A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 393 
In the following table, we have united the results obtained in a great 
number of other stations, but for different years. 
Years. 
I 1837 
; 1837 
1838 
| 1839 
1839 
, 1839 
1810 
I 1840 
1841 
| 1842 
j 1842 
1 1842 
1 1842 
I 1842 
1842 
, 1842 
1845 
1 1846 
I 1847 
, 1849 
1349 
; 1850 
1850 
1850 
1850 
1850 
1853 
1853 
Mean number of Meteors from the 
8tli to the 12th of August. 
Stations. 
8th. 
9th. 
10th. 
11th. 
12th. 
51-4 
79-7 
Bremen. 
Breslau. 
Geneva. 
Geneva. 
Paris Observatory. 
Berne. 
Collingwood, Kent. 
53*0 
63-3 
450 
28*3 
52-0* 
148-7 
370 
67-5 
72-9 
630 
107*0 
130*5 
129*0 
81*0 
1170 
184*0 
Guastalla, Burmese States. 
New Haven. 
Breslau. 
77-4 
Paris Observatory. 
Tours. 
50-0* 
64-0 
Bruges. 
27*6* 
480* 
Dijon. 
Aix-la-Chapellc. 
Ncustadt, near Vienna. 
Aix-la-Chapelle. 
Aix-la-Chapellc. 
Dijon. 
Markree, Ireland, 
ltome. 
Naples. 
New Haven. 
Home. 
111*3 
G6*7 
82-0* 
50-8 
38*0 
34* t 
80*0* 
. 
1200* 
117 0 
80-0* 
63-2 
119*1 
20-3 
520* 
32.0* 
24-4 
24*2 
. 
r I he nu “l>ers given in these two tables, excepting those furnished for M. 
Iv'er Gravier for Paris, continue rather irregular, and though they seem 
***** dur 'ng the period from 1843 to 184-8, they appear on the con- 
t» ..I ° lllc, ‘ ease during the two or three later years. These results appe 
*,n™° reover to ° un °ertain to deduce positive conclusions therehom, ye 
Gravic ° | US , tllal the y are sufficient to render the assertion of M. Coulvie 
u ™ V| er doubtful. 
mail, . ta y® wl,ich he gives, the night of the 10th of August 184-2 is only 
an,j L-n ^ it* fi tara, whilst many more were counted in Paris i se f 
It^f^'y ,n aU other localities. . .. on 
uho r.i.Ji! ’ rooreover, be well to know what allowance this scientific m . 
gn-aiur T* t l08e Phenomena with so much perseverance, has mad e 0 
of l h«- ||,n P re8ence clouds during the observations, and the in “ 
he ll 8 ‘t towards the epochs; it would also be well to know whether 
Would h* * ° r< ’ ( ^ ,e s, »nie parts of the sky and with the same observers , 
Coi »inarair CC( - S f ry in sl,ort to have the results perfectly in a condition to be 
Wefin . V,th e «ch other. 
diat ,1,'ril" 0 8 a P» iu the numbers of M. Coulvier Gravier; notwithstanding 
d°u ol l ^ e y ears » and especially in 1844 and 1851, the o se* 
have nr m S, f rs waa almost entirely impossible. It is to be regret e 
iwiu a r j , .'“ d an opportunity of seeing the whole ol his work, m orce 
m ,dea of the manner in which he has filled up these gaps, 
t See the Coraptes Rcndus, vol. xv. no. 9, p. 452. 
