A CATALOGUE OF OBSERVATIONS OF LUMINOUS METEORS. 413 
want of a constant and careful look out that so little information has been 
gathered. On every clear night the heavenly field has been surveyed for 
fiours, having myself been watching from about 7 p.m. to 10 p.m., and some¬ 
times later. From the beginning of August last to the end of November, 
147 meteors only have been registered. This year has been remarkable for 
the paucity or shooting stars. I enclose four diagrams (Flutes VI. VII. VIII. 
IX.) of the paths of the meteors, with four planispheres, in which the stars 
are exhibited as they actually appear with relation to each other in latitude 
52 J N., at the hour indicated. The diagram Plate XT. shows the paths of 34? 
meteors seen in August 1851 and 1852; Plate VI I., the paths of 87 meteors 
witnessed in September 1851 and 1852; Plate VIII., the paths of 86 meteors 
observed in September and October 1853; Plate IX., the paths of 36 meteors 
*wn in November last. In the first two diagrams, the black arrows indicate 
tiie meteors seen iu 1851; the dotted, those seen iu 1852. In Plate VIII., the 
black arrow* indicate the meteors seen in September last, and the dotted 
those seen in October. The paths of all the meteors were first laid down 
on the planispheres from the point of first appearance to that of extinction, 
ami then counterdrawn on the other side. T he numbers against the arrows 
indicate the magnitude of the meteors. 
"/few. Prof. PotoelL” “ F. Vnt. Fasel.” 
No. III.— -Boguslawski's Researches. 
* n Poggtmdorff’s ‘ Annalcn,' (supplementary volume iv.), M. George von 
boguslawski has published a paper entitled * Tenth Supplement to Chladni’s 
- utalngues of Meteors,' &c.> which he gives as his own first continuation of 
nine preceding supplement* by Von Holt* and Kiiiutz, which have appeared in 
luccessivepreviouanumborsof Gilbert’s and Poggendorfi’s Annalcn. 1 his paper 
contains a considerable collection of notices of remarkable meteoric pbamo- 
meun, and it is intended altogether as a prelude to a larger work on the sub- 
•l ec 5* a ‘ u * includes a brief summary of points there to be treated in detail. 
•n these brief notices, omitting the ordinary observations of smaller shooting 
rs , he confines his descriptions ohiefiy to the large fire-balls, especially 
iiK«e attended by sparks, trains explosions or other remarkable appearances; 
0 dl0 * e phenomena, such as the fall of metallic masses, aud especially 
! periodical star showers, which present any peculiar features ot interest in 
“Physical point of view, 
collection will be of peculiar value towards any examination of these 
u. t,, h r| k ,n g phenomena, which are probably the most calculated to guide 
Ti,! 0 ™ Physical theory of their nature. . , 
‘ . tlll f °* his intended work is ' Die Sternschuuppen, feuerkugcln und 
lip 0 !?? In '^ rev kosmischen Bedeutung*. , , ,, 
Uh ,)s that the catalogue of Chtadni and von Hofi were brought 
Lave W ty* Kiinitz. Latterly in most countries similar cata ogues 
and ri,., n / rUw . r ‘ U P : * le instances those of the British Association, Que e > 
it ]v9 \ , lje catalogue of the latter is from the year 583 to 1123 ; and 
c »rled?r,V', at from t,u ‘ Year 741 for a century, many meteors always oc- 
riod, Jcbruary, which Chusles identifies with the present November pe- 
toPteorip «\ in '' 25 y ears b y means of a displacement of the orbit of these 
count of te . ruitU would advance one month further. He gives a short ac- 
Quetdet p n< i u ? olhcr catalogues, those of Kd. Biot, Alex. Perry, .Herrick, 
than to fir °i" n lt3r fi' wvicr, though they refer more to smaller fullmg s 
Hi* 1 re * oulls. 
^Cteorip'!! sU PPi e, uentary catalogue” consists of two divisions; thefirsto 
10 ,,on «. from B.C. to 1835 A.D., includes only authenUcated ac- 
