OBSERVATIONS OK LUMINOUS METEORS, 



111) 



Length of 

 Path. 



:,[) 



Direction or Radiant-point. 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Observer 

 or Reference. 



(Fell almost perpendicularly to 

 the south, at Wolverhamp- 

 ton.) 



Length of 

 visible path 

 about twice 

 the moon's 

 diameter. 



Magnificent fireball, leaving 

 brilliant track, and with a final 

 blaze at disappearance. Bright 

 moon and twilight. [For other 

 descriptions of the meteor 

 see Appendix II. (Large 

 Meteors), p. 153.] 

 K.,(QuadransU)rMG 2 (,noOtes).jNucleus with short tail. Buret 



at last, projecting some sparks 

 forwards.. 



At 7 h 40 m p.m.," Feb. 11, 

 another bright meteor was 

 seen at Birmingham, in the 

 N.W., at no great altitude, 

 travelling slowly towards N. 

 Moved parallel to the horizon, 

 from right to left. 



Travelling from west to east 



Left a bright track behind it. A 

 brilliant evening, with no stars 

 yet visible (except (?) Sirius, 

 brightly seen in 20'"), and still 

 almost daylight. 



Brilliant, in spite of some day- 

 light and of the moon's ex- 

 treme brightness. 



No detonation heard 



Hast to west 



Passed obliquely downwards, 

 from right to left, towards 

 [? from left to right, to near] 

 Orion's Belt. 



Due S. to N., at an inclination 

 downwards of 34° from ho- 

 rizontal. Radiant-point de- 

 duced from the observations 

 at 145° —4°, in Sextans, 

 near Cor Hydro. 



A detonating fireball, producing 

 an immense illumination. 



It made the stars appear dull and 

 red, and seemed very close to 

 the earth. 



The observer's attention, as he 

 looked towards west, was 

 drawn towards the meteor by 

 its light in the south. 



Nucleus pear-shaped, with a 

 bright track. [Similarly de- 

 scribed at Gunnersbury, near 

 London, by " W. M."; Ibid., 

 p. 451.] 



The meteor cast a strong light, 

 and was followed in its track 

 by a train resembling fiery 

 ashes. See Appendix I. of 

 this Report, pp. 135, 142. 



Joseph Radley. 

 ' Natural History 

 Journal of Friends 

 Schools' Societies,' ; 

 vol.i.p.25.Mar.l877 



W. H. Wood. 



A. J. Mott. 

 ' Nature,' vol. \v. 

 p. 399. (March 8, 

 1877.) 



C. M. Ingleby. 



' Nature,' vol. xv. 

 p. 375. (March 1,1 

 1877.) 



' Nature,' vol. xv. p. 

 4 GO. (March 22, 

 1877.) 



The 'Times.' [See Ap-I 

 pendix on Aerolitic 

 Meteors in this Re- 

 port, p. 193.] 



H. M. Wallis. 

 ' Nat. Hist. Journal 

 of Friends Schools' 

 Societies,' vol. i. p. 

 41. April 1877. 



• II. 



' Nature,' vol. xv. 

 p. 471. (March 29, 



1877.) 



W. Ainslie Hollis. 

 (Ibid.) 



The ' Observatory,' 

 vol. i. p. 19. Cal- 

 culation of the me- 

 teor's course by 

 Captain Tupmar;. 



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