A CATALOGUE OJ? OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



Burst into two, leaving a 

 second meteor on its 

 track. 



From a point became 

 circular, drawing 

 train of sparks. Burst 

 without report, and left 

 no sparks. 



[ncreased from a 1st mag.* 

 to the diameter of the 

 moon ; followed by 

 three smaller elongated 

 red bodies. 



At first no appendage ; 

 afterwards followed by 

 a stream of light. 



Became blue in colour, 

 and at the same instant 

 opened with a stream 

 of fire. 



Gradually diminished . 



Long train 



Towards /i Ceti 



10" 



No other meteor seen 

 in 30 minutes. 



A. S. Herschel. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Eight meteors in one Id. 

 hour radiated from 

 the neighbourhood of 

 r Geminorum. 



The first meteor was not 

 diminished in size, 

 but travelled faster 

 than the other. 



Descending slantwise , 



Directed from 6 Cassio- 

 peiaz. 



Deepened in colour as it 

 increased. The flash 

 resembled that of 

 vivid lightning. 



Very many meteors .. 



Portsmouth 

 Times.' 



R. H. H., ' The 

 Times.' 



C. P. Taylor. 



C. M., 'The 

 Times.' 



Communicated 

 by Mrs. Nares. 



J. B. Caudell. 



A. S. Herschel. 

 E. J. Lowe. 



W. H. Wood. 

 E. J. Lowe. 



