pearance; Train, if any, 
and its Duration. 
$$. —— 
Year-shaped; no track 
visible through clouds; 
faded gradually, and 
disappeared quietly; 
very slight train. 
rocket. 
tationary; varied little 
in brightness. 
ursued by faint phospho- 
rescent train. 
0 track; disappeared 
and reappeared three 
or four times. 
ket-like, but kite -| 
shaped; left a few 
Sparks for half a second 
on dying out. 
OTE seceesceccevcceressecees 
0 track;. no sparks; 
a train like & sky-|..ccccssssccss 
Direction ; noting also 
whether Horizontal 
Perpendicular, or . Remarks. 
Inclined. 
fe ator ar | _ 
Lowmight:;.. 20° frommhoe|Nivcscacosescoeeeeevane.ves 
rizontal ; down. 
Seen ee eee eernarees eee eeetenee 
SOHO OR eee ee eter ete teesees 
SOOO O ROTO ee EF Cease Eee HOSE TUTE E EE OH ee eeae 
9° 
~ 
brightest in the middle. 
tin visible three seconds; 
urst at last with strong 
light; pink, and bright 
as Venus. 
MBSE DSS c ce ccicctcccccccesccees 
s 
5° 
came suddenly ex- 
tinguished. 
15° ........./To left; 30° from verti-|..........00 Pet Re Tree G 
15 
eeetrsaeeees 
or 3° 4... 
see eeeeeeeee 
seen eeeeenes 
° 
Horizontal, W. to E., 
inclining downwards 
at last. 
Inclined west of +...... 
Toleft ; 35° to 40° from 
vertical ; down. 
Ditto, west side of 
vertical, at an angle 
of 75°, 
Inclined 65° west of + 
Inclined 
Bate ee eee erewenee 
A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 
Strong twilight; quite 
overcast ; rain falling. 
PORROO eee mete rene ener eteaetee 
POPE OO eee eee eee e terete ees 
HERO OP Hee et orerereseeeeees 
FERRET CORO e ee ee ee et eeeesaees 
| 
[TSE PPR ene eneees Pee eeeneneeens 
Increased in brilliancy... 
Only one other star in 
the hour; very faint ; 
cloudless. 
TOPCO eee e rere eeeeenseneee eae 
FARR E ee Oe eee e esses eteeeees 
Appeared first as a 
cal ; down. 
second magnitude 
star, and _ gradually 
increased until equal 
Venus, when it be- 
Observer. 
T. Crumplen ; 
A. S. Herschel. 
Communicated 
by W. Penn. 
W. Airy. 
W. H. Wood. 
Id. 
Id. 
A. S. Herschel. 
W. H. Wood. 
Id. 
Id. 
.|\D. Walker, M.D. 
W. C. Nash. 
