A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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ppearancc ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



lazing like 

 caudle ball. 



a Roraan- 



;ft a fine train 



Direction; noting also 



^vhether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Nearly horizontal, per- 

 haps slightly down- 

 wards ; E. to W. 



Inclined a little to left 

 of vertical. 



30" 



ft a streak 8? in 

 length. 



lobular, no train or sparks, 

 uilw gradually less. 

 n a faint train for 5 a 

 second. 



1 ft a bright streak for 2^ 

 seconds, which faded 

 from the ends towardsj 

 the centre. 



1ft a faint streak for ^ a 

 second. 



' tiaiu or sparks; grew 

 (laduallv less. 



It no train '25 



Vertically down 

 Inclined 



D)ke up into numerous , 

 mall fragments. 



Inclined 



ind or elongated, with 

 very luminous envelope 

 id train ; broke into a 

 lass of sparks. 



Lt no train 



Strain or sparks 



W. to E. 



Remarks. 



ObseiTcd between shut- A. Graham. 



ters whilst waiti 



for a transit. 

 Oblique vision ; details T. \\. Webb. 



only approximate. 



Observer. 



In one hour, ten me- 

 teors seen. Clear sky ; 

 no moon ; one ob- 

 server 

 Atl0hl3"'and 10>' 17'" 

 a.m., very bright mock- 

 suns ; the first on the 

 left, the second on the 

 right of the sun. 



T.W. Backhouse. 

 F. Trapaud. 



\V. H. Wood. 

 A. S. Herschel. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Arthur Harding. 



Of the same size and ap-i J. J. Jones, 

 pearauce as that of 

 the l-lth November. 



3'" 30' afterwards 

 report was heard 

 which shook the 

 houses. (See Ap- 

 pendix II.) 



At 111' Qm tiie si.y ije, 



came overcast. 

 Four meteors in fifteen 

 minutes ; sky clear ; 

 no moon ; one ob- 

 server. 



Comtc de Linien, 

 and M. Gar- 

 nache. 



A. S. Ilcrschcl. 

 Id. 



