A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



3urst, with sparks. Left 

 a very bright persistent 

 streak. 



ollowed by a tail of 

 sparks. At a point 

 about two-thirds along 

 its course (« = 197° 

 S = -14°), it ap- 

 peared to descend 

 below, and be visible 

 through a dark cloud. 



ike a large shooting- 

 star. It burst into 

 what seemed to be 

 myriads of purple 

 sparks, which gradually 

 vanished. 



ucleus kite - shaped. 

 Burst like a rocket, the 

 fragments burning out 

 gradually. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



More than 

 30°. 



From W. to E. 



I 



isappeared gradually. 15° 

 No sparks or streak. 



Remarks. 



Possibly identical with 

 the last. 



Two other bright me- 

 teors on this even- 

 ing cast such a 

 strong reflected light 

 as to attract the at 

 tention of observers 

 who were looking in 

 the opposite direc- 

 tion. 



Possibly identical with 

 the last. 



Observer. 



M. Zezioli ; 

 ' Bulletins de 

 I'Academie de 

 Belgique,' vol, 

 xxvii. p. 633. 



Francesco Denza 

 (Ibid.). 



Rocket-like, 

 suddenlv. 



Appeared 



M. Zezioli (Ibid.) 



FrancescoDenza; 

 Ibid. p. 632. 



Stones fell at Clegue 

 rec. Vendee, south of 

 France. [Seen also 

 at L'Oiient, by Mons. 

 Bourdillon.] 



Intensely luminous, 

 lighting up the hea- 

 vens. Commence- 

 ment of the meteor's 

 course not seen. 



Descending obliquely The sky in that direction [Communicated 

 towards the left. was quite clear. IjyA. S.Ilcrschel, 



'The Standard,' 

 May 16th. 



M. Arrondeau ; 

 ' Association 

 Scieiititique 

 de France,' 

 No. 123. 

 Communicated 

 by T. Crumpleii 



