A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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ppearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



ne train, 

 o train . 



o train . 



Length of 

 Path. 



20° 



ight train . 



ain 



ne train. 



train 



eteor not seen. The 

 streak remained visihle 

 15 seconds. Fusiform, 

 fading from the ends 

 towards the centre, 

 o train or sparks 



;ft a streak for 1 second 



jual to a 4th mag.* in 

 the first half of its 

 course ; gradually in- 

 creasing, it drew a train 

 of ruddy sparks 3° in 

 length behind it. In 

 the last 10° of its course 

 it was followed by four 

 or five distinct balls of 

 light, thus — 



10° 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



yra. & 



it * 



Lyr 

 # 

 Nearly horizontal .... 



Almost perpendicular. 



Perpendicular . 



Almost perpendicular. . 



12° Nearly horizontal; 



to W. 

 Length of Direction from t Dra- 

 streak 6°. conis. 



50° 



Uiisht meteor 



Three or four bright me- 

 teors seen together. 

 Shooting-stars by no 

 means plentiful. A few 

 bright meteors were 

 also seen on the 13th. 



Very cloudy; no stars 

 discernible. 



The meteor lighted up 

 the landscape with a 

 bright flash. 



The meteor and the 

 fragments gradually 

 disappeared. The 



duration of the flight 

 was from 10 to 12 

 seconds, well counted 

 immediately after the 

 disappearance of the 

 meteor. 



Ernest Jones. 



Id. 



Arthur Harding. 



Id. 



Ernest Jones. 



W. C. Nash. 

 Ernest Jones. 



J. II. Abrahall. 



W. C. Nash. 

 A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 

 Id. 

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