A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Vppearance ; Train, if any 

 and its Duration. 



.eft a streak for 2 seconds 

 .eft a streak for 2£ sees 



to train or sparks 



Jo train or sparks 



irushy appearance . 



rain straight, linear, daz- 

 zling white. Soon it 

 enlarged and diminish- 

 ed in brilliancy. At 

 the end of 5 minutes 

 it remained »s a some 

 what irregular reddis! 

 cloud, 12° or 15° long 

 and 1° or 2° wide 

 composed of cherry- 

 red and dark - red 

 sparks. 



eft a tapering train 4° or 

 5° long. 



n elongated globe ; sepa- 

 rated into portions and 

 disappeared suddenly ; 

 left a long train on its 

 whole course. 



ike a firebrand, elon- 

 gated behind with dif- 

 fused light. 



eft a tapering train for 

 10 seconds of the 

 same colour as the 

 I meteor. 



Length of 

 Path. 



10" 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



In one hour seven 

 meteors ; clear sky, 

 frosty. 



Observer. 



;0°or80°. 



15° 



12° 



Nearly from N. to S. 



Nearly horizontal 



E. to W., horizontal .. 



N. to S. 



Directed from Capella... 



fn 45 minutes six 

 meteors. Sky foggy. 

 Overcast on succeed- 

 ing days. 



Eclipsed the mooulight. 

 Seen also at Blaye 

 and at Perigueux. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



W. C. Nash. 



M. Boissy 

 (Comptes 

 Rendus, vol. 

 lix. No. 20). 



The tail was almost as 

 brilliant as the meteor. 



Cloudless sky. No de- 

 tonation. Train of 

 the same appearance 

 as the meteor ; re- 

 mained visible four 

 minutes. 



Seen in twilight .... 



Grand display of meteors 

 all through the watch 

 None on the morning 

 of the 14th. (See Ap- 

 pendix II. 2.) 



E. Jones. 



Abbe Sans (Les 

 Mondes). 



Legrip (Cosmos). 



A. S. Herschel 

 and H. T. Hum- 

 phreys. 



Communicated 

 by A. S. Herschel. 



