A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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ppearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



o train or sparks 

 o train or sparks 



d train or sparks . 



) train or sparks . 



:ceedingly luminous 

 ■with superb changes of 

 colour, 

 ke a large rocket. The 

 light increased rapidly 

 in the first 10° of its 

 flight. A bluish phos- 

 phorescent train was 

 .hen developed, which 

 continued visible some 

 seconds after the me- 

 ;eor itself had disap 

 jeared. 

 I train or sparks 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



75° 



Remarks. 



* train or sparks 



k train 



in 



10° or 12° 



Loeteor of considerable 

 rilliancy ; left a tail of 

 slden fire. 



<:rain or sparks 



N sparks following the 



lcleus. 

 Brain or sparks 



14 ; 



The phosphorescent 

 track terminated 



about the point where 

 the increase of light 

 terminated. 



Observer. 



A. S. Herschel. 

 W. H. Wood. 



Id. 



Id. 



' Weston-super- 

 Mare Mer- 

 curv.' 



T. G. Rylands. 



Inclined 



20° 



Very short 



path. 

 38° 



Inclined 



Very rapid in its motion 



W. H. Wood. 



Id. 



W. C. Nash. 



Nearly stationary 



Directed from Fomal- 



haut. 

 From a southern Radiant 



This meteor scintillated 

 considerably, and dis 

 appeared very sud 

 denly. 



J. P. Trapaud. 



' Bristol Daily 

 Post.' 



W. C. Nash. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



Id. 



