OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Length of 

 Path. 



Direction or Radiant-point. I Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Observer 

 or Reference. 



S.W. to N.E. 



lOO'-' 



[The ajiparent course described 

 only traverses the northern 

 parts of Libra and Virgo : 

 and at the observed time of 

 appearance the star Regulus, 

 near which it terminates, wa'^ 

 15° below tlie nortli-west 

 horizon.] 



r.cft a train like that of a rocket 

 Attention attracted by the 

 moving shadow of a tree which 

 it cast on the ground. 



Nucleus globular, like a Roman- 

 candle-ball, leaving no lumi- 

 nous track. 



Newspaper extract. 

 Communicated bv 

 W. F. Denning. 



J. L. Stothert. 

 The 'Times,' Aug. 18, 

 1876. 



A-t first it appeared large but'H. de H. Haigh. 

 not much more brilliant thaii| 

 an ordinary shooting - starJ 

 but it rapidly increased in 

 splendour, changing its colour 

 and appearance. [For thc 

 general appearance and for 

 other descriptions of this fire- 

 ball, see Appendix If.]. 



(Ibid.) 



Direction of motion exactly Appeared very near, like an arti 

 I perpendicular downwards, i ficial firework. Jupiter in 

 ■ { another part of the sky ap 



j j peared quite dull in compari- 



' i son with it. 



tell vertically 



Nucleus just before disappearance 

 j very elongated ; pear-shaped. 



Nucleus with a white luminous 

 train about 5° in length. 



Harold John. 

 The ' English Me- 

 chanic,' Sept. 1, 187G. 



Richard Verdon. 

 ' Nature,' Ang. 24, 

 1876. 



Paul Robin. Ibid, 



V fine bolide, with oval nucleus... Communicated by R. P. 



Greg. 





