A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS 01? LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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[)pearaiicc ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



;ft a long tapering streak 



;ft a streak like the last 



jft a train on two- 

 thirds of its course. 

 Threw off a few small 

 sparks, 

 ft a slight train 



ifl; a faint train which 

 faded instantly. 



ift a train on about half 

 its course. 



le whole length of the 

 meteor from the head 

 to the point of the 

 rocket-like tail 10°. It 

 neither changed colour 

 nor form during its 

 passage, and went sud 

 denly out. 



Length of 

 Path. 



10° 



25° 



Not less 

 than 45° 



b 



le meteor gradually de 

 creased in volume as if 

 ly the loss of sparks 

 which remained without 

 descending to the eartl 

 along the bright lumi- 

 nous streak. This re 

 mained visible on the 

 whole of its course for 

 some time. 

 ew a long tail, but 

 left no distinct streak 

 on its course. It did 

 act burst, but disap 

 peared gradually in the 

 iistance. 



Itowed by a long taper- 

 ng tail of smaller width 

 than the nucleus, and 

 losing itself at last in a 

 faintly luminous vapour. 



Direction; noting also 

 whether Horizontal, 

 Perpendicular, or 

 Inclined. 



From Radiant, near B 

 C'amelopardi. 



From the same Radiant 

 as the last. 



Downwards to left 

 From Radiant, near j3 

 Cygni. 



From the same Radiant 

 as the last. 



Direction exactly paral- 

 lel to the horizon. 



Remarks. 



This and the next very 

 much alike. One 

 more meteor from 

 a Aquilae. 



Observer. 



A splendid meteor with 

 perceptible disk. 



Imperfect view 



From due E. to W. 



Its path was horizontal 



Horizontal 



Very fine meteor ; colour 

 very marked. 



The time of its ap 

 pearance was about 

 half an hour before 

 the moon rose ; a 

 very imposing meteor 

 both for magnitude 

 and steadiness of 

 movement. Another 

 large meteor was seen 

 at Ashford (Kent) on 

 the same evening 

 (The Times, Sept. 10). 



.\ most brilliant meteor. 

 No sound was heard 

 after its disappear- 

 ance. (See a calcu- 

 lation of its path in 

 Appendix I.) 



The commencement not 

 seen, but the light as 

 ii passed caught the 

 observer's eye 



At the same time and 

 in the same direction 

 (from E. to N.W.) a 

 meteor of the same 

 appearance was ob- 

 served at Moncalieri. 

 A splendid meteor was 

 also observed at the 

 same time (Q"" p.m. 



T. Crumplen. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



B. F. Smith ; 

 'The Times,' 

 Sept. 8th, 1868. 



' Comptes Ren- 

 dus,' Sept. 21st. 

 1868. 



E. Jones. 



.Denza; 'Stelle 

 Cadenti del 

 Periodo di 

 Agosto Osser- 

 vati in Pie- 

 monte nel 

 1868,' p. 55. 



Roman time) 

 rence. 



at Flo- 



