A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 265 
Direction ; noting also 
ppearance; Train,ifany,| Length of | whether Horizontal, 
and its Duration. Path. Perpendicular, or Remarks. Observer. 
Inclined. 
a ahs 9 
BGERGUUGED ces benvcsceuccccceveliees SPisseeacw Appeared to burst and Seen by daylight. The J.K.,correspond- 
send out bright rays) path of vapour con-| ent to the 
in all directions. A) trasted strongly with) ‘Irish Times.’ 
path of vapourcurved the colour of the sky. 
at each end remained) 
more than a quarter’ 
of an hour. 
Weeistues ++++e-/From left to right ...... The meteor burned for a W. Sandwick, 
| minute ortwo, but the| communicated 
Streak for a much] by T. W.Webb. 
longer time. 
jail star or piece of fire 
falling down, from whose 
sides issued jets of thick, 
ight, cloudy smoke ina 
lear white streak 15° 
ong and 3° wide. The 
eteor burst, and the 
streak took a zigzag 
orm, leaning towards 
the W., appearing to lie 
lat ; it then faded away. 
The nucleus descended 
0 the horizon before it 
urst, 
MS. T0 We. serecececcoslessscseseesee/After the nucleus GSe|igusideaccesestoseseassteretis Communicated 
appeared, there re- by T. W. Webb. 
mained a tail for 3 or 
4 minutes, which broke 
into segments like 
‘mare’s-tails,’ and va- 
nished by degrees. 
luminous streak as-|.............../Slanting ~ downwards'Seen by four persons at!Id. 
med a zigzag form slightly from left to Hay. 
efore disappearance. right; almost vertical.|The same meteor was 
described in the Birm- 
ingham newspapers. 
NaGasasiesseueee|sesesocesunceuecavsnadssesverstscosedvenccesenasseittedsasses|We El, Wood. 
ated just before extinc- 
on. No tail or sparks. 
0 S.; vertical. The 
seveseeveseeees/L HE Spurious disc ap-|A meteor was noticed by|W. De la Rue. 
peared larger and| daylightona previous 
brighter than that of| occasion while search- 
Arcturus, and of a| ing for Venus with the 
different colour. No| naked eye. 
change of appearance, 
lan, and in altitude, 
ing the passage of 
€ meteor and of Arc- 
Tus. 
