A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS AIETEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, Length of 

 and its Duration. i Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Like a Roman-candle ball, 

 followed by a tail from 

 2i° to 3° in length. 

 The throwing off of the 

 matter forming the tail 

 could be distinguished. 

 Disappeared without 

 bursting. 



E. to W. 



'resented the same ap- 

 pearance as at Cranford. 



jlobular 



jcft a train 8° in length- 



Disappeared 



stantlv. 



almost 



30= 



in- Almost sta- 

 tionary. 



.ike a ball of fire 



'ear-shaped, surrounded 

 liy an edge of purplish 

 liglit, and by a halo 

 c ;used by thin cloud, 

 \vhich hid the tail. Dis- 

 appeared suddenly with 

 out any previous loss of 

 li'^ht. 



leserabled a comet, being 

 followed by a train. 



Remarks. 



Sky hazy, and principal 

 stars, with the excep- 

 tion of those of Cas- 

 siopeia, obscured. No 

 noise accompanied or 

 followed its appear- 

 ance. 



Very brilliant 



Inclined downwards to- Very rough positions 

 wards the left from 

 perpendicular. 



/ 



Due E. to W. 



^o-- 



S. to N., with a tendency 

 to W. 



Light of meteor very 



startling; lightning at 

 8 p.m. 



Cast a light as bright, 

 but colder in colour 

 than moonlight. A 

 loud report like that 

 of a cannon some 

 miles off was heard 

 about 2" 20' after 

 the meteor disap- 

 peared. 



Obsen'er. 



WarrenDelaRue, 



R. A. Tucker. 



Communicated 

 by T. Crumplen. 



Communicated 

 by W. H. Wood 



S. S. Burnet. 



T. H. Gordon. 



F. C. Penrose. 



The 'Times,' 

 Nov. 24th. 



