OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



107 



Direction or Radiant-point. 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Apparent course very nearly [A. E. S., at Brompton, 

 horizontal. [The altitude at scribes the meteor as 

 starting (57°) is irreconcil- 

 able with the rest of this 

 description, unless for north 

 we read south declination 

 20° at the commencement.] 



[Perseid] 



Fell vertically 



de- 



bril- 

 fol- 

 red 

 Mr. 



Observer 

 or Reference. 



liant blue, pear-shaped, 

 lowed by a train of 

 sparks ; time 10 h 5 m . 

 F. Dennett, London, says that 

 it there appeared " greenish 

 purple," about 10 o'clock, 

 shooting across the sky from 

 E. to W.] Another large 

 meteor was observed about 

 12 1 ' P.M. 



Bright streak ; remaining visible 

 across y Cygni, where it was 

 brightest, for 1 second. 



Seemed to burst behind a cloud.. 



The nucleus died away, leaving a 

 bright streak for some seconds 

 between those stars and in a 

 line with them. 



St. Vincent Beechey. 

 ' English Mechanic,' 

 vol. xxiii. ]). 53G, 

 Aug. 4th, 1876. 



f. W. Backhouse. 



J. Lucas. 



Communicated by 

 F. II. Dickinson. 



Moved nearly horizontally at 

 first, then gradually declin- 

 ing. [The point of disap- 

 pearance is not compatible 

 with the direction of the 

 course, as described, near its 

 commencement.] 



Left a fine train visible at a Co- 

 rona; for about 20 seconds. 



Ended in a train of sparks like a 

 rocket. [The apparent course 

 at Bristol, observed by Mr. 

 Denning, was from 208°, +25° 

 to 186°, + 23°. For other ob- 

 servations of this and of the 

 last meteor, see these Reports, 

 vol. for 1876, pp. 132-136.] 



Disappeared without bursting 

 Left no light-streak on its 

 course. [For further observa 

 tions of the meteor, at Douglas 

 and in Ireland, sec Appendix I., 

 p. 133.] 



Direction and altitude at first ap- 

 pearance from recollection 

 The general position from a 

 memorandum at the time. 



J. Lucas. 



Joseph Clark and others 

 Communicated bv 

 J. E. Clark. 



E. W. Binney. 



Proceedings of the 

 Manchester Lit. and 

 Phil. Society, vol. 

 xvi. p. 12; Oct. 17th, 

 1870. 



James P. Joule. 



