A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



No train or sparks 

 No train or sparks 



A. stationary flash ; no 

 streak left. 



Left no train 



Length of 

 Path. 



10° 



^0 train or sparks 



I'ear-shapecl ; inner bordei 

 red, thus- 



sparkled; left a red 

 streak 8° long for 4 

 seconds. 



Direction ; noting also 



■whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



8° 'Directed from (/ Gemi- 



norum. 



fo train or sparks 



fo train or sparks ; grew 

 , gradually less. 



train 



Remarks. 



Three meteors in thirty 

 minutes : clear sky ; 

 no moon ; one ob- 

 server. 



Foggy 



Observer. 



A. S. Herschel. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Thomas Wright. 



Sky fine and clear ; in 

 one hour no meteors 

 seen. 



One meteor only seen 

 in one hour. Sky 

 generally clear (occa 

 sionally hazy) ; no 

 moon ; one observer. 



10° 



,0 train 10' 



Inclined 



Sky fine and clear ; in 

 one hour no meteors 

 seen. 



Slow speed 



W. H. Wood. 



Id. 



A. S. Herschel. 



W. H. Wood. 

 Id. 



Four meteors in one 

 hour : clear sky ; no 

 moon ; one observer. 



Id. 



Id. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



Arthur Harding. 

 Id. 



