332 Remarkable Atmospheric Appearances, 
[From the Philadelphia Register, Sept. 17, 1316. | 
A description is given in the National Seeing ete of a 
12th inst. of a circle or halo, which w at 
ington on the Sth Sept. and? as the swtthce is desirous Or 
knowing the extent of this curious phenomenon, I shall at- 
tempt to describe it as it appeared in this vicinity. 
Between 11 and 12 o’clock on Sunday, 8th Sept. a beau- 
tiful corona or halo, was seen at Holmesburg, near Philadel- 
phia, around the sun. The diameter appeared about half 
the size of a rainbow, the rim or edge strongly marked witl: 
prismatic mae Sy ‘id particularly a deep erange—the body 
of the circle was very misty ; but on the outside a clear blue 
sky. To ihe scien of this, there was another complete 
circle, of about the like dimensions, intersecting: the former, 
and passing through the centre of the sun, at its southern 
extremity. Intersecting this circle to the northward, were arcs 
of two other circles, of much larger dimensions, crossing each 
ilesbaibilies whitish, but fainter than the other. The sky 
was: ably clear to the northward, cloudy towards the 
south. {na southerly direction, there was also observed, 
about one eighth part of a cirele above the clouds, with very 
bright colours. L. 
Extract of a fatter from a young man in New Cas- 
ile, ( Del. jto his sister in the oe of New-York, dated Sept. 
10th, 1816.—“ On Sunda last, at about 11 
o’clock, we were surprised 38 a ‘eatin Sie Migeles appearance of 
ireles on and about the sun’s disk, each having perfect 
all the colours of the rainbow. One of them (the most bril- 
liant) crossed the sun’s centre—two each cut the centre of 
the first, and the fourth was connected and at some distance 
from the sun. Some of us are superstitions and frightened, 
and nore of us can give a conjecture as to what has produced 
Wasnineton Crry, Sept. 25, 1816. 
T have sketched an uncommon halo whicks I saw here. F 
think it is an opprobium to modern philosophy, that no 
satisfactory solution of the result ots reflection and refraction 
has n given, at least I have seen none. It was seen at. 
hia, and at Newcastle, Delaware—at the last place 
