A CATALOGtTE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LrMINOUS METeORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any 

 and its Duration. 



rraversed the heavens like 

 an ordinary shooting- 

 star. 



Broke o>it rather stronger 

 about the middle of its 

 course, and then seemed 

 to srow smaller. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



'tloriiontal! E. toW.. 



icft a streak for 2 seconds 



Perfectly horizontal ; 

 parallel with the plane 

 of the horizon. 



Remarks. 



Ohscrver. 



15"= 



«ft behind it a very bril- 20° or 30°. 



liant yellowish - white 



trail of light. 

 ■eft a long streak ; threw 



off sparks. 



xactly like a large rocket 



ery like a rocket 



train or sparks 



N 



Perpendicular . 



Nearly horizontal ; E. to 

 W. 



35= 



Horizontal 



Horizontal 



rain on whole course for50° I Directed from/) Lyncis. 



2 seconds. 



eft a streak for 2 seconds 

 train or sparks 



6°. 



'lb'= 



' Examiner and 

 Times.' 



Lewis Evans. 



Communicated 

 by R. P. Greg 



iky partially clear. NojW. H. Wood, 

 meteors seen from 

 12'' to !•> on the 14th, 

 occasionally clear in 

 the E. and N.; two me- 

 teors were recorded. 

 From 1" 15"" to 4'' SO"" 

 a.m., the sky was com- 

 pletely overcast, and 

 observations were 

 then discontinued. 



Like a rocket 



T. Humphrey. 



S. H. Miller. 



J. W., 'Morning 

 Herald.' 



Communicated 

 by T. Crumplen. 



Id. 



.Id. 



Directed from X UrsDe 

 Majoiis. I 



Directed from \ Persei. 



A. S. Herschel & 

 H.T.Humphrevs. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



[d. 



