OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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Length of 

 Path. 



Direction or Radiant-point. 



[S.W.toN.E.?] 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Observer 

 or Reference. 



Disappeared with a final flame.C. 0. 



From N.E. to S.W. 



Descending at an angle of 

 about 30° from perpendi- 

 cular. 



X 



and without audible explosion. 



Appearance of the meteor with 

 its narrow deep-red streak — 



1 Natural History 

 Journal,' vol. i. p. 41. 



C. Budds. 



Communicated by 

 G. J. Symons. 



[A detonating fireball. See 

 Appendix II. Large Meteors.] 



Sky cloudless ; general appear- 

 ance like a rocket ; but it dis- 

 appeared suddenly without 

 noise or sparks. A slight zig- 

 zag but no curvature was visi- 

 ble in its path. 



F. T. Mott. 

 ' Nature,' vol. xv. p 

 549. (Apr. 26, 1877.) 

 [Communicated by 

 W. F. Denning.] 



Burst twice with such intense 

 light that the time by St 

 Thomas's church clock could 

 be read. 



(Course ? zigzag, or else 

 near its radiant-point ? A 

 very rough description, 

 giving only the general alti- 

 tude and azimuth, by some 

 landmarks at Newcastle, 

 pretty closely.) 



(Disappeared with a flash) 



Moved eastward , 



Paragraph in ' The 



Mona's Herald,' 



April 18th, 1877. 



Communicated by 

 A. S. Herschel. 



Threw out sparks as it ad- 

 vanced. Followed in about 

 half a minute by another, 

 smaller hut quite similar, from 

 almost exactly the same point 

 and direction, visible 3 se- 

 conds. 



\V. II. S. J. Hope. 

 1 Nature,' vol. xvi. p. 

 43. (May 17, 1877.) 



