154 Appendix. 
METEOROLOGICAL PHENOMENA. 
1. Rainbow at mid-day.—On the 13th of December, at 1 o’clock, 
Pp. M., Professor Olmsted observed at Yale College an entire rainbow 
in the north, projected on a dark cloud, the sun meanwhile “— 
os through a fine misty rain. 
- Rainbow in the Zenith—In the month of August or Septem 
“4 from 10 to 11 o'clock, a. m., Rev. Isaac Bird of Hartford pie 
complete circular rainbow in the zenith. The atmosphere was a little 
hazy, but no where so thick as materially to obscure the body of wand 
sun. No rain fell. The circle was smaller than solar and lunar 
The colors of the rainbow were distinct. ‘ 
3. Aurora Ry tincee in the morning.—A brilliant aurora, accom: — 
panied by numerous large streamers and auroral waves, was seen at 
thie ext (New Haven) before daylight on the morning of Dec. 20th. _ 
Morse’s Etecrric TELEGRAPH. is 
On Monday, — ret telegraphic communication was opened with 
St. Louis. The Atlantic Ocean at Boston or New York, is now in 
constant and a nica instant converse with ne Mississippi—a distan 
exceeding 1000 miles. (See pp. 68, 69.) 
