A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 527 
Report on Observations of Luminous Meteors (ante, pp. 1-81). 
Apprennix I.—E#rrata. 
(1) p. 35, December 8, Dundee. Column Appearance, &c. For A spear- 
head-like crescent moon, &c. read A spearhead; like crescent moon, &c. 
(2) p. 41, December 24, London. Column Direction, &c. Insert the words 
Radiant point Aldebaran. 
(3) p. 43, December 27, 8° 57" p.m. Colwmn Appearance, &c. For Track 
ending, &c. read Track enduring, &c. 
(4) p. 57, April 29, 11" 55™ p.m. Column Appearance, &e. Read thus— 
Left no track. Brilliance vanished suddenly at b Lacertee. Remaining 12° of 
the course light red (Mars at maximum robbed of his rays), very intermittent 
and vacillating, died out, 2:3 seconds. 
(5) p. 64, August 12,11" 9" p.w. Column Position, &e. Omit the words 
short of the second. 
(6) From five accounts of the meteor 1862, September 19, the following is 
a calculation of its path :— 
At London, after explosion overhead, the meteor proceeded a considerable 
distance towards 69° W. of N. 
At Nottingham the meteor passed sixty-three miles over London, seeking an 
earth-point 42° W. from S$. 
At Hay (South Wales) the meteor passed fifty-seven miles over London, 
seeking an earth-point 70° E. from 8. 
At Torquay the meteor passed 573 miles over London, seeking an earth- 
point 9° K. from N. 
At Hawkhurst the meteor passed forty-seven miles over London, seeking 
an earth-point 66° W. from N. 
An earth-point seven miles S.W. from Hereford satisfies the observations 
in the following manner :— 
London, 70° W. from N. (observed 69° W. from N.). 
Nottingham, 46° W. from S. (observed 42° W. from 8.). 
Hay, 70° E. from §. (observed 70° E. from S.). 
‘Torquay, 14° E. from N. (observed 9° FE. from N.). 
Hawkhurst, 62° W. from N. (observed 66° W. from N.). 
The errors of observation being in no case greater than 5°, from the calculated 
bearings. A ground-point so close to Hay sufficiently explains anomalies in 
the observation at that place ; but its distance is on the other hand 120 miles 
from London, where the meteor appears to have been fifty-six miles above the 
earth. The path of the meteor was therefore inclined downwards, from 25° 
above the horizon towards 70° W. of N. A visible flight of 115 miles, from 
eighty-three miles over Canterbury to thirty-three miles over Oxford, per- 
formed in three to four seconds of time, is the result obtained from the 
comparison of these observations. 
