20 



1838 



Aug. 16 



IV 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 21 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 Sept. 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 .5 

 6 

 1 

 8 

 9 

 10 

 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

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 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

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 23 

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 29 

 30 



HerricT^s Auroral Register. 



Clear. No A.B. to 11*^. 



Clear. No A.B. to 10". 



Clear. No A.B. to 10'^. 



Ov't at 10''; previously chiefly clear, and no A.B. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to lO''. Lightning during the evening. 



Partly clear.* 



Clear. A little A.B. about midnight : none seen previously. 



Mostly ov't. Obs. nearly impos. 



Raining. Obs. impos. 



Moon sets at 9^^ 55™. 



Clear. No A.B. to lO'^. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to lO*" 



Clear. A.B. to 10\* 



Mostly ov't. Obs. impos. 



Clear. No A.B. to lO''. 



Ov't. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



to 10^ 

 Moon. 

 Obs. impos. to 10'', and probably all night. 

 No A.B. 

 No A.B. 



No A.B. to 10". Moon. 

 No A.B. Moon. 



Faint red stains of A.B. about 8*^.* 

 No A.B. to 10". Moon. 

 Some auroral streamers, very faint. 

 No A.B. to 10". 

 No A.B. to 10". 



(60) 

 (61) 



(62) 



Faint auroral light to 9^" ; about 11" streamers. 

 Mostly ov't. Obs. nearly impos. 

 Ov't and rain. Obs. impos. 

 Clear. A.B. during evening and night.* 

 Clear. A.B. from end of twilight onward.* 

 Mostly ov't. A.B. seen through the broken clouds.* 

 Mostly ov't. A.B. seen through the broken clouds.* 

 Mostly ov't. A.B. seen very imperfectly through the clouds.* 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. after about 8". No obs. previously. 

 Clear. No A.B. 



Cleai'. No A.B., or possibly a very faint light. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10". 



Clear. No A.B. to 9". Moon begins to interfere. 

 Clear. No A.B. to 9". 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 9". 



Ov't, Storm from N.N.E. Obs. impos. to 10" and all night. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. 

 Clear. No A.B. 

 Clear. No A.B., and none at 4" a. m. of Oct. 1st. 



(63) 

 (64) 



(65) 



(66) 

 (67) 



(70) 



Aug. 23d. — Some unusual light in the N. but no streamers noticed to lOh. A faint A.B. prob- 

 ably. [Mr. A. B. Haile saw streamers between lOh and llh.] 



Aug. 28th. — Little else than a diffuse light— an occasional low streamer. 



Sept. 5th. — Moon interferes greatly. Saw no streamers, but did not watch long. 



Sept. loth. — A distinct arch from 1° to 2° high in N. I saw no streamers. 



Sept. 14th. — Groups of short streamers at an altitude of 40°, gliding westward. Not a very 

 great display. (Seen at Richmond, Ky.) 



Sept. 15th. — Probably not a great display. 



Sept. 16tb. — No streamers noticed, but a strong illumination. 



tept. 17th. — No doubt as to its existence ; but much uncertainty as to its extent. 



