Oct. 



116 



1860. 



Sept. 11 

 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

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 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 

 29 

 30 

 1 

 2 

 3 

 4 

 5 



9 

 10 

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 12 

 13 

 14 

 15 

 16 

 17 

 18 

 19 

 20 

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 22 

 23 

 24 

 25 

 26 

 27 

 28 



Clear 

 Clear. 

 Clear. 

 Clear. 



Clear. 



Moon. 

 Moon. 

 Moon. 

 Moon. 

 Moon. 



impos. to 10*^. 

 moon : no A.B. seen to 10|''. 



Slightly suspected about S'' 



HerricTi's Aiiroral Megiste^. 



Clear, Moon begins to interfere. No A.B. to 9^'^. 

 E. C. H. at Lyme. Clear. Moon. No A.B. to 9\ 



No A.B. seen to lO*'. 



No A.B, to 10\ [F.B,] Did not watch personally, 



No A.B. seen to 9*^.* 



No A.B. seen to lO'^. 



No A.B. seen to 9^*^. 

 E. C. H. at New York City. Ov't. Obs 

 E. C. H. at N. Y. City. At 1 0^'> clear ; 

 Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9^*^. 

 Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to lO*^. 

 Clear, Moon. No A.B. seen to 9''- 

 Clear, Moon. No A.B. seen to g^*^, 

 Ov't, Obs. impos, to ID*' at least, 

 Ov't. Obs. impos, to lO'^ at least, and doubtless all night, 

 Ov't, Obs, impos, to Q'^, and doiibtless all night. [later, 



Ov't ; thunder shower 8'' to Q^^ and later : obs, impos. to 9|-^, and d's 

 Ov't to 8^'' : aft, cl'ds ab't N, : no A.B, seen to 9|'', but obs, imperf 

 Clear : no A.B, seen to lO"* : within most of ev'g : obs, not thorough. 

 Clear, except N, partly clouded,* (395) 



Very clear. A,B,* (396) 



Very cl'r, A,B,, streamers 20° to 30° high, seen to ab't 10'^, (397) 

 Clear, Slight suspicions of A,B, during the ev'g; unc. at 9^*^. 

 Clear, No A,B. Unwell, and did not watch personally. 

 M'y ov't to about 9^^, and obs. impos. At 9f'' clear, and no A.B. 

 Clear, No A,B, to 9^". 

 Clear, No A,B, to 10'', 

 Mostly ov't in N. No A,B, seen to 9'' 

 Cloudy and hazy, but N, clear in part. 



Cl'ss but hazy. Moon begins to interfere. No A,B, seen to 10^ 

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

 Ov't, Obs, nearly or quite impos, to 9'' at least. 

 Mostly ov't. Moon, Obs, nearly or quite impos, to ^^. 

 Mostly clear. Moon. No A.B, seen to 9''. 

 Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 10*^. 

 Clear, Moon, No A,B. seen to 9'', 



Ov't, Moon. Obs, impos, to lO*", and doubtless all night, 

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

 Cloudy early in ev'g. At 9*^ (at least) clear : moon : no A,B, to 9|-^. 

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

 Clear, Moon, No A.B, to 10|'\ 

 Cloudless, but hazy. Moon, No A.B, seen to 10'', 

 Mostly ov't. Moon, Obs, impos. to 10^', 

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

 Ov't ; 



and obs, neai'ly impos. 

 No A,B. to lOi" 



rainy, 

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

 Ov't ; rainy. Obs, impos, to %^^, and doubtless all night. 

 Clear, No A,B, at 7^ Within doors from 7" to 9",* (398) 



Cleat. No A.B. to 10i\ 



Sept. 15th. — A.B. at Newport at midnight ; red light. [Professor James Hadley.] 



Sept. 30th. — A.B. slight, not suspected until about 9h. A low diffuse light, amplitude 30° or 

 more. At lOh brighter, sky cloudier. I saw no streamers. 



Oct. 1st. — First seen at 9h, probably visible earlier; a general light. (Streamers between 

 7h .and 8h.) 



Oct. 27th.— About 9h a slight A.B., merely a faint dififuse light extending 2° or 3° upward 

 from horizon. 



