A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 37 



ppcarance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



t first no alteration in its 

 tliglit; then gradually 

 (liminislied until it dis- 

 ajipeared; left a streak 

 nn its whole course fori 

 3 seconds. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



10° Inclined 



Observer. 



Commnnicated 

 byA.S.Herschel, 



cVrthur Harding. 



<iain 25° Inclined ' ifd 



isappearrd almost, but 

 not quite as suddenly 

 m it appeared. 



1 Iiially increased, and 

 icn again gradually de- 

 creased, as if by the; 

 cHi'ct of distance ; a lon^ 

 train attended the me-' 

 teur. 



30° Inclined 



Sky free from clouds 

 (Identical with the 

 preceding meteor.) 



Illuminated the sur- 

 rounding country 

 with a light as in- 

 tense as that of full 

 moon. 



(Identical with the 

 preceding : see Ap- 

 pendix I.) 



G. F. Chambers. 



Communicated 

 by W. H. Wood 



I 



.'Arthur Harding. 



' *'■'''" »'■ ^I'a'^'^s : A. S. IlerEchel. 



tr.'.in or spaiks ' ' I U 



")(rain 15° 



) train or sparks .. 



Nearly perpendicular . 



I 

 .i5°. 



.!3°. 



> train Il2° 



Inclined 



Several shooting-stars 

 to - night. Radiant, 

 near a Persei. 



Arthur Harding. 



A. S. Herschel. 

 T. Crumplen. 



Id. 



Arthur Harding. 



