A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OV LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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j Direction ; noting also 



Appearance; Train, if any, Length of j wheiher Horizontal, 



and its Duration. 



Path. 



Drew a long train. The 

 latter portion of the 

 path only seen (see 

 sketch : * 1, panes of 

 glass 12^- inclies by 9^ 

 inches ; » 2, termina- 

 tion seen through trees 

 of a distant fir planta- 

 tion; distance one mile). 



iCft no train 7° 



'ine traiu for 1 second ... 15'^ 



ine train 



line train for ^ second 



b train 

 train 



eft no train 



.eft no train 



=ft no train 5° 



15° 

 30° 



8°.., 

 10° 



10° 



Perpendicular, or 

 Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



'Light enough to pick up E. Rapson, com 



a pin, or as light as on 

 a rainy day, 



municated hy 

 J. S. Envs and 

 II. C. Sorby. 



About 6°.., 



Nearly perpendicular .. 



Directed from a Ursa3 

 Majoris. 



From a Ursae Majoris. 



Inclined 



W. C. Nash. 



The path of this meteorThoinas Wright, 

 was slightly curved, 

 thus- 



; 



A very large and bril- 

 liant meteor. 



W. C. Nash. 



Same as the preceding Thomas Wright, 

 meteor. 



Nearly vertical. From 

 direction of j3 Ursie 

 Miuoris. 



Inclined , 



ft no train 



20° 



Inclined Id 



Id. 



VV. C. Nash. 



Arthur Harding. 

 Thomas Wright. 



Perpendicular . 



Arthur Harding. 



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