A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Head like a spear-head 

 Tail like a long shaft, 

 or like a chain of gas 

 lights. 



Head lemou - shaped, 

 burst at last, leaving 

 a band of red fire in two 

 places. 



No train or sparks 



About 12°. 



Left a slight train for 1 sec. 



I Left a train for ^ a 

 second on a part of the 

 course. 



Left a train on f of its 

 course for 2 seconds. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Descended 



No train or sparks 



No train or sparks . 

 No train or sparks . 



No train or sparks . 



No train or sparks 

 No train or sparks 



No train or sparks 



5°. 



Left a track 7° or 8° in 

 length. 



Disappeared midway be- 

 tween 'C, Pegasi and 6 

 Piscium. 



Direction; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



30° from perpendicular 

 down. 



Remarks. 



Bright as full moonlight; 

 clear sky. 



Coi responds to Hawt 

 hurst 10'' 7" 45» p.m. 



See Appendix I. 



Observer. 



Dec. 7th, cloudy 



Vertically down 



Commuuicated 

 by S. Simpson. 



W. Bentley. 



A. S. Herschcl. 



Id. 



T. Crumplen. 



A. S, Herschel. 



Id. 



T. Crumi)len. 



A. S. Herschel. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



J. Vertu. 



H. Weightman. 



