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XU. An Hiftorical Regifter of the Aurora Borealis, from 
Auguft the 8th, 1781, to Augu 19, 1783. By CALEB 
GANNETT, 4. M. Rec. Sec. A. A. 
Aug. 8, A N Aurora Borealis appeared in a common form, 
1781. Á X from eight o'clock till after ten. A luminous 
arc extended horizontally from north-weít to north-eaft. The 
height of the arc, about 25°. A thick dufky vapour lay be- 
low. A few fmall ftrice afcended from the body of light. At 
10* 15;', a column of light afcended from about north-north- 
weft,—pafled north of Zrófuru:, and croffing the meridian in 
the zenith, extended to the eaft, to about 30° of the horizon. 
Thus it remained. for feveral minutes, and then moved flowly 
fouthward, till 10^ 427, | when it vanithed. 
‘Meteors appeared in great numbers, fhooting, in general, 
from north-weft to fouth-eatt. 
22. An Aurora Borealis, —of little extent, and faint. 
SUCUS ditto. - 
Sept: i9. dito; 5. 7 ^ ditto. 
19. Appeared an aurora  fegment, extending fom 1 north- 
- north-weft, nearly eaft, füpported bya dark vapour. A fecond 
. luminous fegment foon appeared above the firft,—a thick dufky 
vapour intervening between the two. Some ftrice proceeded 
from the uppermoft fegment, which appeared to curve dire&ly 
towards the zenith. About ten o'clock, a column of light 
- fhot up from the eaft, and crofling the meridian north of the 
zenith, ` paffed fome degrees weft of the meridian. At eleven 
o ‘clock, appeared a number of corrufcations ; after which, the 
whole declined, till an entire difappearance, ecc 
Sept, 
