A CATALOGUE OV OUSERVATIONS 01* LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Left a train on its whole 

 course ■which faded in- 

 stantly. 



A white firehall with 

 comet-like smoky tail 

 follo\Ying it. At Al 

 cester it resembled a 

 long streak of fire emit- 

 ting much light and 

 sparks in its course. 



fn its course it appeared 

 to have a zigzag form. 



20^ 



Meteor of a crescent form, 

 like the moon a fen- 

 days' old. 



The crescent was bright 

 white; the rest, near 

 the tail, ruby-red; red 

 flames issued from the 

 rear, and merged into 

 the tail for about 1°. 



I The latter 1.5° in 

 length, like smoke in 

 sunshine, lasted only a 

 moment. The meteor 

 flickered in transit; di- 

 minished, and changed 

 colour towards ex- 

 tinction, as if burnt 

 out. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



From Radiant Nji (?). 



Descended towards the 

 earth. 



Rushing downwards 



Remarks. 



Directed from the same 

 quarter as the wind, 

 or about W.S.W. to 

 E.N.E., descending at 

 an angle of 45° to the 

 horizon. 



The sun shone, and 

 the sky was almost 

 cloudlrss. Seen also 

 at Sarsden, Chipping 

 Norton, and at Not- 

 ting Hill, in London, 

 as a large bright 

 meteor in the south 

 going from west to 

 east. An explosion 

 was heard at the lat 

 ter place. 



[The meteor was also 

 seen at Northampton, 

 in full sunshine, emit- 

 ting bright flames, and 

 lasting a few seconds. 

 ' The Times.'] 



[Seen also at Hartle- 

 bury, as a shining 

 silvery light descend- 

 ing in the south-east ; 

 and at Edmonton, 

 moving from the 

 south-west towards 

 the east. Mr. Wood's 

 M.S.] 



The wind was high, and 

 clouds were passing 

 quickly. 



The meteor appeared 

 during a strong gale. 



Notwithstanding the 

 bright sunshine, the 

 meteor was intensely 

 luminous. Had it ap- 

 peared at night, it 

 would have equalled 

 that of the 7th o< 

 October. A strong 

 gale from W.S.W. 

 blowing at the time, 

 prevented any sound 

 frombeing heard. See 

 figure in Appendix TI 



Observer. 



T. Cruraplen. 



' British Daily 

 Post ' and 

 « Times.' 



' The Morning 

 Star.' 



The Times.' 



' Birmingham 

 Daily Post.' 



' Birmingham 

 Daily Gazette.' 



W. H. Wood. 



Id. 



