A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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.ppearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



reft a slight train 



Length of 

 Path. 



sft a fine train for 1 sec. 



36° 



ift no train 17 



ift no train 



ft no train 



ft a splendid yellow 

 train for 3 seconds after 

 the disappearance of the 

 meteor. 



ft no train 



it DO train 



15° 



15° 



40° 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Hoiizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



Moon just rising ; 

 meteors scarce. On 

 the previous and fol 

 lowing nights the sky 

 was overcast. 



Inclined 



Almost horizontal 



iV meteoric flash, fol 

 lowed by an explo 

 sion at an interval of 

 about one minute. 

 (See Appendix II.) 



Very wavy motion ... 



Inclined 



Almost perpendicular... 



A. S. Herschel. 



T.W. Backhouse, 



American Journ. 

 of Science, Mar. 

 1866. 



Thomas Wright. 



Inclined 



Nearly horizontal 



Inclined 



This was a most splendid 

 meteor. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Clouds rising in the E.. 



W. C. Nash. 



Cloudy after this time Thomas Wright, 

 throughout the re- 

 mainder of the night. 



