A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



iSft a superb streak of 

 scarlet about 50° long, 



jeft behind it a long train 

 of blue light. 



Length of 

 Path. 



jeft a long bright train . 



fucleus egg-shaped. Left 

 a fine train. 



.eft a red train for 2 sees 



eft a train at least 60° 

 long. 



eft a ruddy streak 



he nucleus suddenly 

 burst without noise, 

 and remained sus- 

 pended like a nebu 

 lous cloud, visible for 

 some seconds. 



eft a long bright zenith. 



TO meteors exactly pur- 

 suing each other. 



ain like sparks from a 

 rocket-stick. 



Direction ; noting also 



whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Course due W. 



Radiant, n Leonis 



Remarks. 



[Identical with the pre- 

 ceding; see Appendix 



[Probably identical 

 with the preceding 

 or with the follow- 

 ing-] 



Well observed 



18U7. 



A binary pair 



Observer. 



T. Crumplen. 



Newcastle 

 Chronicle,' 

 Nov. 15th. 

 W. R. Dawes, 

 ' Monthly 

 Notices,' 

 Vol. xxvii. p. 

 46. 



T. Crumplen. 



W. H. Wood. 

 T. Crumplen. 



Communicated 

 byA.S.Herschel, 



T. Crumplen. 

 D. Gill. 



iVnother tolerably large 

 one about 12'> 45"" 

 a.m., and a third very 

 brip;ht one about P 

 20°" a.m., but not 

 equal in size to the 

 first, thoiigli perhaps 

 equal in train. 



W. R. Dawes, 

 ' M'' Notices,' 

 Vol.xxvii.p.46. 



T. Crumplen. 



Communicated 

 byA.S.Herschel. 



' Evening Stand- 

 ard,' Nov. 15. 



