OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEOKS. 



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^^"S'l^ of J Direction or Radiant-point. [ Appearance, Remarks, &c. 

 rath. ' 



35° :Radiant in Perseus or Cassio- 

 peia. 



16" Moved upwards 



A splendid meteor 



Observer 

 or Reference. 



27<= 



Left a briglit train 



Left a briglit train for 2 seconds. 



Left a short bright train at 

 I 150=-t-78° visible for 5i mi- 

 } nutcs, and drifting thence to 

 j 183° + 7°. 

 to S., in a line nearly paral-;From 8^ 15™, eight meteors seen ; 



jel to the horizon. 



9^ to 10", 14 meteors ; 10" 

 to 10" 30'", 3 meteors. On 

 the nth, 8>> 45" to 9'', 8 me- 

 teors; 9*" to lO", 8 meteors 

 seen. Aug. 12th, 8'' 30-" to 

 10", only 2 meteors. Sky 

 quite clear most of the time of 

 observation. 



W. F. Denning. 



(d. 



Id. 



Id. 



Communicated bv J. 

 Clark. 



E.! 



10= 



\V. F. Denning. 



19' illadiant in Cassiopeia 



I'erseid. 



Very fine meteor ; left a streak. 



Id. 



Rocket-like ; caused a brilliaut'C. J. 

 flash of light, and left a vividi (' Western Daily 

 streak on about 10° of itsj Times.') 

 course, which remained visiljlcj 

 several minutes. 



Extremely bright, like vivid light- 

 ning, even in the strong moon- 

 light. Left a broad bright train 

 visible for fully a minute. (Nu- 

 cleus round or oval. Keynish, 

 near Bristol : another, rather' 

 smaller, visible ten minutes' 

 later. See Appendix II., Large! 

 Meteors.) | 



Communicated by W. F. 

 Denning, from ac- 

 counts by G.F.Burder, 

 Clifton (and by other 

 observers near Bris- 

 tol). 



