ppearance ; Train, if any, 
and its Duration. 
he brightest particles ex- 
- ploded with a noise like 
- thunder, and were so 
observed to be detached 
_ from it in Flanders and 
~ in all the towns of Hol- 
land, where they were 
seen over a space of 40 
_ leagues. 
Like a large body of fire... 
iy 
Like a ball of white lumi- 
Bir matter. Burst like 
a rocket into a series 
of stars, and disap- 
ared. 
ae at middle of its). 
course; left a streak for 
ie half a second, 
train or sparks ...,..... 
No train or sparks .,....... 
train or sparks ...,..... 
ptt} 
Senta eeeenevensrsceeetsseeeecs 
4 PO iy 
‘OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 
Length of 
Path. 
Seema ee eeeees 
See ewe eeeeeeee 
eee et eeeeenee 
Petree 
see ecerrscesece 
Heh eeeterceeeee 
Direction ; noting also 
whether Horizontal, 
Perpendicular, or 
Inclined. 
-\From N, to S., appa- 
rently parallel to the 
horizon. 
From E. to W. 
seneeenee 
seeseee 
POOR eee eer eest tt eeeeee 
THHPO OOO ee ee eee ee erertraneees 
Directed from y Persei 
Seen e eee e ee eeeeeseneeere seeee 
SUC e eee ee eee entrees ee 
SPP e ere ee PO tees eta esses 
From Radiant O, 
Orion. 
in 
A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 
Remarks. 
The splendour was such 
as to cast a perfect 
shadow of terrestrial 
objects on the ground. 
Accompanied by a loud 
report, like that of a 
large cannon. 
SOP a ee meee ee eer es eeeeeeeeeseee 
SOP eee Oe eererereeeeeeeenenes 
Two meteors directed 
from this Radiant- 
point, in 45 minutes. 
seeee Pee e eee ee eeenee 
Two meteors in 30 
minutes. Clear sky ; 
moon # full; one ob- 
server. 
..|Another, similar to it, 
almost immediately 
afterwards ; from ¢ to 
@ Pegasi. 
seeeeee Were rete teen ee eeeee eee 
From Radiant O, in)....... 
Orion. 
ee O ee eer oars senes Peete renees 
347 
Observer. 
Letter of M. Mu- 
schenbroeck to 
M. de Réau- 
mur. “ History 
of the French 
Academy of, 
Oe e eee ee eereenenee see eeenee 
Sciences’ for 
the year 1756. 
Dr. Neumayer’s 
‘Report of 
Observations 
at Melbourne, 
1862-67.’ 
G. J. Symons’s 
‘ Monthly Me- 
teorological 
Magazine,’ 
May, 1866. 
A. 8, Herschel 
Id. 
Communicated 
by R. P. Greg. 
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