The August Meteors

Abstract

LAST night at 9.32 a brilliant meteor crossed Cassiopeia's Chair from W. to E. parallel to the horizon. Its trail was visible for twenty-six seconds after the bursting of the meteor. During a five mile walk, lighted by many meteors, the summer lightning incessantly flashed from the northern horizon, but its brightness was never comparable to that of this meteor. It resembled most a magnesium rocket in the Crystal Palace fireworks. But even this comparison is hardly adequate.