264 Intelligeiice and Miscellaneous Articles. 



bustibles or Fossil Fuel, ranging from the True Coal up to the Ter- 

 tiary Lignites and Peat or Turf, including Notices and Localities of 

 most of the Mineral Bituminous Substances employed in Arts and 

 Manufactures ; embracing, fi'ora official reports of the coal-producing 

 countries, the respective amounts of their Production, Consumption 

 and Commercial Distribution, together with their Prices, Tariffs, 

 Currency, Duties and International Regulations, 



By Richard Cowling Taylor, 



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XXXVIII. Intelligence and Miscellaneous Articles. 



ATMOSPHERIC PHiENOMENA SEEN AT HIGH FIELD HOUSE, 

 NOTTINGHAMSHIRE, ON THE 20TH AND 21ST OF OCTOBER 

 1844. BY E. J. LOWE, Esg.* 



ON the above-named days I noticed rare and interesting phseno- 

 raena, which in my opinion are worthy of being recorded. 

 For two or three days prior to the 20th the weather had been 

 showery, with slight frosts at night. 



20th. — Barometer, max. 29-351 ; min. 29-248. Thermometer, 

 max. 53°; min. 40°. Wind S.W. Mean amount of cloud Gf^. 

 Few cumuli ; fine sunshine a.m. ; nimbus and cirrostrati ; dull, with 

 few drops of rain at 5 p.m. 



Mock-Moon and Aurora Borealis. 



8'' 30"^ p.m. — A brilliant halo of 45° in diameter encircled the 

 moon. On turning to the direction of N. a very vivid and beautiful 

 display of aurora borealis was disclosed to my sight. A broad stream 

 of flame extended from the horizon through the constellations Auriga, 

 Capella, Perseus, Cassiopeia, Cygnus and Lyra, and disappeared in 

 the western horizon, near Serpentarius. This band flickered brightly 

 for fifteen minutes, when it vanished. 



* Communicated by the Author, whose former observations will be 

 found in Phil. Mag. S. 3. vol, xxv. p. 390. 



