OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS, 299 
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Length of Direction or Apparent z 
Path. Radiant-point. Appearance ; Remarks, Observer, 
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22° sersereeeere| By (?) Draconid ,.. .......++9+54.|Meteor with train 5° long...,...../G. L. Tupman. 
j (Observations of shoot- 
ing-stars, 1869-71.) 
ND) awoncocseene Perseid ...... seeceeseresceeeeeess- (Left a bright streak ........ cesses (Id. 
secesserssceeees-|PErseid ? (Ajos yy, and Ajo, ,, ;|Meteor with train ..,....0....e0500-(Id. 
40+60 to 60+55). 
40° essesreseslnesrecsccerrersepersesepeesepseepeveees/ACcurate observation. Left alld. 
streak 20° long. 
Remote resrgen [IIL 2]. .casepapnpsesppasy ns s+eeeeee|Left a streak 3° long for 3 secs...|Id. 
POevessepepeatea|| LiL 2 ]ecccess.cosee sorereeeegeeseeee|Left a very bright streak ..,.,.,.. Id. 
23° ..seeeseeeee|RT (75425, max. Sept. 8-10).|Left a streak 10° long for 3 secs..|Id. 
About 30° ..,/Towards the east of south, in-/End of course and explosion seen|D. Kirkwood. 
clined about 60° to the ho-| through a southern window; no| [Account by H. A. 
rizon, N.N.W. to S.S.E. report heard. [At Marion City} Newton, in ‘ Ameri- 
i white; altitude 45° N.W. or| can Journal of Sci- 
N.N.W.; at first inclined, then} ence ’for April 1873. ] 
immediately angular to the hori- 
zon. Smoke-cloud for several 
minutes; broke into parts. Re- 
: port heard at George Town, Ken- 
tucky. At Lixington, from 30° 
W.toa point S.W. of the zenith, 
a loud report heard in 5™.] 
[Meteor’s true path from alti- 
tude about 30° or 60° N.W. to 
_S.E., exploding about 20 miles 
over a point in the direction 
of the district of Lebanon, 
Kentucky.—H. A. Newton. ] 
10° while injInclined northwards and down-|A smaller bright green nucleus|William C. Wood. 
sight. wards. in front, followed by a larger| [Reported by H. A. 
yellowish one. The principal] Newton; Ibid.] 
nucleus also gave out some 
sparks. [As seen by Mr. 
Middleton, at New Britain, 
: 1 the meteor divided into 
‘ two large balls and _ se- 
. veral smaller ones, which 
disappeared while the two 
large ones passed on. ] 
BO. ssccevseseeeee[PTSEID pespreperserseerereeeeeress( Left a streak ...... asic ws teeseaseees/— Schultzy - 
sesseseeeeéeeee++-|20° from horizontal, thus— Position by measurement of\E. Worsdell. 
nll window-top and distant tree-| (Communicated by 
tops between which its course} J. E. Clark.) 
appeared; end perhaps ob- 
served, but beginning not seen. 
No sparks or streak on_ its 
course were visible! through the 
closed window-pane. 
