A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 253 



Appearance; Train, if any, Length of 

 and its Duration. ' i Path. 



Direction; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



From Radiant G i 'w. H. Wood. 



From Radiant G a 



From Radiant G 



From Radiant L g . 





Twenty meteors per 

 hour were counted by 

 one observer. Obser- 

 vations discontinued 

 at !'■ 10'" a.m. 



On the nights of the 

 12th and 13th the sky 

 was overcast. 



12° Directed from /3Tauri... 



3= 'Directed from /3Taurl... 



From Radiant G . 



Left a streak wliich faded 10° 'Directed from 



instantly. ! Polaris. 



near 



Increased gradually in 4 

 brightness ; drew a short 

 tail of sparks after it. 

 Left no streak. 



Stonefall at Lake Malar, in 

 the Upland. 



The meteor burst, and 10 

 terminated in what 

 appeared to be three 

 globes of light, each 

 about one-third the ap- 

 parent diameter of the 

 full moon. 



'\.t first as bright as Mars, 



From Radiant G , 

 From Radiant G , 

 A bright meteor . 



[d. 



Id. 



fd. 



Directed from S 



Persei Clear sky ; no moon. 

 No other meteor seen 

 in twenty minutes. 



or 15^ From N.N.C. to S.S.W. 



A very brilliant fireball 



I it increased to one-sixth 

 of the apparent diameter 

 of the full moon, which 

 was near its path ; nume- 

 rous sparks, issuing from 

 it, produced a luminous 

 appendage ; and it shone 

 brightly through clouds, 

 which dimmed the stars. 



Ilesembled a sheaf of fire, 

 with connected stream- 

 ers of light, which at last 

 burst and cast a great 

 light around. 



Not less 

 than 40^^ 



From N.^A^ to S.E. 



From E. to W. 



R. P. Greg. 

 Id. 



Id. 



T. Crumplen. 



A. S. Herschel. 



Association 

 Scientifique 

 de France,' 

 No. 105. 



Glasgow Even- 

 ing Citizen,' 

 Jan. 12th. 



Course not quite 

 straight ; undulating. 



A large and brilliant 

 meteor. Firit appear- 

 ed at a= S= 

 98°-f36 

 crossed the 

 ecliptic at 114 +21 

 disappeared 

 at 126 



Cast a lurid glare on ' 

 the landscape, and lit 

 up the heavens with 

 a singular brightness. 

 [The meteor was seen 

 at the same hour at 

 Manchester.] 



M. Laussedat ; 

 ' Comptes 

 Rendus ' for 

 Mar. 29th, 

 1869 ; vol. 

 l.wiii. p. 784. 



Glasgow Daily 

 Herald,' April 

 5th. 



FrancescoDenza; 

 ' Bulletins de 

 i I'Academie de 

 I Belgique,' vol. 

 ' xxvii. p. 633. 



