A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OV LUMINOUS METEOKS. 223 



ppe.iranee; Train, if any 

 and its Duration. 



ke a small molten drop 

 ailing out of Vega Lyrae. 



Length of 

 Path. 



11° 



first scarcely visible ... 2' 



e nucleus was followed 

 jy a short brigiit red 

 :ail, and proceeded by 

 ihree successive jerks, 

 fipparently gradually 

 adins. 



25° 



iulually faded out 



ed gradually from sight 



meteors appeared 

 lOUt the same time. 



lular, followed by a 

 ain 9° long, oval and 

 reading at the end. 

 )th tail and nucleus 

 sre as bright as the 

 JCtric light, emitting 

 ninous drops and 

 very sparks. 



a large meteor of the 

 (vember shower. 



10° 



10° 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Perpendicular to the 

 horizon. 



Remarks. 



Y 



I 



Ten meteors seen from 

 8"^ to Sh 30'" p.m. 



Observer. 



J. E. Clark. 



/ 



•Vlniost perpendicularly 

 down. 



Moving towards Cassio 

 peia. 



Directed from « Persei 



Seen through light 

 clouds, which ob- 

 scured the smaller 

 stars. A large halo 

 of light surrounded 

 the meteor, which 

 sensibly illuminated 

 the landscape. 



Id. 



\ 



Another meteor ap 

 peared above Orion 

 at 8" 45'" p.m. 



Id. 



Id. 



Length of 

 visible path 

 77° 41'. 



Towards Corona Bore- 

 alls. 



[? Apparent] motion in- 

 cbned 17° 40' to the 

 ecliptic ; retrograde. 



At the appearance of 

 the meteor, the com 

 pass-needle oscillated 

 15° from the north 

 towards the west ; six 

 minutes later, a deto 

 nation was beard in 

 the south-west. 



Seen also at Civita Vec- 

 chia by Professor Pi- 

 tt elli. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



' Anglo-Brazilian 

 Times,' August 

 7th, 18C8. Dr. 

 F. Massena and 

 Messrs. Arsenic 

 and Veija. 



Mme. Scarpel- 

 lini, ' Annales 

 de rObserva- 

 toire de Brux- 

 elles ' for 1868 

 -69, p. 164. 



