A CATALOGUE 01' OBsEUVATIOXS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



)pearance; Train, if any, Length of 

 and its Duration. Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



vhether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



t of a small white cloud 

 issued a train of fire. 



to W. 



a flame. It passed 

 ihind a strip of cloud,] 

 sappearing and ap- 

 aring again as quick 

 thought. 



■3" 



Rcffiai'ks. 



Directed from 



yclx. 

 Directed from 



ruin. 



Cassio- 



Followed at an interval 

 of two minutes hy two 

 loud explosions like 

 cannon, after which the 

 cloud soon disappeared 



Aug. Gth, eight meteors 

 in 30 minutes ; three 

 of the largest shot 

 precisely from Cassio- 

 peia ; a superb clear 

 night ; one observer. 

 Aug. 11th, a.m., fifty 

 meteors iu 1"' 30'"; 

 several very large and 

 brilliant, with fine 

 trains ; sky partially 

 cloudy ; two obser- 

 vers. " A few onl.\ 

 were ' sporadic ; ' bul 

 by far the greater 

 majority diverged 

 from a region near, 

 but not in Cassiopeia. 



' On the whole, I should 

 assign the cluster in 

 the sword-liandle of 

 Perseus, or a place 

 some 2° or 3° north 

 of that sjjot, for the 

 vanishing-point. Cat- 

 ches of distant light- 

 ning all night, though 

 from 1'' to 3'' a.m. 

 there was not a cloud 

 in the sky." 

 The Sepoys said thnf 

 it was as a ' gliaroo ' 

 (broom or comet), to 

 sweep away the Delhi 

 or Lucknow raj. 



Fell somewhat obliquely 



No shooting-star visible 

 in 15 minutes : clear 

 sky ; no moon ; one 

 observer. 



Observer. 



Cook's Voyage 

 round the 

 World.' (See 

 Appendix II.) 



J.F.W.IIerschel, 

 MS. 



llono- In one hour (12.15 to 

 1.15 a.m.) one meteor 

 only : clear sky ; no 

 moon ; one observer. 



J. S. A. Ileibert, 

 ' Stirring times 

 under Canvas ' 

 (p. 230). 



Communicated 

 byW. II.\\ood. 

 Ilerschel 



A. S. 



Id. 



Id. 



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