A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 
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pearance; Train, if any, 
and its Duration. 
ew 
shadows. Broke into 
3 pieces or streams of 
ire, which soon disap- 
peared; as large as a 
nan’s fist. 
st into 3 parts; one or} ? ,,, 
wo appeared to fall, 
nd the other seemed 
ploded with an appear-|,,, 
nce of 6 to 8 balls of 
ire, 
SRP R EO eRe meee were renee seeeees 
train of prismatic 
olours;. fragments 
addy brown. Threw 
ut fragments, and 
arted into two before 
2aching and in passing 
ander the moon. When 
i three 
ee the last things 
Gificent meteor ; car- 
ed a splendid coloured 
ain with sparks, and 
‘last broke into 3 or 4 
d vanished. 
d forth suddenly near 
e moon like oxyhydro- 
nm lime-light; then 
veloped a fiery tail, 
cleus becoming blue. 
‘Oke into 3 or 4, like 
aS on a string, just 
e disappearance. 
strong moving, 
Length of 
Path. 
secrete tees 
Direction ; noting also 
whether Horizontal, 
Perpendicular, or 
Inclined. 
S.E. towards the N...... 
Remarks. 
Observer. 
About 80 or 90 seconds Mr. Felgate; G. 
after the explosion, 
three distinct reports 
like heavy ordnance 
or distant thunder 
were audible, 
Webb; G. 
Pulham; Ro- 
bert Bixby ; 
Frank May- 
hew; John 
Steel; Charles 
Lawrence 
(communi- 
cated by 
Biddell). 
G. 
From S. Baby W. towards/A full minute afterwards|Rev. G. Gilbert. 
zontally across 
sky. 
Horizontal .., 
Pe eteke ...../Lnclined downwards 15° 
from hori- 
or 20° 
zontal. 
heard a loud report. 
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Be ad egae Horizontalivstyeecceesckks|Seoeck wek see eeaea eee 
Messrs. 
James Pearce. 
James 
Rock and 
C. Savery, 
M.R.C.S. 
