OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 



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OBSERVED, CHIEFLY IN THE TEARS 1878-1879. 



Length of 

 Path 





ibout 15° 



Direction or Radiant-point 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Burst like a firework, with a 

 dull report; but no other 

 fireworks were seen. 



10° or 15° 



1° 



Course rather concave to the 

 horizon. 



Directed towards S.S.W. 



Descending a little north- 

 wards ' at a very ' steep 

 angle. 



A diagram gives the apparent 

 path from 5° + 31° to 347° + 

 28°. 



A diagram gives the apparent 

 path from 171° + 11° to 110° 

 — 12°. 



Did not explode or break ; left 

 a beautiful train, much the 

 colour of Mars. 



After a sort of explosion, the 

 nucleus, becoming suddenly 

 faint and nebulous (perhaps 

 behind floating clouds), pro 

 ceeded nearly 5° further; 

 left no distinct streak. [Seen 

 also at Birmingham and 

 Leicester. See Report for 

 1878, p. 292.] 



Nucleus pear-shaped ; left be- 

 hind it, after travelling 

 about 10°, three or four very 

 bright blue stars, and then 

 vanished in clear sky. No 

 sound heard, though waited 

 for 3 minutes. 



Burst into seven or eight frag 

 ments near o Cassiopeia?. 



Observer or Reference 



F. Rut ley. 



Left no streak. Azimuths (true) 

 and altitudes determined by 

 G. L. Tupman. 



Left a red streak , , 



F. S. Lea. (Communi 

 cated by G. L. Tup 

 man.) 



G. E. Mass. Do. 



W.H.M. Christie. Do. 



Id. Do. 



Berlin H. Wright. 

 Boston ' Science Ob- 

 server,' vol. i. p. 60. 



W. H M. Christie. 

 (Communicated by 

 G. L. Tupman.) 

 [For a calculation 

 of the real path, see 

 Appendix I.] 



F. C. Penrose. 

 Times.' 



; The 



E Colbert. (D. Kirk- 

 wood, 'Am. Phil. Soc, 

 Proceedings,' May 2, 

 1879.) 



Rev. Lloyd Jones. 

 (Communicated by 

 G. L. Tupman.) 



E. F. Sawyer. 

 Jour, of Sc.,' 

 1878. 



'Am 

 Nov., 



