86 



1846. 



Dec. 16 



11 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



24 



25 



26 



27 



28 



29 



30 



31 



1847 



Jan, 1 



2 



3 



4 



5 



6 



7 



10 

 11 

 12 



13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

 21 

 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 ■26 

 •27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 31 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 



Feb. 



HerricFs Atiroral JRegister. 



Clear. No A.B. to lOV^. Becoming hazy after O'^. 

 Ov't; snow storm. Obs. impos, to lO*', and doubtless all night, 

 Ov't : obs. impos. to lO'^, d's later : bet'n 5*^ and 6'' a.m. cl'r, no A.B. 

 Mostly ov't. Obs. impos. to 10*^, and probably all night. [ov't. 

 Cl'y to S'^ ; bet'n ^"^ and Q^ clear : no A.B. to 9"^ : bet'n 5^ and Q^ a.m. 

 Clear. No A.B. to 10^. [have been seen. 



Ov't to 9'', aft. n'y cl'r : no A.B. seen to lO'^ : faint display could not 

 Clear. Moon set about 9'>.* (286) 



Ov't to 1 1^, except from 6^" to 6^^ ; then N. obstructed : no A.B. seen. 

 Ov't to ^^ ; 9'' to 10^ cl'ds ; at lO*' n'y cl'r : moon : no A.B. seen to 10\ 

 Partly clear to about 7*^ ; aft. ov't to 10'' at least : moon : obs. impos. 

 Ov't early ; at 8^'' n'y cl'r : moon : cl'd low in N. : no A.B. seen to 9^. 

 Ov't early ; mostly cl'r after about 7^'' : moon : no A.B. seen to 10"*. 

 P'y cl'r ; hazy : moon : no A.B. seen to lO^*' : unfavorable time. 

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

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



Cloudy, with fog. Obs. probably almost impos. to 9''. 



Ov't. A.B. could not have been seen to 10'' at least. 



Clear. No A.B. 



Ov't ; rainy. Obs. impos. to 11'', and d's later: cl'r at sunrise of 5th. 



Clear : moon rose about 9'' : A.B. susp. before moonrise : obs. to lO^-'^. 



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



Ov't and showery. Obs. impos. to 10'' at least. 



Clear. No A.B. to 10|''. [hazy: no A.B. seen then. 



Clear to 7'', and no A.B. : aft. to 10^'' mostly ov't ; at 10^'' clearing ; 



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



Cl'r early ; al't wh'y ov't by 7^'' : no A.B. seen : cly to 10'', when sky 



Clear. No A.B. to 10|''. " [cleared : no A.B. then. 



Ov't most of ev'g ; about 10'' p'y cl'r : no A.B. seen ; obs. n'y impos. 



Ov't early part of ev'g ; about 74^'' found sky clear : no A.B. to 10^^''. 



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



Cl'y most of ev'g : obs. impos. to 9'' at least ; at 10'' clear : no A.B. 



Very clear. No A.B. certainly seen to 9'', but yet slightly susp. 



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



M'y ov't ; at 10'' generally cl'r, but a cl'd in N. : obs. n'y impos. to lO"^. 



Mostly ov't. Moon begins to interf Obs. impos. to 10'' at least. 



Ov't early part of ev'g ; clearing about 7'', and cl'r to 10'' at least.* 



M'y cl'r : moon : no A.B. seen to 1 1'' : about 11'' al't entirely ov't. 



Very hazy. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10'', and obs. nearly impos. 



Hazy. Moon. Obs. nearly impos. No A.B. seen to 10''. 



Clear early: moon: no iV.B. seen: within 6^^'' to 10'': at 10'' ov't, 



Ov't; some rain. Obs. impos. to 10''. 



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



Nearly clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to lO^^*". 



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



Too cloudy for obs. to 8^'', and probably later. 



About half clear. Moon. Flying clouds. No A.B. seen to lO"*. 



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



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



Stormy to 7'' ; at 8'' clear : no A.B. seen to 10"^ : moon rose about 9''. 



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



Dee. 23d.— A.B., but not detected until about 101). Very little illumination on horizon ; a 

 few streamers seen, one about 10° high at top. 

 Jan. 2IsL— Moon. No A.B. seen to lOh, yet somewhat suspected. 



