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54 1835, Dec. 21. Auroral arch. Loomis. 



55 1836, Apr. 22. A magnilicent aurora with streamers. Am. Jour., vol, 

 xxxi, p. 85. 



56 1836, May 8. A remarkable auroral arch. Am. Jour., vol. xxxii, 

 p. 224. 



57 " July 31. Aurora with a few streamers a little before 8 o'clock, 

 Olmsted. 



58 " Aug. 2. 15"' before 10 o'clock — more vivid than on the 31st; 

 slightly })ink. Olmsted. 



69 " Aug. 12. A remarkable auroral arch. Am. Jour., vol. xxxii, 

 p. 220. 



60 1837, Jan. 2. At 8'' 5'" a distinct but not very bright arch of light 

 about one degree broad extending very nearly from due 

 north to due south. The sky Avas overcast except in the 

 N.W. region. At 8'' 22'" it was still quite plain. Herrick. 



61 " Jan. 25. Aurora Borealis unusually magnificent Avith a profu- 

 sion of beautiful rose-red colors. About 7'' 30'" the corona 

 was formed, and nearly the Avhole heavens were suflfused with 

 a deep crimson. A second paroxysm occurred about 10'' 30*" 

 more grand than the first. The center of the corona was 

 quite distinct. Am. Jour., vol. xxxii, p. 177, 



62 " Feb. 18. About 8'' a large tract of a dim and uncertain red 

 about half way between the zenith and the western point. 

 At 9'' in the N.E. an illuminated region about 10° wide and 

 15° high. The color was a beautiful red. The color soon be- 

 came more intense, and reached the maximum about 9^" 30'". 

 The light by turns became brighter and fainter several times 

 betAveen this period and 11^, Avhen it entirely disappeared. 

 Am. Jour., vol. xxxii, p. 396. 



The following notices of Auroras are extracted from a Meteorological 

 Journal kept at Sharon, a village 50 miles northAvest of New Haven, by 

 Hon. John C. Smith, former Governor of Connecticut. It is presumed that 

 all these Auroras might have been seen at New Haven, although they are 

 not mentioned in the New HaA'en Journal, 



