A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 
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ppearance ; Train, if any,| Length of 
and its Duration. Path. 
eee ee 
sharply defined ;/25° 
sparks or) 
breaks; no permanent 
tail left; no disruption 
at disappearance. 
enon eee 
| 
a track of golden) ?.., 
light. 
o sparks or tail; burst(90°) ...... 
into large fragments; 
much scattered; no 
noise heard. 
eee een 
an candle-ball, with\(130° to 
red sparks and fire ; tail} 140°.) 
8° or 10°, tapering into 
detached sparks. 
Tilliant train throughout|50° ......... 
the whole of its course. 
About 1 second before 
the meteor disappeared, 
it threw off a small 
luminous fragment ap- 
parently 4th the size of 
the whole body, which 
suddenly disappeared 
after travelling 1° cr 2°. 
No noise was heard. 
o track left; when nu-/40° ..., 
cleus flamed blue, red 
sparks were emitted all 
round = % diameter of 
moon, 
Direction ; noting also 
whether Horizontal 
Perpendicular, or ; Remarks. 
Inclined. 
To right ; from: 43° t0j.coce....cccccsecssccdevsesoeel 
61° to the horizontal; 
down. > ) 
aNc” 
iar? A 
Figure of the meteor 
compared with the 
moon, 
As nearly as possible!.........ssscssceseesees rece 
S.S.W. 
(Inclined! .csisesessevcssens Very foggy. Flashed 
an intense light, as 
if it broke out from 
behind a cloud before 
it was seen; loose 
clouds. 
Mounted as it approach-|Appeared level with the 
ed, moving apparently| eye, and stationary at 
level with the sea. first; very bright. 
N. 
Observer. 
— 
R. P. Greg. 
Rev. W. M. 
Burch. 
William Penn, 
S. G. L. 
srecscesescesereee(All exceedingly hazy/W. C. Nash, 
night. Moon and one! 
or two principal stars 
seen. Afinelunarhalc. 
Almost vertical ; down../The flaming nucleus ir- 
regular in figure, but 
not elongated; hazy 
sky; full moon; 
halo. (No other 
the heavens from 93 
to 11 p.m.) 
To right; 35° fromThe position carefully 
vertical; down. taken from memory. 
.|From y Ursz Majoris.../The meteor appeared to 
drop between us and 
the opposite hill; we 
felt certain it dropped 
meteor was visible in, 
\A. S. Herschel. 
\R. P. Greg. 
ArthurCumming. 
in the valley. 
