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SerricTc's Auroral Megister. 



Ov't. Obs. imiDos. to 9^''. About 9^"^ clouds slightly broken. 



Ov't and raining. Obs, impos. to 9^'', and doubtless all night, 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 9^'', at which time sky clearing up. 



Clear. No A.B. to ^^. 



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Very clear. No A.B. to 9^. Within doors most of evening. 

 Ov't ; snow and sleet. Obs. impos. to 9*^, and doubtless all night. 

 Ov't. Obs. impos. to 9^. At 6'^ a.m. of 30th clear, and no A.B. 

 Clear. No A.B. to 9'\ but at times slightly suspected. 

 Ov't, but toward midnight a few stars oc'y vis. : obs. impos. to 12^. 



Sky very clear. No A.B. visible to 9''. 



E. C. H. bet'n Bridgeport and N. Y. : cl'r : no A.B. to ^^, or at 11^. 



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



Very clear. No A.B. to 9|-'', yet slightly suspected about 9^''. 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to 9'', and p. all night. [10^' at least : no A.B. 



Cl'r early in ev'g to ab't 8'', when growing hazy, and by 9*^ ov't ; so to 



Ov't to about 8*', after which time clear. Moon. No A.B. to 9:^^^. 



Gradually cl'ding over, and by S^"^ wh'y ov't : obs. impos. to 9+'\ d's 



Ov't and rainy. Obs. impos. to 10'', and d's all night, [all night. 



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



Nearly clear to 7|''. Moon.* [most of ev'g. 



N'ycl'r; some cl'ds low in N : moon: no A.B. at C^^'^ or 8^"^ : within 



Ov't. Moon. Obs. impos. to 9^ at least. 



Hazy. Moon, Obs. impos. to 9*^ at least. 



Thinly ov't. Moon. Obs. impos. to 9^'\ and probably all night. 



Very hazy. Moon. Obs. impos. to W'', and doubtless all night. 



Ov't, clouds more or less broken. Moon. Obs. impos. to 9-'. 



Mostly clear. Moon. No A.B. to 9". [all night. 



At 61^'^ cl'r, and no A.B. : within from Qh^ to 9'' : at 9" ov't, and so d's 



Nearly clear, but hazy to a considerable altitude. No A.B. to 9'^. 



Clear. No A.B. to 9^^* (400) 



Ov't. Obs. impos. to lO^'' at least. 



Clear. ' ' 



Clear. 

 Clear. 

 Clear. 

 Clear. 



(401) 



to 10^, and doubtless all night. 



Slight A.B. about 7*^. 



No A.B. to 9i\ 



No A.B. to 9''. 



No A.B. to 8i\ 



No A.B. to 8f".* 

 Ov't and rainy. Obs. impos. 

 Clear. No A.B. to 9^ 

 Very clear. No A.B. to 9^^. 

 Very clear. No A.B. to Q"^. 

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



No A.B. to 9^ 



No A.B. to 9'\ but some suspicions of a faint light about 9'*. 

 Obs. impos. to 9'^ at least. 

 Obs. impos. to lO*", and doubtless all night. 



Moon. No A.B. seen to lO'', yet slightly suspected. 

 Obs. impos. to lO.'' 



Clear 

 Clear 

 Ov't. 

 Ov't. 

 Clear 

 Ov't. 



Jan. 11th. — Some slight suspicions of A.B. After 7h 30ra too cloudy for observation to 9h at 

 least. 



Jan. 21st. — A single auroral streamer seen about 6h 30m by Mr. Lyman Baird. It extended 

 upward about 20°. 



Jan. 23d. — Merely a low bank about 15° amplitude, for a short time. Saw no other auroral 

 appearances during the evening to 9h 30m, but did not watch closely. 



Jan. 27th, — Although occasionally I slightly suspected a very faint light. 



