A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



■Jeft a train . 



"fabulous appearance ; like 

 a dense train without a 

 nucleus. 



Remarks. 



Observer. 



icft a brilliant pale green 

 train. 



eft a long train -visible 

 during the time of the 

 meteor's flight. 



brilliant meteor, leaving 

 a long train. 



Directed from Leo to 

 wards a Ursae Ma 

 joris. 



From a to y Tauri 



From 10'' to lli" p.m. 

 six meteors seen 

 clear sky ; five ob^ 

 servers. 



From 11'' to 12'' p.m 

 twenty-four meteors 

 seen : clear sky ; five 

 obseners. 



The dotted line indi- 

 cates the direction 

 and length of arc. 



D. Gill. 



Id. 



Id. 



streak left . 



;ft a faint streak for half 

 a second. 



10" 



Directed from v Cancri. 



From 12'' to l"" a.m. 

 fifteen meteors seen : 

 clear sky ; five ob 

 servers. 



ft a short train which 

 lasted a quarter of 

 second; burst at last. 



Course f of 

 the way 

 from Cas- 

 tor. 



20° .... 



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Directed from Castor . , 



Inclining 75° 



From I'' to l"" 30"' a.m 

 seven meteors seen ; 

 clear sky ; five ob- 

 servers. 



Two meteors seen hi 

 twenty minutes ; one 

 observer. 



Sky one-third overcast. 

 The rest generally 

 clear but hazy ; no 

 moon. 



Id. 



Id, 



Id. 



Id. 



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From nearly E. to W., 



A. S. Herschel. 



Id. 



S. Thomson, 



Id. 



J. Crompton, 



