OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Length of 

 Path. 



20° 



15° 



About 25° 



Direction or Radiant-point. 



The meteor did not burst, but 

 began small and grew brighter 

 and brighter until it went out. 

 Just before disappearance it 

 " appeared as large as a break- 

 fast-plate." 



Left no streak 



Shot upwards , 



Path a little convex to the 

 zenith. 



Appearance ; Remarks, &c. 



Communicated by A. 

 Eden. 



H. W. Jackson. 



Xucleus accompanied by sparks ; 

 disappeared with an explo- 

 sion : left a white streak in 

 passing over a, and y Persei, 

 which remained visible fifteen 

 seconds. 



For three fifths of its course 

 it continued equally bright, 

 a fireball with sparks round 

 it, and a slight train. In 

 the rest of its course it 

 diminished gradually to dis- 

 appearance. 



Left a bright train in its wake 

 Nucleus of tlie meteor of very 

 large apparent width. Several 

 other bright shooting-stars were 

 visible on the same night. [See 

 this Appendix, below]. 



The meteor appeared behind a 

 cloud, through which it shone ; 

 and it must have been exceed- 

 ingly bright. 



Nucleus accompanied by a slight 

 train ; left no streak. 



Meteor very bright when first 



seen, and remained so until it 



disappeared without bursting 



close to the horizon. Nucleus 



with short tail of red sparks ; 



left a streak for a moment or 



two along its track. 

 The brightest meteor seen du-|W. F. Denning. 



ring the month. A flash of 



light, apparently meteoric, ap- 

 peared at about Q"" p.m. on thej 



18th of November, when thej 



sky was nearly overcast. 



Observer. 



Robert M'Clure. 



T. W. Webb. 



(' Nature,' Oct. 17.) 



S. J. Whitmee. 



('Nature,' Jan. 30th, 

 1873.) 



G. L. Tupman. 



Id. 



F. Hurman and John ! 

 Taylor. 



