A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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(4.) Shooting-star; 1863, November 13th, 2" 48° a.m. 



Observed at Euston Road Observatory and Hawkhurst (see Catalogue). 

 Path, thirty-nine miles in half a second. Direction, from azimuth W. from 

 S. 238°, altitude 69°. Began ninety-three miles above the west of London 

 (N. lat. 51° 30', long. 0° 13' W.) ; disappeared fifty-six miles above the 

 neighbourhood of Chertsey (N. lat. 51° 30', long. 0^ 13' ^Y.). The velocity 

 and duration of the tiight are doubtful. 



(5.) Shooting-star; 1863, November 13th, 2^ 53" a.m. 

 Observed at Euston- Road Observatory and Hawkhurst (see Catalogite). 

 Path, forty-seven miles in 0-7 second. Direction, from azimuth W. from S. 

 302°, altitude 60°. Began eighty-seven miles above the sea (N. lat. 50° 32', 

 long. 1° 11' W.) ; disappeared tbrty-seven mUes above the Hampshire coast 

 (N. lat. 50° 43', long. 1° 39' W.). 



(6.) Fireball; 1863, December 5th, 7" 55°' p.m. 

 A meteor which illuminated all the coasts of Britain with the semblance 

 of a flash of lightning (see Catalogue). The locality of the phenomenon was 

 thirty or sixty mUes above the sea, between the Lancashire coast and the 

 Isle of Man. The accounts of its apparent course are too conflicting for 

 discussion. 



(7.) Shooting-star; 1863, December 6th, lO'' 7"" 30' p.m. 

 Observed at Euston Road Observatory and Hawkhurst (see Catalogue). 

 Path, sixty-five miles in 1-3 second. Velocity, fifty miles per second. Direc- 

 tion, from azimuth W. from S. 263°, altitude 6°. Began 122 miles above 

 the sea (N. lat. 49° 51', long. 0° 57' E.) ; disappeared 115 miles above the 

 sea (N. lat. 49° 44', long. 0° 31' W.). 



(8.) FirebaU; 1863, December 12th, 5" 4-5" p.m. 

 Observed at Nottingham and Oundle (see Catalogue). Path, 125 mUes 

 in 1| second. Velocity, seventy-one miles per second. Direction, from 



