Ss HO 
Shooting stars, Herrick, E. C., ap- 
parent sizes, colors, W&c., XxXili, 
360; xxxix, 3380. 
$ hour of maxi- 
mum in August, Xxxix, 330. 
, radiant point, 
XXXVI, 328 ; Xxxix, 330. 
ienreteodn: E., mag- 
netic or Auroral origin of, sug- 
gested, xxv, 355. 
——, , observations in 
November, 18338, xxv, 354. 
, Ideler, J. L., conclu- 
sions as to the atmospheric ori- 
gin (vegetable and animal) of, 
Xxvill, 289. 
, Laplace, P. S., remark 
as to the prevailing ignorance on, 
Xxvili, 59. 
, Loomis, E., on the si- 
zes, heights, paths, course and 
velocities of, xxvill, 95; xxxv, 
231. 
: , apparent direc- 
tion of, dependent on the motion 
of the earth, xxviil, 104. 
; , on the course, 
velocity, height and size of the 
meteor of May 18, 1838, math- 
ematically calculated, xxxv, 
223. 
, Lynn, G., first laid 
down a method for determining 
longitude by, xlii, 399. 
, Maskelyne, N., on de- 
termining longitude by, xlii, 399 ; 
xliv, 374. 
, Messier, on some me- 
teors seen crossing the sun’s 
disk, June, 1777, xxxiil, 364. 
, Olmsted, D., on the 
November shower of 1833, 
KV AGE S| XXVIn Nd? Me ioxexiKe 
376. 
: » notices of ob- 
servations on, in November, 
1832, xxvi, 186 ;—1834, xxvii, 
417, xxix, 168;—1835, xxx, 
374 ;—1836, xxxi, 886 ;—1837, 
xxxill, 379 ;—1838, xxxv, 368 ;— 
1840, xl, 202. 
235 S 
H O 
Shooting stars, Olmsted, D., No- 
vember period continued in 1837, 
Xxxill, 379. 
, November peri- 
od passed, in 1838, xl, 202. 
>— ibid length of, 
and cycle, xl, 2038. 
; , ibid,time of max- 
imum number and duration of 
shower in, xxv, 386, 402; xxvi, 
141; xxxii, 381. 
» —— ibid, whole num- 
ber, xxv, 389. 
++ ——, ibid; height, 
course of, and diveetiont XXV, 
392, 393; xxvi, 144; xxxiii, 
381. 
——, ——., ibid, sound from, 
xxv, 392, 404. 
——, , ibid, apparent 
origin and radiation, xxv, 394, 
405; xxxii, 386, 390. 
, ibid, velocity, 
XXVi, 1471, 149; xxxili, 3883. 
——.,, ibid, size, XXV, 
408 ; il 155; xxxill, 382. 
——, ——, ig. matter sup- 
posed to have come from, xxv, 
396, 408. 
—— ——, ——, ibid, Auroral ap- 
pearances attending, xxv, 397, 
410. 
—— ——, ——, ibid, concurrent 
phenomena, xxv, 398, 401 ; xxvi, 
160. 
—— ——, ——, ibid, electrical 
and magnetic phenomena accom- 
panying, xxv, 396, 409. 
—— ——, ——, origin of, beyond 
the atmosphere, xxvi, 140; xxix, 
377. 
—— ——, , combustible na- 
ture of, and other characters, 
MVNO 1 Olyse xxix ae 
—— , relation to the 
solar system, and orbital motion 
of supposed shooting star nebu- 
la, xxvi, 163; xxix, 377. 
, connection with 
Zodiacal Tight, RVI sees OXKIX, 
378 ; xxxiil, 390.f 
