A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 389 
About one-third of them left trains, 22 on the -evening of the 9th, and 119 
on that of the 10th August. Two meteors on the 9th deserve particularly 
to be mentioned; the first crossed Lyra from the N.E. to the S.W. at 
10* 1 46 ,n ; it shone like Jupiter, and left a superb train after it. The second, 
larger than a star of the first magnitude, appeared at 11 1 * 45 m 1.5 s in Cassio¬ 
peia, going from N.N.E. to S.S.W. j it was remarkable for the bluish-green 
"hade of its train, which lasted for some seconds. 
Two others were equally remarkable for their brilliancy on the evening of 
the 10th; one, with a reddish train, crossed Andromeda from the S.W. to 
the N.E., at 10 h 57"'; the other marked its passage across Aquila, from 
the N.E. to the S.W., at 11 11 50 m 20 s , by a trace subtending an arc of more 
than 45°. 
If we study the general movements of the falling stars from the 8th to the 
12th August, we remark the same tendency as formerly to follow' a uniform 
direction from the N.E. to the S.W. Referring their trajectorie: 1 to parallel 
lines passing through the zenith, we have as follows :— 
Directions. 
Aug. 
8. 
Aug. 
9. 
Aug. 
10. 
Aug. 
11. 
Aug. 
12. 
Total. 
From 
N. 
to S. 
5 
4 
20 
16 
1 
46 
If 
n.n.e. 
— S.S.W. 
10 
17 
1 
2S 
»r 
N.E. 
— S.W. 
13 
20 
53 
3 
5 
94 
» 
E.N.E. 
— w.s.w. .. 
2 
1 
19 
2 
1 
25 
ii 
E. 
E.S.E. 
— w. 
1 
1 
18 
7 
1 
31 
if 
— W.N.W. .. 
1 
1 
2 
if 
S.E. 
— N.W. 
3 
1 
6 
1 
11 
»i 
S.S.E. 
— N.N.W. .. 
2 
2 
4 
n 
S. 
— N. 
4 
6 
1 
11 
H 
s.s.w. 
— N.N.E. 
2 
3 
8 
13 
» 
S.W. 
— N.E. 
1 
1 
2 
7 
1 
12 
ii 
w.s.w. 
— E.N.E. 
1 
1 
1 
3 
ii 
w. 
— E. 
2 
3 
3 
2 
1 
11 
n 
W.N.W 
— E.S.E. 
1 
1 
6 
8 
ii 
N.W. 
— S.E. 
8 
9 
1 
18 
i# 
r-— 
N.N.W, 
— S.S.E. 
1 
3 
1 
5 
Total 
39 
57 
163 
40 
13 
323 
of denar/ 1 ’ '^" e P ro * on £ the paths of these falling stars beyond their point 
We < r ount ab °ut two-thirds of those on the first evening, and 
k°urho<ifl en U • seconf l, whose centre of emanation was from the neigh- 
Obr.. • ^ ass '°peia. 
stars'In"!! 8 n,a ^° elsewhere confirm this remarkable appearance of fail¬ 
le fonlr 9th loth August of this year. , „ 
and K c . w u aV gj* a( ‘ c ounts have been communicated to us from Ghent, Rome 
M - D "prc:, of the nth August, 1853:-“ On the 
■’‘T. cornnri i i an ^ 10th August, and in a completely clear part of the 
>al to L■? een lh, ‘ N‘N.E. and the S.E/, which might be about 
11 ‘wring th 0 * 1 observed 29 meteors during the first evening, and 37 
con d; they were distributed as follows :— 
