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“1742. February 10. A considerable spot appeared near the sun’s 
eastern limb, which seemed to have entered since yesterday. 12d. 
5h. I saw it with only the red glass. Through the telescope it ap- 
pears very black, surrounded with a nebula, but is only one sp 
14, 15. Snow and some rain. yg 
“April 11. A considerable aurora in the eveni 
“ October 12. At night a considerable aurora. 
ma744,  [ ] 23. A small earthquake about 
“1745, August 4. A hurricane at Mansfield in Conn 
“1746. February2. Asmall earthquake between 9 and 10, P. M. 
I perceived it not. - 
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_ “The aurora borealis on the Ist of March, 1746, was the greatest 
Ihave seen since the 5th of March, 1741. The evening Was very 
fair and calm till about 9 o’clock, when a fresh gale sprang up at’ 
northwest by north, and then the meteor first began to appear in the 
north. I had no notice of it till 11 o’clock, at which time I acciden- 
tally discovered it. There was then the appearance of a black cloud 
in the north, about 5° high in the middle, and extending from about 
north northwest to near east by north. The fixed stars appeared very 
plainly through it. Immediately above it was a lucid arc considera- 
bly broader, very bright, but colorless, from which issued striz tinged 
with a pretty vivid red, chiefly from its two extremities; and those 
from the western end, arose above the pole. The scene continued 
with short intermissions till midnight, and then the streaming ended, 
the meteor after this resembling a very str’g [ ].. About one 
in the morning I left it, finding no alteration in it nor any likelihood 
of new phenomena. ‘The rest of the heavens appeared hazy, and the 
wind blew very fresh the whole time. ‘The barometer was very 
low the whole month of February, and the last ten days was very 
cold, dry, blustering weather. The moon came to her last quarter 
the following night, which I should not have mentioned had not the 
judicious Dr, Halley, &c. It may not be amiss to subjoin a journal 
of the most remarkable auroras for seven years last past. That on 
the 22d of October, 1730, Phil. Trans., on the very night of the last 
quarter. Sept. 12, 1739, a very remarkable one, the strie very red, 
exceeding the last, the night before the last quarter. Jan. 10, 1741, 
* considerable aurora, two days before first quarter; weather very 
Severe. March 5, 1741, an extraordinary one, night before new moon. 
26, a considerable one, two days before last quarter. Sept. 27, extra- 
ordinary, see almanack, night before new moon. April 11, 1742, 
©onsiderable, three days before full moon. 
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* The month does not appear. 
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