OBSERVATIONS 
ON THE 
VARIOUS ACCOUNTS 
LUMINOUS ARCH, OR METEOR, 
ACCOMPANYING THE 
AURORA BOREALIS 
OF NOVEMBER 3rd, 1834. 
BY JOHN DALTON, ‘D.C.L, F.R.S.S. L. & E. 
MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTE OF FRANCE, &c., &c. 
(Read 26th December, 1834.) 
On the 3rd of November, 1834, in the evening, 
I observed a horizontal light very conspicuous 
in the magnetic north; but could not distinguish 
Streamers, it continued without much change for 
two or three hours. It was afterwards stated to 
me that Streamers had been seen in the early 
part of the evening. 
'A little before eight o’clock (true mean time) 
I was informed by two of my pupils that a fine 
Al 
