Herrick''s Auroral Register. 



67 



1844. 



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Sept. 



Beautifully clear. No A.B. to 10". 



Beautifully clear. No A.B. to 104-''. 



Mostly ov't; clear ojieuings occasionally. No A.B. seen to lO^". 



Tolerably clear, but hazy about the N. No A.B. seen to 10^". 



Nearly clear. No A.B. 'to 10". 



Mostly ov't to 11". Obs. nearly impos. [A.B. at Nantucket.] 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10" ; cleared up during the night. 



Clear, A slight A.B. seen.* (230) 



Clear. No A.B. seen to 11", but within doors most of the time. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 11", and doubtless later. 



Mostly clear. No A.li. to 11". Within most of the time. 



Mostly ov't. Obs. impos. to midnight. 



Mostly clear. No A.B. to 9". 



Clear. No A.B. to 10". 



Clear, but hazy about horizon. No A.B. to 9|^", 



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



M'y ov't : moon interferes : obs. n'y impos, to 10^" : no A,B. seen. 



Mostly clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 11". Within most of time. 



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



Cl'r, except cloiids in N. : shower about 8" : moon: no A.B. seen to 



Mostly ov't: moon: obs. impos. to 10^". [11": obs. imperf. 



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



Mostly ov't. Obs. impos. to 10|^", and doubtless all night. 



M'y ov't, especially in N. : moon : obs. impos. to 10^", and p. all n't. 



Ov't. Thunder shower between 9" and 10. Obs. impos. to 10^". 



Clear in part. Moon, No A.B. seen to 10^", but cl'ds impair obs.* 



Mostly clear. Moon. A.B. suspected towards 9". 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10", and probably later. 



Obs. impos. to 10" ; clouds then breaking up. 



obs. impos. to 10;^^", and d's miach later. 



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Ov't. 



Ov't ; 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



Clear. 



some rain d'g night : 



No A.B. to 10^". 



No A.B. to 10^". 



No A.B. to 10^". 



No A.B. to lo|". 



No A.B. to lOi". 



No A.B. to 10". [F. B.] Coidd not myself observe. 

 Clear early in evening; mostly ov't at 10". No A.B, to 10", 

 Clear, but hazy about horizon. No A.B. to 8^". 

 Mostly ov't. Obs. impos. to 10^", and doubtless all night, 

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

 Mostly ov't. No A.B. seen to 11", but obs. necessarily imperfect. 

 Nearly clear, but hazy about horizon. No A,B. seen to 11". 

 Very clear. No A.B. to 10". 

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

 Clear. No A.B. to 10^", 



Clear, Moon interferes. No A,B, seen to 10^". 

 Clear. Moon, No A,B, seen to 10|". 

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



Aug. lltli. — At Qh 50m, five or six streamers in N. horizon, extending about 4° high, disap- 

 peared in al)Out five minutes. At lOh 50m, a single streamer visible about five minutes. No 

 other auroral signs during the night. 



Aug. 39tli. — At Homer, Cortland Co., N. Y., A.B. seen; first noticed about 9Ji 40m; anarch 

 or bank, wide and bright, 75° to 90° chord; then streamers 20° to 40° high. At lOh dense fog 

 and clouds. Conimunioaled by Mr. E. D. Seldcn. A.B. said to have been seen at Cambridge, 

 Mass. 



