OBSERVATIONS OP LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Length of 

 Path. 



Direction or Radiant-point. 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Observer 

 or Reference. 



Loup; course.. 



Moving northwards 



Radiant-point of the projected 

 tracks, 348^4:0°. 



similar accounts 

 the ' Scotsman.' 



Meteor with strong light casting ' Nature,' vol. xii. p. 460, 

 shadows. Halted and flashed; Sept. 23, 1875 ; other 

 as if at angles on its course ; 

 formed a zigzag streak visible 

 for three or four minutes after- 

 wards, which disappeared in 

 form of a ring. 



Grew gradually larger until it J. J. Allinson. 



disappeared. Followed in 4 or 



5 minutes by the next meteor. 

 [For description of the following 



meteor, see Appendix!.] 



Nucleus pear-shaped and uui-iThe 'Times,' Sept. IG, 



form in brightness, with flick 

 ering tail of sparks ; faded outl 

 at disappearance, leaving a 

 faint white streak. Light of 

 the meteor intense. Detona- 

 tion loud at Bradford ; heard 

 also at Wath and York (?). 



Course diagonally downwards Nucleus of oblong shape 

 from east to west. 



Fell obliquely as it passed frc 

 cast to west. 



1 Nucleus followed by a streaming 

 train ; left no streak. 



Nature,' Sept. 23, 

 1875, &c. (See Ap- 

 pendix 1. of this Re- 

 port for the real path 

 and other particulavs! 

 of the meteor.) 



J. L., Newspaper ac-j 

 count; communicated 

 by W. F. Denning. ! 



II. H. Olver, Id. Id. 



\V. F. Denning. 



G. L. Tupman. The 

 'Times,' Oct. 8ih, 

 1875. 



Directed from some point in 

 ! Leo. 



In the night of Octobei Communicated by A. S 



28th. Like a huge rocket, llerschel 



leaving numberless sparks on 



its course. 

 Vivid meteor ; lit up the sky in 



spite of the glare of the moon. 



\V. S. Franks. The 'As- 

 tronomical Register, 

 Jan. 1876. 



.lit made two descents, andjCommunicated by G. J 

 i flashed off at an acute angle,] Symons. 

 i -4K:. in the sketch. i 



Id. 



