Jlerriclc^s Auroral Register. 



117 



1850. 



Oct. 29 

 30 

 31 



Nov. 1 



2 



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5 



6 



1 



8 



9 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



19 



20 



21 



22 



23 



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26 



27 



-28 



29 



30 



Dec. 1 



2 



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4 



6 



6 



V 



10 



11 



12 



13 



14 



15 



16 



17 



18 



1 



20 



Clear, A very slight auroral illumination al)out 7''.* (399) 



M'y cl'r to 7", no A Jx : Avithin 7'' to 9f '' ; much cl'ded 9f ^ to 11'' ; obs. 



Clear. No A.B. to 10'\ [n'yinipos. : noA.B. seen. 



E. C. H. at Hartford. Ov't. Obs. impos. to 10'' at least. 



Partly clear. No A.B. to 7". 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 8'', and doubtless all nio-ht. 



Nearly clear, growing hazy. No A.B. to 10^^''. 



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



P'y cl'r 6'' to 7'' ; soon after 7'' ov't, and thus to 10^'' at least : no A.B. 



Clear. No A.B. to 9\ 



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



Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9|''. [no A.B. 



Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9''. At 5" a.m. of 11th very cl'r, and 



M'y ov't to 7'' : moon : obs. impos. : Avithin 7'' to 9'' : at 9'' ov't, and 



Ov't. 

 Clear 

 Clear 

 Ov't. 



[obs. impos. to 10'', p. all n't. 



Obs. imi^os. to 10'' at least. 

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

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

 Obs. iiupos. to 9f' ', and doubtless all night. 

 Ov't and rainy. Obs. impos. to 9'', and d's all night. [obs. 



M'y ov't: moon: within 7'' to 8'' : before, and after to 9'', too cl'y for 

 Mostly ov't. Moon. Obs. impos. to 10'', and probably later. 

 Much clouded. Moon. Obs. im])os. to 9''. 

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

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

 Clear. Moon after about 8". No A.B. to 9". 

 Mostly ov't. Obs. nearly or quite impos. to 9''. 

 Clear. Within from 7" to 9''. No A.B. to 91". [impos. to lO*". 



Cl'r to 7'', no A.B. : m'y Avithin 7'' to 9'' : aft. 9'' m'y ov't, and obs. n'y 

 OA''t. Obs. impos. to 10'', and probably all night. 

 Partly clear. Did not Avatch personally. 



Ov't; drizzling rain. Obs. impos. to 1 Of'', and doubtless all night, 

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

 Clear. No A.B. to 9". 

 Nearly clear. No A.B. to 71". 

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

 Ov't and rainy. Obs. impos. to 10:|-'', and doubtless all night. 

 Obs. impos. to 10'', and doubtless all night. 

 Obs. impos. to 9'', and doubtless all night. 

 Obs. impos. to 10'', and doubtless all night. 

 Cleared up about 10''. 

 Within fron 7'' to 10". 



Ov't and rainy. 

 Ov't and rainy. 

 Ov't and rainy. 

 Ov't. "■ " 

 Clear 



Obs. impos. to 9" 

 No A.B. to 10". 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 9" at least. 



Cloudy early ; after 8" mostly clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9|-^ 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 9f" at least. 



Cloudy. Obs. impos. to 9^" at least. 



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



Partly clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9". 



Clear: moon: no A.B. seen to 9^" : Avithin 7" to 9" : ov't at 4" a.m. 



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



Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9". 



Clear. Moon. No A.B. seen to 9". 



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



Clear. Moon. No A.B. 



to 9i". 



Oct. 29th. — Looking several times after, I saw no trace of it to lOh, 



