A CATALOGUi: OF OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 265 



Appearance ; Train, if anv, Length of 



and its Duration. 



Path. 



m 



a thin streak Hie whole From N.X.W. to S.S.E 

 course of 

 tlie mc-l 

 teor was 

 extremely 

 short. 



It began 

 of red sparks, and ra- 

 pidly increased to its 

 greatest splendour ; of 

 an intense white heat, 

 giving off jets or sputJ 

 tarings of light, on its 

 whole course, from both 

 sides of its body. Its 

 disappearance was ex 

 tremely sudden, as if 

 its substance were 

 wholly consumed. For 

 a second there was left 

 a train of sparks. 

 The meteor's path was 

 not continuously illu- 

 minated, but appeared 

 broken, for quite half 

 the length of its 

 flight, into a train of 

 brilliant sparks. It 

 terminated in an ex- 

 plosion of vivid incan- 

 descence, dividing the 

 principal mass into 

 smaller bodies, which 

 were very quickly ex- 

 tinguished. 



y a glance at the meteor, 

 at the instant of its dis- 

 appearance, it was of 



Direction ; notin? also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks, 



Observer. 



The sky was very clear, The Duke of 

 and the meteor wasl .'Argyll ; < The 

 well seen from iirst to Times,'' July 

 last. No sound of al 21st- 

 report was heard. 



this form : — 



eft no streak 



Very brief 

 course 

 while 



sight. 



The atmosphere was John Spiller , 

 quite clear and calm.' ' The Times ' 

 No sound of a report July 21st. 

 was heard after its 

 extinction. 



he nucleus was followed 30° 

 by a train of red, yellow, 

 and blue light. Disap- 

 peared without bursting. 



ightest at the middle of 10° 

 its course. Left no 

 streak. 



The prolongation of the Two flashes in quick 

 succession, with half a 

 second between them, 

 like faint lightning 

 reflected upon sur- 

 rounding objects, drew 

 the observer's atten- 

 tion to the meteor. 

 No sound was heard. 



brief stage of its ap 

 paiition which was 

 visible was directed, 

 apparently, from A 

 quila. 



Directed from e Lvrse. 



ellar nucleus. 

 lor sparks. 



1869. 



No train 



F. Howlett. 



A. S. rierschel. 



The meteor cast a strong Communicated 

 shadow, even during by 11. P. Grep 

 moonlight. 



Directed from c Cephei Sky quite clear. No 

 other meteor in fifty 

 minutes seen in -J of 

 the sky. Full moon 

 one observer. 

 Another meteor appear, 

 ed very shortly after- 

 wards in Andromeda, 



After midnight meteors 

 frequent (one in two 

 or three minutes in' 

 half the sky). Radiant| 

 Cassiopeia, Perseus, 

 and Auriga. 



Very clear sky. 



A. S. Ilerschel. 



Id. 



