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' At Glasgow, A. 8. Herschell, of the Andersonian Univer- 
sity, noticed at 8.25 P. M., Oct. 25th, a double beam of faint 
white light, extending from Altacr in the West, across 
gamma Andromede nearly to the EK. N. E. horizon; the 
northern band brightest, 3° wide, and the parallel one 10° or. 
12° south of it. 
From North Shields, Mr. Procter reports that at 8.15 P. M. 
on the 25th, an arch shot across the sky from N. EK. to 8S. W. 
‘Just north of the pole star,” certainly a very remarkable 
position. 
From the south of England, are published aceounts of great 
interference with the telegraph lines during this Electric 
storm, and this interference is supposed to have had a wide 
extension. 
rset 5th, 1870. 
The Brosideas in the chair. Twenty-one persons present. 
The following paper was read, 
Report on Meteorology for the Month of November, 1870. 
By Pror. O. W. Morris. 
The Maximum temperature was 64°8°, on the 9th; the 
Minimum 380°,on the 20th; therange was 348°. The meam 
was 46°55°, which was 5°87° warmer than Nov. of last year, 
and warmer than any Novy. for the past ten years, except im 
1863 and 1864. The month began with the temperature at. 
44° and ended at 41°. It was below 40° on eleven, and above 
50° on fifteen days. 
~The maximum of the Barometer was 80277 inches, om the 
30th ; the minimum was 29-429 in. on the 14th; the ramge 
was 0°848 inch. The mean was 29°855 in. The month com- 
