OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 811 
Path. Direction or Radiant-point. Appearance; Remarks, &c. Observer. 
MRWEMEDE Gd etuscos!cccecccceccase secesectecscepesseeeseeee(Principal nucleus followed by)‘ Newcastle Daily Chro- 
half a dozen pear-shaped nicle,’ Monday, Aug. 
fireballs ; illuminated the sur-| 3rd, 1874. 
rounding district for an in- 
stant as if by the electric 
light. 
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: a j lliff. . 
Very long path|Radiant(?) in Aquarius ; course|Besides red fragments, the meteor|W. H. Wood. 
: deflected downwards at | evolved some white smoke- 
Coronz to e« Bodtis, where] wreaths 4° or 5° long, as it 
it finally collapsed. passed across Corona. After 
oe Sof explosion there, it reappeared 
as a first magnitude red star, 
pursuing its course further on 
a deflected line. 
About 12° |Horizontally, thus— Imperfect view of commence-|A. S. Herschel. - 
while in ; } ment. Some degrees before 
sight. E | disappearance, nucleus ex- 
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; panded with strong inter- 
arora ree mittent green light and frag- 
ments- on. .a train of red 
sparks. Disappeared suddenly 
at greatest brightness. Left 
- no streak. 
courses prove them to have belonged to different meteor-systems, or at least 
not simultaneously to any one of the hitherto established systems of occa- 
sional shooting-stars. Among the sixty-four bolides of the list, known 
radiant-points are assigned to forty-eight (or 75 per cent.), without any signs 
_ of recurrence on particular days, or of any such shower exhibiting an unusual 
number of large meteors on a certain date. The possible existence of meteor- 
showers consisting principally of large meteors is therefore not discernible 
from this fireball-list; but as it only extends to three years’ observations, a 
wider discussion of the question, if it were possible from the comparatively 
small number of bolides of which the apparent paths have been accurately — 
observed, will be necessary to determine if no such meteor-showers exist. 
The list of radiant-points obtained from his observations by Captain Tup- 
man is here extracted. from his catalogue, accompanied by an illustrative 
