ATMOSPHEROLOGY.— r AURORA BORE A LIS. 



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Table of the State of the Weather when the Aurora Borealis 

 was seen. 



Year. 



1807, 

 1809, 

 1810, 

 1811, 



1815, 



1817, 

 1818, 



Month 

 & Day. 



April 15' 

 Mar. 19. 

 April 4. 

 Mar. 28. 



29. 



30. 



31. 

 April 5. 

 6 



■ 7. 

 • 5. 



■ 8. 

 22. 

 23. 



Lati- 

 tude. 



Longi- 

 tude. 



66.10 6°.17'W 

 58.52,1.20 

 71.303. OE 

 66.52! 2, 

 67.203 10 

 68.2014.10 

 68.50'4. 

 67.402.10 

 69.22 3.45 



70.10 

 Zet 

 65. 6 

 62.10 

 62.16 



4.40 

 land. 

 1.45 

 0.30 W 

 2.10 E 



25 



16 



40 



3120 

 3216 

 20 J 6 

 2637 



1836 

 8230 

 62,46 



4528 

 7242 

 7040 



Weather. 



E.erly 



NW 



S E 

 W.erly 

 E.erly 

 E N E| 

 NNW 



EbS 

 E 



Calm 

 N 



N.erly 

 E.erly 

 NbW 



Fine. mod. 



Fine, clear 



Moderate 



Boisterous 



Variable 



Fine 



Fine & clear 



Boisterous 



Ditto 



Variable 



Fine 



Stormy 



Windy 



Windy 



Remarks. 



Bril, aur.; fol.by atrem.storai 

 Slight aur.; fine weath. contin. 

 Consid. aur. ; follow, by storm 

 Bril. aur. ; fol. by chang. wea. 

 Slight aur. ; fine weath. fol. 

 Bril. aur. ; fine weather cont. 

 Ditto ditto 



Slight aur.; windy weath, cont. 

 Considerable aur. ; ditto 

 Bril. aur. ; followed by storm 

 Slight aur. ; fine weath. cont. 

 Bright aur, ; storm increased 

 Slight aur. ; squally wea. fol 

 Bright aur.; do. with high sea 



Among unenlightened nations, the appearance of 

 the northern lights is generally associated with some 

 curious or ahsurd superstition. Some uncivilized peo- 

 ple regard them as portending national calamities ; 

 others consider them as the effect of the merriments 

 of the dead*, or attribute them to causes equally 

 ridiculous. 



However vain the notions of savage nations may 

 be, as to the causes or effects of the northern lights, 

 there is reason to believe that their connection 

 with other atmospheric phenomena is such, that 

 their occurrence, under certain circumstances or ap- 

 pearances, is portentous. In several of the instances 

 in the preceding Table, stormy weather followed the 

 appearance of the brilliant aurora ; and one of the 



* Robson's Account of Six Years residence in Hudson's Bay. 

 p. 49. 



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