A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 5 
Appearance ; Train, if any, 
and its Duration. 
No sparks or train. Left 
a long clear white streak 
for some little time. 
Disappeared in haze of the 
horizon. At the point; 
of disappearance the 
stream of light was 
visible for 5 minutes 
Track very bright, endured, : 
3 minutes; like a half 
circular mark of phos- 
phorus upon a wall. 
Track of luminous matter ; 
lasted 4 or 5 minutes; 
curiously contorted by 
degrees, as if by currents 
of air. Large body of 
sparks thrown off at 
_ disappearance. 
first emitted sparks; after- 
wards a bright train 
which endured some 
minutes. 
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Burst with few sparks./90° 
Track at the last visible 
some minutes. 
Length of | whether Horizontal, 
Direction ; noting also 
Path. Perpendicular, or Remarks. Observer. 
Inclined. 
15° to 20°\Course from N. to S..../By letter to W. HJ. Ellis. 
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high. Wood, Weston-super- 
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covsecsevece|WEFtiCAl eseeeseene sostecs|ae Ceegvevcasscesse sssveeseeee/ E's R. Cooper, 
SOPe Oeste Passed over from E.to|The curved tail was|John Griffin, 
S.W. clearly seen byacom-| M.D. 
panion called out of a 
house by the observer. 
Brightest in the 
Milky Way. 
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Cenemplgasvewdll 2. wasidacstasBaccwies Pern Heer esevcccesccsccescsoveoeeee| William Dunn. 
seeseseseseeees/LOOK a SOuth-westerly|Saw at least 4 meteors, L. Lousley. 
course. of more or less bril- 
liancy, from 10310 12 
p-m. 
Rebevagersccel Watescsacuetee Bans skecsens ta The time distinguishes|J. L. P. 
this meteor from that 
of 10 p.m. 
Sageeeees From tlie Sis t0'S. Wis: |secccscccedareceseresescscose (Jamies Philps. 
Inly momentary; sparks|90° sseceeees Nearly vertical to S.W./Overcast W. and S.W.,|F. Howlett and 
seen in the zenith; 
white, and extending 
half D’s diameter to 
either side of the 
nucleus; not in front 
or behind. No track 
seen to remain. 
Most brilliant track ; visi- 
ble for 5 minutes, 
Bright train visible several 
“Minutes. The lower 
_ portion took a crescent 
form, the horns drifting 
15° or 20° S. into the 
Milky Way in 5 minutes 
before disappearance. 
by W. or S.W. exceptnear the zenith,| A.S. Herschel. 
where the meteor was 
lost at altitude 70°, 
? seseeeeeeeee Nearly vertically down-'The track at first|/W. M. Frost. 
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wards. straight ; soon curved 
opposite to the rising 
wind. Portions drifted 
fading into the Milky 
Way. 
serseseeeees Vertically, S.W. «+++... Probably originated in'T, Crumplen and 
Andromeda. J. Townsend 
(Assistants to 
Mr. Slater’s 
Observatory, 
Euston Road). 
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