382 REPORT—1868. 
List of Percentage of the Contemporaneous 
Radiant-points whole number of Radiants of former 
in simultaneous meteors, directed August meteoric 
activity. from each Radiant. showers, quiescent in 1868. 
n Persei cs Wis. 
oy BRFEGR? ga foc ce 20 6 Camelopardi. 
e Cassiopeie .. .. 20 ik: Persei. 
B,, B, anin vatitee oD 100. Ns (Hh) bee 
IN 9 sais Js Rui 23 3) | Q.. 
Wee eots qeleewi(a - (eid 5 E. 
QG. i 9 R,, R,. 
Undetermined . 1 
Percentage numbers of the whole, with regard to apparent magnitudes and 
colours :— 
As bright as Venus, Jupiter, Sirius, 1st-mag.:, 2nd do., 3rd do. and under. 
Percentage i 4 12 30 24 29 
Numbers. | 9 34 47 
Colours :—white, green, yellow & orange, blue. 
40 per cent. of the meteors left persistent trains. 
“From the foregoing numbers it will be seen that the shower differs in 
many particulars from those previously recorded, in accuracy of radiation, 
presenting fewer radiant-points and a less confused appearance ; while the 
presence of green, yellow and orange, and of train-bearing meteors in such 
large proportions makes it conspicuously different from the August meteor- 
shower in 1866 (vide Report for that year, p. 141). The radiant e Cassio- 
pei produces nearly the same percentage number of meteors, and the pro- 
portion of 1st- and 2nd-magnitude meteors is nearly the same, as in the August 
shower of 1867 (vide Report for that year, p. 409). On the other hand, the 
hourly numbers are double of those in 1867, and agree more nearly with those 
observed in 1866.” <A list of the apparent paths of the foregoing meteors 
(some of which, recorded in R.A. and Decl., and by alineations with the neigh- 
bouring fixed stars, are entered in the present Catalogue) accompanies Mr. 
Wood’s Report. 
At London, the sky was completely overcast on the 9th. On the night of 
the 10th, Mr. T. Crumplen, assisted by Mr. J. Dow, counted 41 shooting- 
stars in pie hours, between 9" and 11" v.m., the following numbers of the 
meteors being recorded in the successive half hours enidini L- 
1868, August 10th, 9" 30™, 10%, 10°30™, 11° 
No. of en | 
9 15 9 8 Total 41. 
seen by two 
observers. 
The sky, which was partially obscured at 10" 30™, became totally so at 11" 
P.M., and prevented further observations. 
“These meteors, with two exceptions, were all from the radiant-point near 
(i Camelopardi. There was a marked absence of shooting-stars from other 
radiants. The whole were accompanied by luminous trains, which faded from 
the ends towards the centre, being broadest in the middle, as in previous 
years. In some cases, perhaps in most, they only attained their full breadth 
after the disappearance of the meteor. The general colour was white, inclined 
perhaps to orange. The average length of path was not less than 15°.... 
The uniform appearance of the meteors was a striking feature of the shower.” 
Clouds presented themselves on the nights of the 11th and 12th, only one 
other meteor being observed on the latter date. 
