A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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ppearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



int train 



un 



ial to a 1st mag.*. 

 onsisting entirely of a 

 tream of red sparks ; 

 nd having a flash, or 

 laximum of brightness 

 = 1/. some distance be 

 jre disappearance. 



10°+ 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



8° to 10°. 



16° 



Perpendicular , 



Nearly horizontal 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



Began as a mere lumi- 

 nous point. Grew to 

 equal a 1st mag.* (yel- 

 low with yellow tail), 

 in the first quarter of 

 its course. Equal to 

 Venus at half its 

 course (green with red 

 flame-like protube- 

 rances behind) ; tail 

 18° long, and bright 

 yellow. Expanded and 

 contracted alternately 

 four or five times, in 

 the second half of its 

 course, increasing in 

 brightness until it 

 burst with a flash 

 twice as bright as 

 Venus, faintly illumi- 

 nating the country. 

 The train remained 

 3 seconds ; 8 or 10 

 minutes after disap- 

 pearance, a rumbling 

 noise was heard which 

 lasted 3 seconds. 



W. H. Wood. 



Id. 



Id. 



Three minutes later a 

 report, like that of a 

 cannon at some miles 

 distance was heard. 



\V. C. Nash. 



Id. 



Id. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



