A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Brightest at the middle of 

 its course ; left a streal 

 for half a second. 



Left a streak for 2 sees..., 



brightest at the middle of 

 its course. No train or 

 oparks. 



Nil train or sparks 



Loft a streak for 

 seconds. 



Buvst into numerous 

 sparks, like the explo- 

 sion of gunpowder. 

 Left a long train of 

 light which was visible 

 lor several seconds. 



Length of 

 Path. 



r. 



12^ 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



Radiant, a, Cygni. 



Radiant T, in Cetus. 



Radiant T, in Cetns. 



Radiant, v Orionis 



' Passed horizontally fioni 

 ' N.N.E. to N.N.\V. 



.\. S. Herschcl. 



Id. 

 Id. 



'Id. 



N'carly horizontal 



Twenty - two meteors Id. 



in one hour : clearj 



sky ; no moon ; one! 



observer. i 



Communicated 



l)y T. Cruraplen, 



Large meteorat8.15p.ni.'T. Crumplen. 

 Light seen at Eton! 

 Street. 



Tail 10°; lasted 2 sees. 



. luminous body, dividing 

 itself into two larj' 

 stars, whicli afterwards 

 burst into sparks. 



!iV. to S. 



W. II. Wood. 



Id. 



Arthur Harding. 



\V. II. Wood. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



Four or five 



afterwards a sound 

 like a clap of tliun- 

 der was heard which 

 lasted five or si.\ mi- 

 nutes. The sky wa; 

 slightly overcast, but 

 not sufficiently to 

 hide the stars. 



minutes: Les Mondes, ls( 

 ser. vol. ix. 



p. 400. 



