A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 29 
; Direction ; noting also 
earance; Train, if any,| Length of | whether Horizontal, 
and its Duration. Path. Perpendicular, or Remarks. Observer. 
Inclined. 
ods CSoe ene OC eee 2 ssscveveeeee| 2 eavccesestetevsseererseess-/Companion of observer|W. Blackstone. 
thought that his coat 
was on fire. Observer 
thought it lightened. 
ly the top of the moon 
was visible, the lower 
part being outshone by 
he meteor. When the 
explosion took place, 
7 balls of fire about the 
size of an orange formed 
themselves info a sort 
tail. 
rew shadows half as|..,..........+.|Nearly due S. to N.;|Brightness did not vary.|W. Mitchell; 
deep as those of the| horizontal ; altitude A hissing noise was| John Harmer 
moon; rocket-like tail 30°, heard as it passed. (communicated 
8 or 10 feet long. Di- byC.V. Walker). 
vided into two parts on 
passing the moon; 
burst into 10 or 12 
fragments, which were 
ed. 
€ appearance was that/About 2th|Direction from S.W. to/Appeared to drop some-|R, T, Abraham. 
of a light running along| of the N.E. ; ‘horizontal. thing as it went along. 
outstretched line,| circle of 
the light ofarocket.) the ho- 
rizon 
(=60°). 
@ 
ried a tail 3° long; Full70° ...\Curving towards the About two minutes after|James Chapman. 
violet at the head; earth. extinction, a short 
apering to a flickering dull but loud report 
point ; flame coloured; was heard ; distinctly 
} or 3 seconds before but closely double. 
dursting a globular body 
eparated from the head 
halfway along the 
ail, and there con- 
ainued. Exploded into 
nany fragments, which 
ell some distance. 
adows in the streets) ....4......../The meteor was Ob-|ssscsssseeesessseeseseeeeeees] Edmund Brown. 
noyed rapidly. - Served to explode near 
Maldon, in Essex. 
eee the Fro eae¥ sees seeonile caseese ssssesseseveeeeeees/ Lhe air smelt of sulphur| James Douse. 
gan to vomit fire o 
he most brilliant hues. 
