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OBSERVATIONS ON THE ZODIACAL LIGHT. 



No. 136. 



MARCH 30th, 1854: EVENING. 



Lat. 35 26' N. : Lon. 139 42' E. 



Sim set 6li. ]4. 4ds. 

 Stronger Light 7A. 37m., &e., to lU/i.: Difluso 7/i. 43m. and 9A, 



The morning cloudy. At 7" 3CP tins evening, there was a ginunl whiteness within the boundaries a a ; at 7" 37"', 

 boundaries at c. 



h. m, 

 At 7 43, 

 7 44, 

 7 44$ 



at 6, and dim. 

 do. do. 



, brightening. 

 7 45, at c, and bright. 

 7 47, do. do. 

 7 49, at b, dim. 

 7 50, brightening. 

 7 50|, at c, and bright. 

 7 51, do. do. 

 * * * * Not reliable. 

 7 54, at 6, and dim. 

 7 54J, brightening. 

 7 55^, at c, and bright. 

 7 5G|-, at d, and bright. 

 7 57|, at d, and very bright. 



7 59, dimmed. 



8 0^, at d, and very bright. 

 8 2, extremely bright. 



8 6, still as at last. 



h. m. 

 At 8 Gj, suddenly dimmed ; is at b, and dimness, as if 



the light were dying away. 

 8 9, do. do. do. 



8 9-J, brightening. 

 8 10 j, at d, and bright ; but not as bright as at S 1 ' 



2'", &c. 



8 12, at d, and bright as at 8'' 6'". 

 8 13^, at , and dim. 

 8 15, brightening. 

 8 15^, dimmed. 

 8 16-J-, dimmed. 

 8 17, brightening. Tlie.se last pulsations were not 



very distinct. I have recorded what seemed 



tn me to be the case. 



8 23, seems to lx- permanent at d, but is considerably 



dimmed from what it was at 8' 1 6'. 



9 20, Stronger Light clearly above Milky Way, and 



marking its course across it. 

 10 0, still (|uite distinct. 



