A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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"ipp' arance ; Train, if auy, 

 and its Duration. 



jufl a faint train. 



Length of 

 Path. 



10= 



a faint train 15 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



Inclined 



eft a faint train. 



ell no train 



liash. 



Slightly inclined from 

 perpendicular. 



20° 



10= 



No path 



)llowed by a tail some 6°| 

 or 8° long, but did not 

 burst. 



Inclined 



Inclined 



N.E. to S.W. 



shape like a blunt spear 

 head, drawing a tail of 

 white light, and sparks 

 behind it. 



30° 



,et gradually increasing 

 ;o dazzling brightness 

 t suddenly changed to 

 ;he red glow of dull ig 

 lition, and finally disap 

 leared. 



Cloudy and rain falling ; 

 stars invisible ; the 

 meteor was above 

 the clouds and shone 

 through them . 



Approximate position 

 taken the following 

 evening. 



Inclined 15° from horj 

 zontal. 



ball of intensely brilliant About 30°.. Descending in S.W. 

 light, leaving behind it 

 a brilliant arch or bow 

 of light. 



IE. to W. 



tfered only from a fire- 

 vork in its perpendicu- 



ir fall. 



Thomas Wright. 



Id. 



Thomas Wright ; 

 Arthur Harding, 



W. H. Hudson. 



Id. 



J. H. Heal. 



Communicated 

 by Hugh 

 Weightman. 



The 'Times,' 

 Nov. 24th. 



Sky calm and clear. 

 The meteor cast a 

 shadow of the ob- 

 server on the ground 



Norwich 

 cury.' 



' Mer- 



The ' Times,' 

 Robert Lynn. 



Mathew M. 

 Brown. 



H. Bower. 



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