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Herrick'^s Auroral Register. 



1848. 



June 3 1 Mostly ov't in N, Obs. nearly or quite inipos. to 9^''. 

 4 [Clear. Moon begins to interfere. No A.B, to 9^*". 

 5 1 Ov't. Obs. impos. to lO'^, and probably all night. 

 6 Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9f^ 

 YOv't: obs. impos. to lO''. [10^'> to 11'^ N. n'y cl'r ; no A.B. (F.B.)] 



8 j Mostly clear about ^^. Moon. No A.B. seen. 



9 jM'y cl'r, but not enough so for good obs. : moon : no A.B. seen at 10^. 



10 Mostly ov't in the N. Moon. Obs. nearly or quite impos. to 10''. 



11 [Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10\ 

 12! Clear. Moon, No A.B. seen to 10\ 



13 Clear. Moon, No A.B. seen to 9'> 20'". 



14 M'y cl'r to 9'' ; 9*^ to 10^ much cl'ded : moon : no A.B. seen to 10''. 



15 Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9'' 20"'. 



16 Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen at 11''. 



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



18 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 94^'', and probably all night. 



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



20 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 9h^^ and probably all night. 



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



22 Considerably cl'ded : no A.B. seen to 10^*" : obs. n'y impos.* (329) 



23 Ov't and rainy. Obs. impos. to 9^'', and probably all night.* 



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



25 j Ov't about N., and clear elsewhere. Obs. impos, to 9f'', 



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



27 Partly clear. N. obstructed below about 20°. No A.B. seen to 91". 



28 Ov't and rainy. Obs. impos. to 9", and doubtless all night. 



29 Mostly ov't. Obs. nearly impos. to 9f". No A.B. seen. 



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

 July 1 Ov't and raining. Obs. impos. to 10", and doubtless all night. 



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



3 1 Clear, mostly. A faint A.B. * (330) 



4 i Clear, A.B., slight, but I watched little.* (331) 



5 j Clear. No A.B.' at 9^". 



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



7 1 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 9", and probably most of the night. 



8 j Ov't. Obs. impos. to 9^", and probably all night, 



9 Ov't and rainy, Obs. impos. to 9|^", and doubtless all night. 

 10 1 Clear. Moon. No A. B. seen to 10". 



11 jPartly clear. Fine A.B. from about 8f" to lO^''. (332) 



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



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



14 Mostly cl'r : moon : no A.B. to 9f" : n'y ov't at 10^" : no A.B seen. 



15 Clear. Moon. No A.B. to 104^". 



16 Clear. Moon. No A.B. to lo|". 



17 Clear. Moon. No A.B. to 9^". [Nor to lU". (F. B.)] 



18 Mostly clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10", but clouds impair obs. 



19 Mostly clear. Moon in part. No A.B. seen to 10|^". 



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



21 Clear. No A.B. to 10" 



22 ' 



[Mostly clear. No A.B, to 10". 



[N, hazy at times, (F. B.)] 



June 21st.— A.B. slightly suspected about lOh 30m. [F. B.] 



June 32d. — Auroral light among clouds at 9h 30m. [F. B.] 



June 28d. — A.B. slightly suspected at 9h 1,5m through clouds, but exceedingly doubtful. [F.B.] 



July 3d. — Merely a slight illumination about IQh. I saw no streamers. 



July 4th. — About Ih a.m. of the 5th a few streamers were seen by Mr. Gurdon Evans. 



