A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Train 



Train 



Train 



Left 110 train 



Length of 

 Path. 



11° 



Left no train 



Left a train 

 No train left 

 No train left 



No train left 

 Left a train 



Both meteors left trains. 

 Left a train 



Left a train for 4 seconds. 



3°. 



a Lyra; itself scarcely 

 visible in the twilight. 



Disappeared in mid-air. 

 Drew a train like a 

 rocket. 



Shape oval. Disappeared 

 ■without bursting. 



Direction; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Twelve small meteors in 

 the last interval. 



Five small meteors in 

 the last interval. 



2'' 4™ 30' a.m., clouds 

 came over. 



Directed from B Came- 

 lopardi. 



Path crooked and fore- 

 shortened. 



Directed from B Came- 

 lopardi. 



Southwards 



Longer 

 flight than 

 usual. 



Remarks. 



Two meteors in quick 

 succession. 



[a the last interval of 

 40 minutes forty 

 meteors seen : one 

 third of the sky 

 visible ; clear sky, no 

 moon. 



Observer. 



E. J. Lowe. 



Id. 



Id. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. ■ 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



From S.W. to N.E. 



Seen by many on the 

 Place Bellevue. 



Communicated 

 by A. S. Her- 

 schel. 



Id. 



Communicated 

 by R. P. Greg. 



