A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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>pearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



ft a very bright train , 



train or sparks 



:'t a train on all its 

 :ourse for 2 seconds. 



lobular ; gradually di- 

 uinished. Left no train 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; notiug also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



10° or 12°.. 

 8° 



Descending 



Directed from p Yirginis 



W. to E. 



Seen also overhead at 

 Reading. In forty 

 minutes five meteors; 

 clear sky. 



Observer. 



W. H. Wood. 



Id. 



W. to E. ; horizontal 



'iew off red fragments 

 efore disappearance. 



!!r proceeding two or 

 nee degrees across 

 le sky it flared up to 

 irice its proper size 

 id burst. 



thad two maxima of 

 ightness in its flight, 

 id a tapering train 

 ree or four degrees 



3° or 4° 



Auroral arch on the 

 25th, at 9 h 15 m p.m. 



Horizontal ; W. to E.. . . Left no train ; no report 

 heard. 



The path was not The train appeared to 

 straight, but slightly consist of a number 

 waved. of much smaller me- 



teors. 



Id. 



Communicated 

 by A. S. Her- 

 schel. 



Id. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



R. H. Allnatt. 

 W. H. Wood. 



J. H. Abrahall. 

 W. H. Wood. 



Id. 



Id. 



J. H. Abrahall. 



Jos. Baxendell. 



