142 Miscellaneous Intelligence. 
arch vanished ; 10.0, seis light wnat rm ” N.—23d, 10 p.m. Faint — 
auroral light et the bidvey t .M. Idem. Aurora might 4 
have been. seen on 8 nights. 4 
May 4th, 10 r.m. Faint aurora in the N.; dark segment under- 
neath. —16th, 9.30 p.m. Patches of auroral clouds forming an he 4 
fect arch in the zenith, faint auroral light at the horizon.—23d, 
aint auroral arch, dark segment underneath, frequent streamers _ 
from thie. eastern limit.—- 26th, 10 P.M. Faint auroral light to the hore 
izon.——28th, 9.45 p. m. Very faint auroral arch in the zenith passing 
from E. to W., lasting only a few minutes. Aurora might have been 
seen on 15 ni his 
June.—Aurora . Boresiis was visible on 2 nights, but very faint. 
Might have been seen on 13 nights 
July 3d, 11 p,m. Actin arch of moderate — freciitas 
“<“stréamers.——Dth, 10 Pp. m. Faint auroral light. 0p. Ide 
and occa streamers,—— 14; P.M. Faint light, lec: segment. 
underneath.—27th, 29th and 20ih, 10 P.M. Very faint light at the 
horizo ora Qn ave been seen on 14 nights 
August 17th, 10 ¥ roral arch of moderate brightness at th 
horizon.—20th, 10 P.M. ,_ Auroral light faint, dark segment under 
neath.— 25th, 10 P. m. “Bright auroral light, frequent streamers. Av 
rora might have been seen ron 15 n ights, 
Sept. 10th, 10 p.m. Faint aYhope: quent = la violet color. 
3°; dark 
between them of 8° broad.—2Ist, 10 p. M. Auroral ight dark seg 
ment underneath.—26th, p.m. Faint auroral light. urora might 
have been seen on 10 nights 
Oct. 18th, 10 v.m. Faint auroral light at the pre ot —25th, 10 
p.m. Idem. Aurora might have been seen on 1 
November. —Aurora borealis invisible this ieee a Might have been 
ights, 
December. —— aurora borealis on the Sth, 18th and 22d. Might 
have been seen on 10 nights.—26th, 10 v. mz: Lunar halo, 45° 6’. 
Zodiacal light very bright this month. 
Electrical state of the Almosphere.—The a tmosphere has daily af- 
forded indications of beri but of less intensity than that of 
ear. 
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2. eet of pmo Manufae ure.—A few years since, only 
five or six, it was a thing impossible to obtain in the United States @ 
