A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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ippcarancc; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



To train or sparks 



To train or sparks 

 To train or sparks 



30° 



lickereil like a candle- 

 flame, and disappeared 

 with two flashes. 



treak 



'ailed meteor. Burst with 

 a cloud of sparks, leaving 

 a white streak for 15 or 

 30 minutes by different 

 accounts, 

 globe and conical tail of 

 light. 



To train or sparks 



U first a minute falling 

 Btar ; suddenly blazed 

 out on a level with 

 Jupiter, and falling 4 

 or 5"^, attained three 

 or four times his 

 brightness. 



ircular, with compact 

 conical tail. Broke 

 into three fragments, 

 ■which advanced 3° or 

 4° before they disap- 

 peared. 



left a short train ; no 

 sparks. 



^ft a long train 



1o train or sparks 

 '^0 train or sparks 



Uke a globe of light 



3roke into sparks before 

 disappearing. 



Length of 

 Path. 



7". 



Directed towards ju 

 Bootis. 



8° 



10° or 15°. 



15° 



100°. 



20° or 30° 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



a Cygni. 

 * 



Fell vertically , 



Quite vertically down. 



Remarks. 



Interrupted view, cloudy 

 sky. 



Diflfused considerable 

 light. 



See Appendix (No. III.) 

 (Meteorites of Or 

 gueil). 



In full sunshine 



Went out with a scat 

 tering of sparks. 



Fell vertically , 



Downwards from right 

 to left. Very little 

 inclined from hori- 

 zontal. 



From left to right, in- 

 clining downwards. 



Diffused a considerable 

 light ; left no streak. 



Observer. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 

 Id. 



' Les Mondes.' 

 W. C. Nash. 



' Comptes Ken 

 dus.' 



Communicated 

 by W. H. Wood 



A. S. Herschel. 



T. W. Webb. 



' Comptes Ren- 

 dus.' 



T. M. Simkiss. 



Communicated 

 by T. M. Sim- 

 kiss. 



T. M. Simkiss. 



Id. 



Communicated 

 by A. S. Her- 

 schel. 



J. Robertson, 



