OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 

 'HE YEAR ENDING IN AUGUST, 1878 — continued. 



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Length of 

 Path 



Direction or Radiant-point 



path declining a few de 

 grees towards the horizon.) 



Appearance, Remarks, &c. 



Path nearly parallel to the 

 horizon, declining very 

 slightly towards its disap 

 pearance. 



Observer or 

 Reference 



Disapeared very suddenly. 

 [Appearance near Shrews- 

 bury ; see the sketch. Broke 

 into fragments of light.] 



Moved horizontally towards 

 a point of the horizon 

 about two points west of 

 north. 



Nature,' vol. xviii 

 p. 185, June 13th, 

 1878. [John Allen 

 and E. Beckett. 

 Communicated by 

 W. F. Denning.] 



A correspondent of 

 'Nature,' ibid. 



Nucleus with tail six or seven 

 diameters of the head in 

 length ; not a perfect cone, 

 but winged or spreading at 

 the end. 



Burst at last into several frag- ' Nature,' ibid, 

 ments. (Nucleus round, 

 leaving a very faint light- 

 streak, and undergoing no 

 explosion while in sight.) 

 [Nucleus of extreme bright- 

 ness, with tail about 2^° 

 (four or five moon'sdiameters, 

 in length.] 



Descending, from right to' A fine meteor seen in full twi- 

 left, about 27° inclined to light ; no stars yet visible, 

 a vertical line. 



W. F. Denning. 



