A CATALOGUE OF OBSEttVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



&e body of the meteor 

 gradually became blue 

 as it passed to S.E. A 

 tail of fire followed the 

 meteor in its course. 



Direction; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



N.E. to S.W. 



eft a fine train 



N.E.toS.W |a remarkable fireball 



(Seen also at Ballater, 

 and described as i 

 remarkably large me 

 teor.) 

 The light of the me- 

 teor was so vivid 

 as to dim the gas- 

 lights in the houses 

 The meteor exploded 

 with a loud report 

 which sounded like 

 distant thunder, and 

 was heard at an in- 

 terval of 2 minutes 

 after the disappear- 

 ance of the meteor. 



Observer. 



About 7" 



ift no train 



) t lain or sparks 

 ■) train or sparks 



ii train or sparks . 



train or sparks . 



train or sparks . 

 ^ train or sparks ., 



i 



Downwards, 5° to the 

 right. I 



Inclined 



Symons's 

 Monthly Me- 

 teorol. Mag. 



A. Iverack, 

 Journ. Scot 

 Meteorol. Soc, 

 July 1866, 

 vol. i. p. 374. 



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E. to W. ; inclined at 

 an angle of 20° from 

 horizontal. Directed 

 from e Virginis. 



Moon shining brightly ; 

 cirro-cumulus clouds. 

 Meteor seen this side 

 of the clouds. 



T.W. Backhouse. 

 W. C. Nash. 



I no train 



30° Perpendicular , 



Id. 



A. S. Herschel. 

 Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 VV. C. Nash. 



