A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



Left a very slight train 



Left a short train for a 

 quarter of a second. 



15° 



7°... 

 15° 



13° 

 32° 



13° 



12° 



Like a ball of fire lighting 

 the whole heavens. 



Left a train of sparks for 

 an instant. 



Length of 

 Path. 



37= 



30° 



40° 



Inclined at an angle of 

 80°. 



Direction ; noting also 



■whether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



Remarks. 



Moving south-vrest . 



Moved in a curve from 

 Ursa Major. 



Directed from 

 onis. 



Le- 



Directcd 

 onis. 



from y Le- 



A. C. Marriage. 



Id. 



S. Thomson. 



A. C. Marriage. 

 A. K. Brown. 



A. C. Marriage. 



Id. 



Exploded apparently 

 about ten miles off 

 ■with a tremendous 

 report like a 40-lb. 

 cannon, which shook 

 the earth and made 

 the windows rattle. 



It seemed brighter at 

 one time and hazy 

 at another, but each 

 stage was about the 

 same brightness. 

 There was still a 

 good deal of twi- 

 hght. 



Another 3rd magnitude 

 meteor near a Cas 

 siopeise nearly simul 

 taneous. 



Observer. 



New York ' Jour- 

 nal of Com- 

 merce ' and 

 ' World; Nov, 

 24th. 



T.W. Backhouse, 



W. H. Wood. 



Id. 



J. E. Clark. 



Id. 



J. E. Clark and 

 J. WaUer. 



1867. 



