A CATALOGUE OF OBSEEVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



k. sudden very brilliant 

 flash like a flash of 

 lightning; train after 

 disappearance of meteor 

 lasted 2 seconds. 



'aint train 



'rain tinged with orange., 



Length of 

 Path. 



ifter a startling flash, the 

 meteor was seen in the 

 zenith as a streak. Ue 

 scending, the preceding 

 part became more bril 

 liant, and at last broke 

 out into a pear-shaped 

 orange mass, which be- 

 came suddenly extin 

 ' guished, leaving above 

 j this spot, and to the left 

 f of its path, three or four 

 i small green globes, one 

 I above another. 



Lew at first appearance 

 obstructed by trees 

 broke at length into a 

 number of beautiful 

 fragments. 



ery long and brilliant 

 tail. 



t with a profusion of 



;irks. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Perpendicular , 



Inclined 



Very long 

 course. 



Obliquely down 

 right to left. 



from 



Remarks, 



The flash lit up the street 

 with a brilliant white 

 light, in strong contra- 

 distinction to the yel 

 low light given by the 

 gas-burners. After 6 

 or 7 seconds a dull 

 report was heard, 

 somewhat doubtful, 

 owing to the street 

 noises. 



No further information 

 than that given at 

 Greenwich. 



Time perhaps 5 minutes 

 slow. Very few me- 

 teors seen the same 

 evening. The white 

 flash, the increasing 

 orange flame, and the 

 globes of green light, 

 formed three distinct 

 features in succession 



Observer. 



W. C. Nash. 



CharlesW. Jones 



W, C. Nash. 



Arthur Harding. 



John P. Trapaud 



Communicatf d 

 by R. r. Greg, 



T. W. Webb. 



Bright frosty night. E. M. Rogers. 

 Only two other small 

 meteors. 



Commencement of me- 

 teor not seen. 



J. H. S. Pjgott. 



Western Dail\ 

 Press,' Aug. 29 



