A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEOllS. 



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ppcarance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



15 c 



;ft a streak on all itsG0° 

 course for 3 seconds. 



\ fine meteor. After 

 wards quite overcast. 



Observer. 



'sappeared with a very 

 vivid flash of light. 

 ;ploded into three fras- 

 ments, which moved, 

 one perpendicularly 



|down, the other two, 

 one on either side, at an 

 angle of 60°. 



first diminished, and 

 again flashed forth more 

 bright than sheet light- 

 ning. Disappeared with- 

 out any sparks. 



Perpendicular, down 



rst with orange sparks 

 and streamers and vivid 

 light. Tail blue. 



appeared with niagnifi- About 20° 

 ent blue light. 



Towards N.E. 



Sky overcast. Heavy T. Crumplen. 



rain before morning, 

 Sky cloudy ; a few stais M. G. Ilorslev. 



visible. 

 Imperfect view through |E. J. Lowe. 



fog. Light equal to 



that of dav. 



A. S. Ilerschel. 



Id. 



Fell perpendicularly 



Seen through clouds 

 which obscured the 

 stars. No report 

 heard. 



. Stars obscured by 

 stratus cloud. About 

 nine o'clock there 

 was a rumbling 

 noise as of distant 

 cannon firing, which 

 lasted several se 

 conds. 

 ... No other meteors seen ; 

 in one hour one me 

 teor only. 



Proc. Brit. Met, 

 Soc, ii. 324. 



The Times,' 

 Nov. 23. 



lliant globe, followed 

 y another equally bril-j 

 ■ ant but of smaller 

 ize. 



e a flash of lightning, 

 laminating the whole 

 istrict. 



Nearly as bright 

 noonday ; sky cloudy. 

 A few stars visible. 



Lit up the landscape ... 



reased gradually and5° Directed from A Tauri 



isappeared suddenly. 



Radiating from t) Tauri; Sky generally clear ; no 

 moon. 



shy appearance; 

 led by a streak, 

 train 



pur- 



l 12°+ 



Nearly horizonta', E. to 

 W. 



W. II. Wood. 



R. S. Bibby. 

 J. F. Hawkins. 



1 Evening Star.' 



A. S. Herschel. 

 Id. 



Id. 



W. C. Nash. 



W. H. Wood. 



