A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. VW 
| . . . 
| Direction ; noting also 
ppearance ; Train, if any, Length of | whether Horizontal, 
and its Duration. Path. Perpendicular, or Remarks. Observer. 
Inclined. 
a bright track visible/8°..,..... .../To right; 20° to 25°/A slow meteor with en-/A, S. Herschel. 
some seconds. from vertical; down.| during track. 
0 track or sparks; {25° ......... To left; 38° from hori-/Remarkable for direc-|Id. 
straight course. zontal; up. tion, length, and 
smallness. 
0 track or sparks ........./10° ...... ...|Lo right ; 30° from ver-|Ordinary appearance ...\Id. 
tical ; down. ‘ 
might track throughout,|15° or 16°..|To right; 15° from ver-!.........606 Vertoase cose ..-|W. H. Wood. 
15’ broad; enduring 2 tical ; down. 
seconds. 
tismmawnite? track [7°,...........{eccseees ddudenasowayeuseusanea|ieasedcestessceree ers seseeees/A. S. Herschel. 
throughout; endured 
3 seconds. 
io sparks ; no track”...... Nt anes See Ronletie 5° from iVeralivecsdesticcderssucevssdeavce (Id. 
tical; down. Curved| 
to left at last. 
vight track; endured)............... Osletiys:do>. AOMy Wer-Wieeeu. sh dee pcdeeadl cee adece ck Id. 
3 seconds at centre. tical; down. 
‘Oo track; the light ap-|?............ Cpa ate on deh Staats steed ae Mie Wc rovierecIevads MPN est Id. 
peared to sparkle. 
ck brightened up when/10° .,....... Molett* horizontal, ;,chasscchessssccess pisenaaveatee Id. 
nucleus had vanished; 
Visible 3 seconds, 
od observation of track, 15° ....,.... To right ; 35° from ver-'...... ReanceCaamenannceaverds Id. 
which brightened up tical ; down. 
after meteor was flown. 
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Aros Seana vaes Arad | eae Ore '30° from horizontal .,.|Three meteors to left ;\Id. 
downwards ; appeared 
together. 
8 oS ote 2 60° from horizontal ...!..... pate rsaaaey canessncmebepe ld. 
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ft a HACK ss eeseesseeevees, TAT ss To right s\ Va? from ho=).<sc¢a.s cece cacserenvesenll ls 
is rizontal ; down. 
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Bie TIO CFACK se ..6...s.00+. MS estas nee To right ; 35° from Ver-|.....0csoeeese abacvesssbeacsas (kG 
he! tical; down. 
ulous ; left no track.../12° .....,...|Parallel to the last ......A singular brush. Flew'Id. 
crooked, 10 seconds 
after the last, and like 
its ghost (cloudless 
i sky, calm air), 
ne Pee rerreereeveneceseones 25° eepepensoles CNPP OOo rere nee ener er tee seeeneeee oeereceeccetecscecces W. C. Nash. 
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