A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OP LtTMINOtlS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



I No train or sparks 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



Left a streak for 1 second 



Left no train 



Left no train 



Left a small train 



Left no train 



10° 'Line joining /3 and y 



Ursne Minoris, paral- 

 lel to track of meteor. 



Seven meteors counted 

 in one hour. Frosty ; 

 clear sky ; no moon ; 

 one observer. 



One meteor in 15 mi 

 nutes. Clear sky ; 

 no moon ; one ob- 

 server. 



About 12°... 



/ 



Left a slight train 6 



Nearly perpendicular , 



E. to W. ; horizontal . 



10= 



30° 



Left no train 4° 



Reached a distinct maxi> 

 mum, with sparks at 

 the last part of its flight. 



Slightly inclined from 

 horizontal. Line join- 

 ing y and V Gemino- 

 rnm, at right angles 

 to track of meteor. 



Directed from Ursoe 

 Majoris. 



A report as of a distant 

 gun was heard at an 

 interval variously es- 

 timated at 15 to 45 

 seconds. 



A. S. Herschel. 



[d. 



Thomas Wright. 



Id. 



T.W. Backhouse 



Ernest Jones. 



Id. 



Thomas Wright. 



'Torquay Direc- 

 tory,' Jan. 24th, 



A. S. Herschel. 

 (d. 



