A CATALOGUE OP OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Lppearance; Train, if any, 

 aud its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



onical in form. Four 

 times as long as broad, 

 lie head was an ellipsoid, 

 with its major axis per- 

 pendicular to the appa- 

 rent course of the me- 

 teor, followed by a very 

 slender tail 1° or 8° in 

 length. 



Nfearly 00° 



A shock like that of a 



heavy body falling! 

 over head shook the 

 houses and windows, 

 and startled labourers 

 in the fields. There 

 were two reports, the 

 first from S.W., the 

 second from N.E. or 

 E.; the second sound- 

 ed like an echo of the 

 first. 

 For noonday, it was The 'Times,' 

 marvellously distinct.! R. P. 

 Apparent course a per- '^'o sound was heard The ' Times,' 



feet right Hue. 



:fl slight trains 



About 5° , 



during or after 

 disappearance. 



its 



Seen in sunshine. 



^ 



Ct 



' v- 



Lvra. 



t a train . 



1 t a train 



Inclined downwards to 

 left. 



Directed from k Lyrae... 



No meteors visible in 30 

 minutes : clear sky ; no 

 moon ; one observer. 



Radiant, near y Pegasi.. 



J. Vertu. 



Communicated 

 byA.S.Herschel, 



A. S. Herschel. 

 T. Crumplen. 



Radiant in Cassiopeia or 

 Perseus. 



Short path, curved to-|ld. 

 wards a Lyrae. 



^ train or sparks 

 ^ train or sparks 



Lt a streak on its whole, 

 I ourse for \\ second. ' 



Radiant in Cassiopeia or 

 Perseus. 



Id. 



W. H. Wood. 



Id. 



Id. 

 Id. 



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