A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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ppearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



i Direction ; noting also 

 Length of whether Horizontal, 

 Path. ! Perpendicular, or 

 Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



o train or sparks 

 eft a slight train 



ih a slight train 



A. flash only 



I train 



I train or sparks 



it a phosphorescent 

 streak. 



QO 



Three meteors in thirty A. S. Herschel. 

 minutes : half-moon ; 

 clear sky ; one ob- 

 server. 



E. to W. 



Slightly inclined to 

 zenith. 



Tail 10° 1 sec. ; meteor 

 increased in intensity 

 and showed a red 

 crescent on anterior 

 hemisphere. 



T. Crumplen. 

 W. H. Wood. 



T. Crumplen. 



Manchester 'Ex 

 arainer& Times.' 

 Thomas Wright 



fnclined 'il- 



/ 



I 



I train or sparks 



a train , 



20^ 



10° 

 30° 



Perpendicular I Id. 



Horizontal, left to right 

 Inclined 



Seen also at Manchester Communicated 

 by A. S. Her. 

 schel. 

 W. H. Hudson. 



Id. 



F. Hewlett. 



a train 



ik for 2 seconds 



23° 

 20° 



18° 



Course halfway from the 'id. 



Pleiades. 1 | 



Course halfway from thei Id. 



Pleiades. 



Id. 



Id. 

 lid. 



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A. S. Heischel. 



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