 horizontal direction 12 or 15 

 degrees. 



assed from a Lyrae in a N.E. 

 direction to the horizon. 



General remarks. 



Place. 



the zenith, near a Lyrae, 

 going in a S.W. course ; dis- 

 appearing a few degrees 

 above the horizon. 



Distant thunder 

 heard. 



It burst noiselessly 

 about 10° from 

 the horizon. 



Its extreme bright- 

 ness, and its 

 rapid and steady 

 motion were 

 singularly stri- 

 king and beauti- 

 ful. This meteor 

 gave one, irre 

 sistibly the im 

 pression of a 

 body moving 

 very near, if not 

 quite vrithin the 

 atmosphere of 

 the earth. 



shot along the sky from E. 

 to W. 



iiot straight down to the ho- 

 rizon from a moderate alti- 

 tude. 



A peculiar feature 

 in this train was, 

 that although on 

 its first appear- 

 ance it was to 

 the eye perfectly 

 straight, it soon 

 became curved 

 in a direction op 

 posite to that in 

 which the wind 

 was blowing ; 

 and as it faded, 

 portions of it 

 were drifted in 

 that direction, 

 until they were 

 lost in the 

 brightness of the 

 Milky Way. 



Thelwall, near 

 Warrington. 



Greenwich Park, 



Kensiugton 



Observer. 



J. Atkinson , 



J. Howe 



Duke of Argyll. 



Darlington, 



Yorkshire, and 



Namur in 



Flanders. 

 Sandown, Isle of|W. M. Frost. 



Wight. 



Reference. 



MS. communica 

 tion. 



Ibid. 



See Appendix No.3. 



irst high up in the air 



.om the zenith to the E. of 

 aLyrse ; passed to a point afew 

 degrees below /5 Ursae Majoris 



kpeared between S Cygni and 

 1« Lyrae. 



The moon was 

 shining at the 

 time, and nearly 

 in the position 

 of the meteor, 

 viz. W.N.W. 



Fine night 



Doe Castle, co, 

 Donegal. 



Nantwich. 

 Greenwich 



Ibid., 



R. P. Greg 



W. C. Nash. 



Id. 



MS. communica 



tion. 

 Ibid. 



Ibid. 



Ibid. 



