j A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 383 
On the night of the 13th, two bright and five smaller meteors were noted 
in forty-five minutes, radiating from near 3 Cassiopeix. From this radiant- 
point, also, the two exceptional meteors observed on the night of the 10th 
‘were directed. 
At Hawkhurst, on the nights of the 9th and 11th, the sky was overcast. 
Tn two hours and a half, between 9" 30™ and 12" p.w. on the night of the 
10th, twenty-three meteors were registered, and many others were seen, of 
which the particulars were not noted. The brightness and colours of the 
meteors recorded were as follows :— 
As bright as Jupiter, Sirius, 1st-mag.*, 2nd do., 3rd do. and under. 
No. of 2 3 8 5 
meteors noted. ) 4 1 3 iF 
- Colours :—white, green, yellow, red. 
Of two of these meteors, which“appear to be certainly identified with 
meteors observed at London, the real heights are given (see Nos. 6, 7 in the 
Table) at p. 385 of this Report. 
On the night of the 12th, seventeen meteors were recorded in the two hours 
preceding midnight, of several of which the brightness and colours were noted 
as follows :— 
As bright as Sirius, Ist mag.*, 2nd do., 3rd do. and under. 
No. of 3 7 5 1 
meteors noted. t3 - 1 = 
Colours :— white, green, yellow, red. 
At Winchfield, Hants, Mr. C. H. Griffith observed between 10" P.m. on the 
10th and 1" 22™ a.m. on the 11th, the apparent paths and instants of appear- 
ance of thirty-nine meteors. Ground-fog and clouds having then spread over, 
prevented further observations. The apparent sizes and colours of the meteors 
were recorded thus :— 
As bright as Jupiter, Ist-mag. , 2nd do., 3rd do., 4th do. and under. 
No. of 6 9 9 6 
meteors recorded. | 25 3 Z 
Colours:— white, bluish, red. 
Eleven of the meteors left luminous streaks. Four meteors of the list are 
identified as having been simultaneously observed by Mr. Wood at Birming- 
ham. 
At Sunderland, Mr. T. W. Backhouse watched for the meteors on the 
nights of the 7th, 8th, and 9th of August. ‘The sky was clear on the latter 
night, and thirty-five meteors were recorded, all of which, with only three or 
_ four exceptions, appeared to be conformable. The meteors came very irregu- 
larly; they seemed most frequent from 10" 40™ to 11" 10" pu. Their 
average rate of frequency was about twenty-two per hour. The radiant- 
point was about R.A. 2" 45", N. Decl. 53°. Most, or all of the bright ones 
left trains.” 
On the nights of the 10th and 11th the sky was overcast. 
At Wisbeach, Cambridgeshire, the sky was cloudy on the 9th, and three 
neteors radiating from Cassiopeia were observed. On the night of the 10th 
e sky was cloudless, and Mr. 8. H. Miller noticed a shower of bright 
meteors leaving long trains, which were brightest at the middle of their 
length. On fia night of the 11th the sky was again overcast. 
At Cambridge the shower was seen to great “advantage on the night of 
the 10th, by Mr. G. Forbes; and a number of the meteors were referred to 
