A CATALOGUE OF OBSEUVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Dirpciion ; iiotinij also 



vlietlier Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



he shape of the meteor About 

 was rounded in front, I 

 throwing off flakes off 

 tlame behind. 



30° 



Directed nearly from a The view of the last part 

 Serpentis. of the meteor was 



intercepted by houses. 



A. T. Atchison. 



ocket-like. Nucleus as' 

 bright as the Drum-j 

 mond light, brightly 

 defined in front, draw- 

 ing behind to a 

 short tail with sparks. 

 Disappeared gradually. 

 Left no streak. 



round ball, which gra-'About 50".. 

 dually disappeared with- 

 out leaving any streak 

 or sparks. 



ke a mass of fire: 

 Ishapcd. 



pear- 45 



From W.S.W. to E.N.E. 



The light cast was suffi- J. Ilarraer ; 

 cient to have picked communicated 

 up a pin. A clear by A. S. Her 

 night. scheL 



From W. to E 'About four minutes and Communicated 



a half after its disap- bvA.S.Herschel. 

 pearance a report was! 

 heard as of a distant I 

 explosion. 

 Positions carefully ob-;H. Marriot ; 

 served by landmarks.! communicated 

 Five minutes after! by A. S. Her- 

 the disappearance a! schel. 

 report was heard 

 which shook the 

 earth and made the 

 windows rattle. [The 

 flasb of light and 

 the report were per- 

 ceived within doors 

 at Horsemonden, and 

 at Hawkhurst, with 

 an interval of four 

 or five minutes be- 

 tween them. Both the 

 flash and the report 

 weredouble.-A.S.H.] 

 Shortly after its disap- W. E. Hickson. 

 pearance three re- 

 ports were heard as 

 of distant cannons. 

 The houses shook at 

 Meopham. Seen gene- 

 rally aroundWrotham. 



From S.W. to N.E. 



