A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS 01' LUMINOUS METEORS. 



291 



OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



i\.ppearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Left no train 



Left a train 8° in length. 



Left a train of yellowish 

 colour 4° in length. 



Left a train 3° in length- 



Left a long train of 

 sparks for ten minutes, 

 which gradually con- 

 tracted itself into an 

 oblong form from 1° 

 to 2'^ in diameter, 

 and for a time ap- 

 peared to station itself 

 a little to the west of 

 ■y Crucis. 



At first tailless, but 

 shortly afterwards left 

 train 3° or 4° long 

 which was cigar- shaped, 

 apparently consisting 

 of condensed particles, 

 and remained visible 3 



i seconds ; from e to 6 



I Pegasi. 



Stationary 

 object. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inchned. 



60' 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



Train not visible, be 

 cause of the com- 

 mencement of twi- 

 light perhaps. 



Seen by several persons 



The meteor gare a bril 

 liant illumination, 

 much more incandes 

 cent than that pro- 

 duced by the full 

 moon. 



Seen also at Hartford, 

 100 miles S.W. from 

 Boston. 



Sky clear ; full moon . 



PrincipalBadiant during 

 this month, W. 



' Twenty - five 

 years' Meteo- 

 rological Ob- 

 servations at 

 HobartTown,' 

 F. Abbott, 

 p. 13. 



Id., p. 14. 



Id., p. 16. 



Id. 



Id., p. 17. 



Id. 



James Gardner, 

 Am. Jour. Sci., 

 2nd Ser., vol. 

 x.wiii. p. 295. 



W. H. Wood. 



Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 

 Id. 



