OBSERVATIONS OE LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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ength of 

 Path. 



Direction or Radiant-point. 



[No Radiant-point assignable. 

 The commencement and di- 

 rection of motion at Oxford 

 were evidently ill seen.] 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



A Perseid or Cassiopeiad 



A Pegasid 



Accurate. Left a streak across 

 Algol. 



[Radiant i Cassiopeia?, 40°, 

 + 72°]. 



Directed from 1° to right of 

 9 Serpentis. [Perseiid.] 



Perseid 



I Perseid 



15° 



[Radiant r\ Persei, 40°, +57°.] 

 Perseus or Cassiopeia 



19° 



19° 



[\ Andromedae (a Honorid) 

 352°, +45°.] 



Cassiopeiad 



From the same radiant 



Burst at disappearance. Left a 

 streak. 



W. F. Denning. 



Id. 



T. W. Backhouse. 



End of the course seen through 

 trees. Left a pretty bright 

 train. 



Flared up suddenly at a Corona?, 

 leaving a light-streak there 1^° 

 long, for l m . [Seen also by 

 Mr. Denning at Bristol.] 



Left a spot of light where it 

 burst. Seen through clouds. 

 [Identical with the last 

 meteor, and with one seen 

 at Bristol, at 9 h 54 m , by 

 Mr. Denning (these Reports, 

 vol. for 1876, p. 132). For 

 183°, +7°, in that description, 

 read 183°, + 79°.] 



Left a streak 



Left a bright streak 



Left a streak. Very accurate 



Left a streak 



Left a streak.." 



Appeared almost 

 together ; rather 

 doubtful paths, 



Observer 

 or Reference. 



J. Lucas. 



Id. 



T. H. Waller. 



H. Corder. 



W. F. Denning. 



J. Lucas. 



VV. F. Denning. 



J. Lucas. 



W. F. Denning. 



1877. 



