IIerri('k''s Auroral Register, 



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1842. 



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Clear. Moon 

 Clear. IMoon. 

 Clear. Moon. 



and obs. n'y im^Jos. 

 Could not mvf^elf observe. 



Ov't. Obs. iinpos. to 9'\ and probably all niQ^ht. 



Ov't. Obs. iinpos. to 10''. Clear at daybreak of 28th. 



Clear. No A.B. to 10'\ 



Ov't and sno\ving copiously: obs. inipos. to 10'', and d's all night.* 



Clear. NoA.B.^oll". 



Clear. No A.B. to 11". 



CPy in part ; tolerably el'r about 1 1'' : no A.B. to 1 1'' : ov't in morn. 



Ov't. Obs. inipos. to 12'', and doubtless all night. 



Clear. No A.B. to ll"^. No A.B. between 5''"and %^ of 4th. 



Mostly clear. No A.B. to 10''. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 104^'', and doubtless all night. 



Ov't and drizzly, Obs. impos. to 11'', and doubtless all night. 



Ov't, nasty and rainy. Obs. impos. to 11'', and d's all night. 



Ov't and drizzly. Obs. impos. to 10'', and doubtless all night. 



Ov't, misty. Obs. impos. to ll"", and doubtless all night. 



Ov't, misty and showery. Obs. impos. to 11'', and d's all night. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to lOf', and doubtless all night. 



Ov't and misty. Obs. impos. to 10^'', and doubtless all night. 



Mostly clear. ' Moon. No A.B. seen to 10''. 



Mostly cloudy. Moon. No A.B. seen to 11'', 



No A.B. to 10''. 



No A.B. to 9^''. 



No A.B. to 10". 

 Clear. No A.B. to 11". 



Much clouded. Obs. nearly impos. No A.B. seen to 11". 

 Tolerably clear. No A.B. seen to 11". 

 Clear. No A.B. to lli'\ 

 Clear. No A.B. to 10". 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 11|". 

 Considerably clouded about the N.* 

 Very clear. No A.B. to 11". 

 Very clear. No A.B. to 11". 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 12", and doubtless all night. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 11" at least.* 

 Clear. No A.B. to 11". 



M'y ov't: obs. nearly if not quite impos. to 11", and d's all night. 

 Ov't early in ev'g ; cFring about 9" ; at 11" very cl'r : no A.B. then. 

 Ov't most of ev'g; p'v cl'r before 8", but obs. n'y impos. : no A.B. 

 Clear. No A.B." to lOf'. [seen. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 104^", and probably all night. 

 Al't entirely ov't in N. : obs. n'y or quite impos. to 1 1", and p. all n't. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10'', and doubtless all night. 

 Obsc. by cl'ds : moon interf. : no A.B. seen to 10" : 

 Cl'r early in ev'g ; after 8|" too cl'y for obs. to 10^" 

 Mostly clear. No A.B. seen to lOi". Moon. 

 Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 11 i". 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10", and doubtless all night. 

 Clear. No A.B. to 10". 



obs. imperfect, 

 no A.B. seen. 



Dec. 29th. — About 9h, while snow was falling thick and fiistj the burning of a Paper Mill 

 very near We?t Rock (three miles di'^tant) caused an appearance in the heavens like that of the 

 great Aurora Borealis of Nov. 14th, 1837, 6h p. m. ; the entire concave being illuminated with a 

 fine rosy light. 



Jan. '2iih. — A luminous spot in the N.N.W. about 9h 15m ; caused, without doubt, by a burn- 

 ing barn at Watertown. 



Jan. 2Sth. — A.B. seen at Edinburgh. R. D. Paul, Jameson's Edin, New Philos. Jour., April, 

 1844, p. 376 ; no details. 



