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A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 9 
Direction ; noting also 
Appearance; Train, ifany,) Length of | whether Horizontal, 
| att its Duration. as Path. Perpendicular, or Remarks. Observer. 
Inclined. 
Left GI LACK fesedaicceccves ? sseeeeeeeeee/LO right, 30° from hori-/At Canrbridge, three|Rey. J.L. Challis. 
flashed out and was im-|No path dis- 
mediately extinguished.| cernible. 
A flash 
eeeees COT ree n ee herons | SOeHeeObereerer 
Like a gaslight suddenly 
lighted and then put 
out. 
Fell about 2° and seemed 
to burst, 
Luminous track 30° to 35° 
Luminous track of inter-| ? ......008. 
mediate length, and 
broken up. 
fail endured 1 second ...|25° ......... 
The brilliant train of 10°)....... 
remained luminous 
several seconds after 
the nucleus had disap- 
d. 
Luminous track, 20° bril-|50° 
 liant. 
eeeesees 
MONE ads scassees| 2 ccccsecneces 
endured 1 second 
endured 1$ second ... 
imous track, remained 
‘15 seconds at least. 
zoutal; down, observers recorded 15 
.-|As if from Polaris 
shooting - stars from 
10 to 11 p.m. 
se evceccevesesecvos|sccesses soosseeeeeeeeess/Arthur Bowden. 
Stationary ...reeseeAt Ipswich, one ob-|Wilfred Airy. 
server recorded 2 
shooting-stars from 
10 to 11 p.m. 
seo sabisuesbesVegeeuceueues see At Aylesbury, several/Samuel Horton. 
observers recorded 
32 shooting-stars from 
10 to 11 p.m. 
Vertical; down .........,At Birkenhead, one/D. Walker, M.D. 
observer recorded 7 
shooting-stars. 
Ie COO Wis! oecansnassnssseceleteoteseaaiervanes vusatecees Samuel Horton. 
Verhienls Own ..csersealvocseccsavetessvanaecctosandce Rev. J. L. Challis. 
To right, 45° from hori-|A.g.scoteeseusyercveresseeess|D)! Walker, M.D. 
zontal; down. 
seasceserecsteseneceseeeeeees+/ Ts Crumplen and 
J. Townsend. 
Vertical; down .,.......,At Greenwich, two ob- 
servers recorded 6 
shooting-stars; very 
cloudy. 
To right ; horizontal ...,At Cambridge, three 
observers recorded 6 
shooting-stars; cloudy. 
Birkenhead, one 
observer recorded 32 
shooting-stars (quite 
clear) ; 8 of these left 
tracks of light. 
At Deal, one observer re- 
corded 5shooting-stars 
J. Howe. 
Arthur Bowden. 
To left ; 10° from verti-/At D. Walker, M.D. 
cal; down. 
To right ; 38° from ver- 
tical ; down. 
Id. 
Herbert McLeod. 
eteee 
O track left ............. ve| 2 seseeeeeee/Shot out from the| (cloudy); 3 of these|W.C. Nash. 
clouds. left tracks of light. 
ail endured 4 seconds |20° ......... To-right';} 15° from: ver=|\s vecsecestes oteecesessenseeec D. Walker, M.D. 
pearly. tical; down. 
‘ail endured 1 second MOR eecheaces To left; 15° from verti-|.......0..... Weel. Id. 
; cal; down. 
ail endured 14 second ...|55° ........./To right; 45° from Ver-|..ecsseceeess Siyedets rate veo (Ed. 
bd tical; down. 
or 7 shooting-stars in|10° or 12°..|Almost vertical ....0..../...s0eses ACPECOLCLOCREEC OCICS Id. 
Succession; fell 10° or 
12° and burst. 
