A CATALOGUE OP OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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ippearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



xft a white train for 1 

 second. 



jeft a faint thin train. 



i/ery bright, 

 nucleus. 



Stellar 



vlassive (compact) ap- 

 pearance, 

 ""ine in light and colour. 



)isappeared at greatest 

 brightness, leaving a 

 white train at the 

 spot for 4 seconds. 



Threw off some dull 

 sparks at disappear- 

 ance. Left a train 5^ 

 long. 



Co train or sparks 



Length of 

 Path. 



^eft a bright train 



io train or sparks 



jCft a train for 1 second. 



'fo train or sparks 

 ifo train or sparks 



Vo train or sparks 



jLeft a long bright train . 



■Well-defined disk. Left 

 no train. 



10° 



6°. 



10° 



Direction ; noting n\so 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Directed from a Lyrae. 



Directed from a Lyra;. 

 Directed from Lvra . 



Directed from Lyra 

 Directed from Lyra 



Directed from Lyra 

 Directed from Lyra 



Directed from Lyra ... 



Directed from Altair 



Remarks. 



No train or sparks 



No train or sparks 

 No train or sparks 



Corresponds to Trafalgar 

 Square, 2'' 40"" a.m 



Directed from Lvra ...P' 15™ a.m.; dawn 

 began. 



Directed from Lyra 



Last 4° of the course 

 considerably deflected 

 towards Ursa Major. 



Observer. 



A. S. Ilerschel. 



Id. 

 Id. 



T. M. Simkiss. 



A. S. Herschel. 

 Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



T. Crumplen. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Communicated 

 by T. M. Sim- 

 kiss. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Communicated 

 by T. M. Sim- 

 kiss. 



T. M. Simkiss. 



