Meteoric Observations 011 the Night of Nov. 12. 637 



J- The red light scarcely perceptible. 



Brilliant streamers from the w. s. w. to the me- 

 ridian, 25° south of the zenith. 



No appearance of Aurora. 



A. splendid beam of blood-red light near a 

 Aquilae. 



A most brilliant blending of white and deep red 

 light, radiating, as it were, from a centre on 

 the meridian 30° south of the zenith, and 

 extending due south nearly to the equator, 

 and to the horizon, both eastward and west- 

 ward. For a few moments, the prismatic 

 colours were certainly visible. 



A bright patch of red light, south of west, ex- 

 tending upwards. 



No appearance of Aurora. 



A diffused faint red light in the n. e. 



The red light still visible, faint in the N. N. E. 

 but very perceptible in the w. by s. 



An elongated patch of red light, of which a 

 Aquilae is the centre. 



1 The oscillations of the needle continue, but 



J clouds prevent appearance of Aurora. 



Clear, but no indications of Aurora. The 

 needle stationary. 



Broolifield, near Manchester, Nov. 15. 1837. 



Art. VI. Observations made on the Night of November 12. 1837. 

 By Mr. W. H. White, M.B.S., Secretary to the Meteorological 

 Society. 



This being the anniversary of the return of those meteoric 

 displays which have occupied the attention of men of science 

 for several years past, I very carefully watched the appearance 

 of the heavens from sunset, which was one of the most brilliant 

 I had witnessed for some time past; and found myself amply 

 repaid, not with witnessing any meteoric display, but one of 

 those singularly electric phenomena that seldom become visible 

 in this latitude, and which, in colour, greatly resembled the 

 rosy-hued band of light that stretched itself across the heavens 

 on February 18. 1836. 



