A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Appearance ; Train, if any, 

 and its Duration. 



■eft a long blue train, 

 broadest at the bead ; 

 after tbe bead went out 

 tbe tail still advanced 

 but gradually grew 

 fainter and disappeared. 

 It did not remain after 

 its foremost extremity 

 ceased to move. 



At least 50°, 

 including 

 tbe patb 

 of the tail 

 after the 

 bead dis- 

 appeared 



,eft red sparks in the last 

 li° of its course, which 

 soon disappeared. 



>fearly disappeared in the 

 middle of its course. 



Left no train 



Length of 

 Path. 



10° 



17° 



Direction ; noting also 



vfhether Horizontal, 



Perpendicular, or 



Inclined. 



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Remarks. 



Observer. 



A singular appearance 

 was presented by the 

 headless meteor 

 shooting along, such 

 as I never saw before. 

 The meteor went per- 

 haps 20- after the 

 head disappeared. 



Seen through clouds ; a 

 misty evening. 



Seen through clouds ,. 



T.W. Backhouse, 



Moved in a curve thus — M 



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^ 



Motion apparently im- 

 peded as if forcing its 

 wav. 



Another very similar 

 meteor at right angles 

 to it. 



Eight other meteors in 

 a short time seen 

 before this one. 



Directed from Mars 



From Procyon. 



J. E. Clark. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



J. E. Clark and 

 T. H. Waller. 



J. E. Clark. 



Id. 



Id. 



Id. 



