OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



355 



OBSERVED DUEING THE YEAE 1872-73. 



Length of 

 Path. 



Direction or Apparent 

 Radiant-point. 



For 20° read Slope about 35° . 

 35° or 40°. 



Perseid. 



Perseid., 



Slope of path 45= 



/ 



Slope of path 45° 



Appearance ; Remarks. 



Observer. 



[Also observed at the Royal J, 

 Observatory Greenwich. See 

 Report for 1871, page 34.] 



. Lucas (Radcliffe Ob 

 servations, 1869). 



Chapelas Coulvier 

 Gravier. 



A very brilliant meteor. [Corre- 

 sponds nearly, but is not iden- 

 tical with that seen in England 

 atlQi'SPiG. M. T. See lastj 

 Report, page 80.] 



For (8 Pegasi read Altair. Add J. E.Clark. 

 Place of disappearance as raea-j 

 sured by a house-corner close 

 to which it disappeared. [Cor- 

 rections in last Report, p. 118.] 



Good general position, fair direc- 

 tion, and doubtful point of 

 disappearance of path. 



Disappeared behind dome of the G. Forbes. 

 Sheepshanks Equatorial. A 

 good observation. 



General position of path accurate; < 

 direction and point of disap- 

 pearance uncertain. 



A fairly good observation 



Left a streak 



G. L. Tupman. 



G. L. Tupman. 



G. Forbes. 



T. Wright. 



J. Lucas. 



W. Davenport. 



Idem. 



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