A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, Length of 

 anrl its Duration. Path. 



jeft a fine train 



20° Inclined 



eft no train 



eft no train 5" 



eft no train 6" 



3ft no train , 10' 



ft a fine train 



20° 



20° 



train or sparks 

 train or sparks , 



i g-shaped ; left a long 

 reak in the sky visible 

 ir about 5 minutes. 



I' a perfect train of 

 noke, which remained I 

 stinctly visible for! 

 ■me time, and gradu 

 ly dispersed over the 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



JncHned. 



Perpendicular . 



Inclined 



Inclined 



Inclined 



Perpendicular , 



N.E. to S.W. 



From N. to S. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



W. C. Nash ; 

 Thomas Wright. 



Id. 



Thomas Wright. 



Id. 



Id. 



Ernest Jones. 



W. C. Nash. 



'V. S. Herschel. 



One meteor in thirty Id, 

 minutes ; clear sky ; 

 half moon ; one ob- 

 server. 



'A strict watch keptid 

 for meteors ; none 

 seen ; clear sky ; no 

 moon. 



Followed by two reports 



like thunder imme- 

 diately afterwards. 



Seen shining brightly. 

 Atmosplicre quite 

 clear. Four or five 

 minutes afterwards 

 a double report 

 was heard much 

 louder tlian two 

 pieces of ordnance 

 fired on the heights 

 of Dover. 



J. Shudy, Coast- 

 guard Report,! 

 Hastings. 



The 'Times,' 

 June 21st. 



