DKNT. near Sedbcrgli, Yorksliiic. 

 lien. Prof. Sedgaiik. 



■ ;tr"S'*f V '""i""" '" "" N-W..«hich gradual Ij expanded w 



, de-tv« E. of N.. ODd l<..iH.(n<o«r|y W. The plaeaof RMtat i? 



.sruble. bui chiefly near tbc mapneiic meridian. After »me lime aii 



I ipirei of jTllgwiih lighi in mcnU dlrulianh No mil defined luminuut 



■ ^ .*"~:''^'' "S*" "^""^ "" '^=nn of an ilWelined orchi |hc te. 



■ neorly In the niizneiic nn'ridian. the ivmirm ,„A ™-u_. .u V 



■ .__ _ .L_ _ ^ -■...■"«ui, iiic ivaicni end reachM the honton 

 under ^ and j Vna flIpjoiU. Iti breadlh w 



l-Jefincd. and mmc-i la hiend iiicif m(b the c 



I pdenbJe. tbe lii 



^ K. — The black clouds lind disappcaml. 



c Maj, 



d'cGnoI. Koi a fciv minutes 

 and of a dark dirty grey colour 



the centre of Uiij bright elaudy masj of lighi 

 c meridiin. A fcir palehes of doudi in Ihii region iim faintfy 

 [he edge-, as if hy Ihc light of the Aurora iran-miUed ihrnugh 

 i--^ Tbere ^ras b1?o a slight eiparuioii of cloudy litrhl tfhrrc thi: N, \V, limb 

 jibe aieb came iloiro lo Ibe mountain lopt (Si" W. of tht magnrtic nonh.) 



9. 15. — Srch ncarlj as before, in loner edee bcticr defined, breadth nearly 

 03] Lo the dQtanc* between the pginlciT of Vna Alajor. and the upper pointer 

 ca neorty in the ceolR of the bright ipaec between Ihe upper and loa-er cuna. 

 ne TcRez atill nearly in ihe magnetic meridian. Below ibe luminout eonc, the 

 •■t. doirn to Ihe horizon, vaiofa mofl remarkable dark diily grey colour, Ihcougfa 

 •t^ AiOurus ns sero to ibuic dimTy. as if thrnugb a fog. The great mau of 

 la: al Ihe y. E. col of Ihe arch broke up into [crticat maSKs. sepomiL-d froui 

 sh other by a dart esTmir like thu under Lbc aich. The dark grey put under 

 ti itefa [WTeed by cloudy Suhcs of light. Theae gradually increuc in number 

 mi intensity, and ttocerw the dark space in waves or lig-rags, being on the 

 *ote parallel to the horizon. During tbeir passage they seni up spires of m. 

 TPtHy green tigbi restiDg on light of a faint reddish tinge. Soon after, the aleb 

 <a otnerved 10 break up in points like the teeth of a comb, and the whole space 

 been oerupicd by the darii grey colour itas broken up 



E of lichi. 



u propagated lotrardt a tpol S. E. of thi 

 e propagated in intetrupted arches of light, 

 e the b'De* of andulation crosied cetloi 



ing nearly in the magnciic meridiiuv For 



The undubiliant 



cnkal streamer*. All 

 relation : the veiteiL of 

 era! aecotuls there ^'as a 



meridian; dork clouda 



ough a. Lynt 

 KTreaki of light parallel to the magnetii 

 bile blotches of light in t^^ 5. E. of loi: leDim. 



" - - - iding from Ihe W. and N. This 



' e region betireen Jopi 





I of tl 



ia region reflected the 



c deRnite poniooi of (pace ic< 



: illu- 



e S. Dork [atchy clouds to the N. \V., 



iiTap: from • point below the hotiiun, 

 . rail (« Cram Major.) ; Ihm which utit nearly 

 p perpeodicular. Soon afietieards undulations 

 lesediscrging lioe*, and atttorphoui blulche* of 

 far as Jupiter, were teen in Ihe regions. E.of 

 ionarr and constantly illuminated ; other, ueio 



■ hith leFmii] to he the seal of prupagation, the luininoui blotches never 



— Stria ami ipiia of light nearly in Ihe same direction oi before, hut 

 ht. Xo light prvpogaicd to, or reHecied fcom, any cloudy spacei S. of 



_ Creueii itldrnioatiun in the ftlaic N. Bright tlitaka of light and 

 '-'T-tmed ID the leniih. SUia •hone brightly ihnnigh the bnghicst light. 

 — No ipirw or beomt of lighi. tiui undulations propagated from Uio 

 pNeiwmena te;«alcd Itll 10. «. nearly. 



, Lralcu lilumuuUou due S. Drlglil 'jaa eilends lu Gemini ond to 



■"ioe urcamen froni the .V. The bri»-l>l "fnce arranges itself into an arch, 

 ing neaifj K.. pm-inp throtigh 1 Una! Major.; about SS" high near 



etie mer-iJian [(oe-sorei) only I7 a Bmlogieal elinomeier.) Bclo* the arch 



"^■rbt Dme dirty grey eulour noticed before. Koto short time hercapiieared a 

 ■«r,i,d :acli pMsinn through the four niars of the Great Dear. 



in. SO-— Tta arch gone j followed by itreamen acd beanu of light ascending 

 ■ /torn »Iag. N. 



II. 6. — -Strong llluminntlon towards the N. W. Pine undulations propogatcd 

 ■» jrds the tmiUi, but 00 sircarneri. 



II. 25_Fei> undulBilon.; g^'tal ilhiminalion in the X, 

 1 1, to, Very luminous lo Mag. N. ; tirighleit part defined above ' 





I. Thiiw 



I up. lirri into ai«endina spire* of light, and then inlo uridt 



' -~. 10. 'llielighl «as ditpcTKd iu fleecy lU-dcGnei] 



•'. nearly tata nOxW. 





Ill — A mery •tronjr llluii 



DKST.— CENBIIAL HEMAHKS. 



h'fim Cffuld be read w 



feit genewlly Ibsl the ptacc* of grtnlesl IlIumidBtioti 

 Into pins. u:piraWi frnm ejich other hy •pace* of the 

 itkiiisd, and quite diiUncl from the Inky coloui of Ihe 



TABULAR CONSPECTUS OF OBSERVATIONS ON THE AURORA BOREALIS 



OF THE lath OF OCTOBER, 1833, REDUCED TO GREENWICH MEAN TIME. 



6. tOJ — Bright light In 



1, cjpccJallj fiDin N. hy B., 

 T dimly «en through the 



.' high in Ihe middle- 



defined than bcforo, pasird between 



cr arch ivas iIl.deSced ai 



IS before. A great expansion of light where the N. E. 

 about 3S- &. 



; and belotv Ihli a second p,icallcl arch i 



IF.' C.) Mr, Hadfie 

 □in In the saoie position. Stars ore diiticc 

 : upper edge of the arch, tlic height of k 



0. 21 .—Beam or ilreamer. Ihc fint see 

 from the higher anh about 30' E. of N. 



: pmiiion, visible 10 m 



parts of Ihe nreh, tiey 

 arch has disappojred, I 



in the W. and the boundary o 



id gleams or btood llaibei of light ate tiring froni la 

 »n coi'cicd almoit the whole of Ihc nonhcrn |iart 

 o Ihe south a little iKyond the mognetic lenith. 



— For Ihe Inst 10 minute 

 ' lighl hnte mcceeded eaci 

 jurt ul the hi'iniii'here : 



10. 9. — Clnu'ti diBjipcoring, iti 



I Ihc sltcnmen and coriuciilliini I 



ro increase. Another £ 



d form 



Mvmitl III 



e In Ihc 



Irectlun 



. j|i(Kan 



WANCHESTER, 



Three lelto/ObtennlioiBbn It. rotter, jun. I'. Clare, and W. Hadfeld. 

 N. lai. i3« ?9' Long. W. !• 13' 



T. Oi Inegularnctuloui inasics to 00° all. and more. 



7. Bl — Poriion of nreh S. of icniih miered the principal slan In Delphinus 

 nd Aijuiln, it nas S' fcrcod, passed southivnrdj and vanished. 



T. -10) Light in the noiih ivhieh hud keen SOm.staitonary, at IS° or !U' DlL 



YORK. 



J. PMIlipt. 



N. Lat. fi: 



',— Mi-an liTT 



■as briRhl. ^nuther fiint falUng m 

 7. 1* — A falling i.lnr from W. Ii 

 7. lis— AbejlDoflightN. UyH 



GUISBOROUGH. 



ir, L. Wharton. 



i(.Sf-3r Long. W.I ° 3' 



.t of the norlhcm sky led me lo tuj 

 u entirely removed j bsaiui had be- 

 ; an arch, reetanglcd to Ihe magnet 

 behind. One continual beam iva 



seen playing, or 

 meridian, u if al 

 icen N. 20 W. 



bright III 



■ leen through a shorter 



iling light una a 

 lu vapoioHs clou, 

 la nerc chiclly or 



of Ihu role alar. 



laboic the Great Bi 







ie of thcmagncti 

 dstk horiion bonrtl, it 



had been toiher bright and of a 



, S7. — Suddenly It appeared double. In canccqucnee 



f Ihe ptoduc 



P. i A beam of 



(couth) of lbs decades, 



half.an-haii 



e, to as ID include ^ and y Vna Alaj., in its middle. 



iy, oTIct riling still higher, 



ightly arcbcd, and directed obliquely upuordi, fmin about 4 degrees (by est 



I a. Arieiis and Jupiter. This singular bvau>, brighleit In the middle, ivas so < 

 tune to record its appcanmce. It lasted, tvith hardly a perceptible change of place ti 

 brighlnes) ivaJvariqble. 



). !(!,— The broad belt of light In the noill 



ir from juit under Jupilcr, 



e it Arch Itregul 



nd fl Ursa: Moj. 

 9. lD_Falling.uir 



r, banded, th 

 cm Poloii] d 



upper edge between y 

 reel through Dubhc. 



1 Bpnmg, irregularly. 



H. 30.— Well defined ai 



i. 35. — Arch !• or 3* higher 

 B. £0 — Iladiotiuns and cotusc 



with vasi rapidity lo tl 



appatcnily cl 

 the N. W. a 

 tonard the S 



ituiuou) sheets of light and radiations from tl 

 bct..een W. N. W. and E. N. E., all eonvergii 



kcd in ihcit futlhot ptogtesi, and (those fro 



, and then diisipalcd in space. 



icctrd ligbi from W. to E., \ilih beams 

 Illy noticed, which bccaoic less and luj 



ley covered niih their pale and lallCB 



i the lenilh with a mo 

 nv \vo\\a\tt Sashed a 

 ,ere. - (NBt,.) 

 n ftequcntly extended i 



10. 10 Beams of light travelling lo the iieslivnrd. 



10. 13.— The tcnith has been clear (or some minutes. 



10. 3k— Arch nolieed again, Its centre under f Una) MaJ„ 

 it* hci^hl 111 the middlu of Ihc light equal tu one-half that 

 uf I Urstc Moj. 



JO. 4-1 — And bier, till near Iwclte o'clock. The arch >n the 

 north nai lubjecl lu much vaiialloni D»mi and faint llaihia 



II. 0.—£hecl) of light still % 



1 1. is!— f ome clnuH> (eiiro-str 

 the N. Sheet, of light and radbl 

 region of these. ctoudj-. 



1 1. 3i — Splendid ah«!ti of light ; ill defini 



linalioni the waves again paucd Ihc Zenith 



YOnit — MAGNETIC OBSICR^'ATIONS. 



OB certainly unalTtcled by iho auto 



CAMBRIDGE. 

 I'rofatoT Airy. 

 N. Lat. 53= 13' Long. 



6. 3! — .Several ftint ilreamets directed 

 Cygni, the elovotlon of their buses being perhaps IS' 

 of their tops GO" i moving alonly tominti the W. ■ u fain 

 of light in Ihc N. 



6. 53.— No Blrcauiers j generally a faint light in Ihc i 



HERON COURT, 4in. N. W. of Christchurcli, Hiiiils. 

 Hon. Charlei Itarrit. 

 K. Ul.M)' «' Long. W. I" W 



S. of I. 



ARMAGH. 



Itev. Dr. Hohinson. 



N,La(.S*=!r Long.W.6'30'. 



9, seemed lo fall tbrotigh IS* from ihc areh ivhich 



7. -U —An aieh of light was now dliiinet (obovc a dstk horiion bonrtl, '" loivcr edge onclhird oflhc height of ,8 Ursn; .Mnjoris 



7. Si ^The areh had risen hightt. iU loiver edge was now half the height of ^ Uisa; Maj., ond its upper edge ti.o.thitd> of 



lial heiglii. Nn mitamers were visible at this lime, nor had mony been seen befatc. 



7. an,— The summit of the arch was now 3° below tho slats fi and y Ursnt Maj. It 

 elloivish hue, nut unlike tome diiiint clouds, a icHmblance augmented by its grunt breiidlh, nmen ivai twi 

 lie black tpg« Uneoth. A tinguljr notch nos noticed in the upper edge of this arch, bearing N. by E. 



It seen befun: 



:e Ihe olhen, that 



7. Bt—Much the Jamc. 



7. i!,— In Ihc north a banked yellow elourt, lis height half that of y Unn Slajorif One degree to the tight of Ihe Pleiades 

 ucamer about as high as the Pleiades, directed loiiord n Cygni. This itrcnmer remained steady about half nn hour. 



7. 6*.— The upper boundary of Ihe bright eloud was ciiremclyahorpi it began lo the left of Arcturui, passed a very lilt 

 bovc Arctums, below y Ursc Maj. at eiactlj halt the elevation of y Vna .Maj. {»hich was its highcsi point) and lermioatcd E. ■ 

 lie N. ot about half the aiimuth of ;S Aurigir. The black hank bdoiv teoched to abuui half the height ; it ivoa very black. 



7. SB.— A black line waadiseovcrable very near the upper boundary ond pamllel to It. Tha upper part rose and Ihe loiver fe 

 httle, thus widening the black hoc. About Arcturui the upper pail rose tnoit , 



9. 8.— The upper part alter rising cantidcrably had wholly disippcared, and the tewei had iunk a lilUc under y Utsc Msjor 

 ) that it) elevation was [wrhapi * of that of , Ur™ Maj. The highest port was raw b little ftuthcr west. A ilreamer Ihruuc 

 Anclis, pamllcl lo that above mentioned (T. SI.) but hitched. 



B. 7 — A mrenmer e<nclly below Poloiii, which plunged 

 iwnwards inlo the black. 

 U. I^- More dilUue to Ihc weit, Ihe dark jnit more illu- 



cd wilh sheets of light 



norlhcm hemisjiherc, dashed over 

 n. AS soon as tnc sirangcneM of the spectacle permuted mc to eiamina 

 •prlng from an arched luminous bate (probably the perspective union of 

 ic higher above Ibis base the appeatancM wcie eiamined, the mora 

 r light, and at length it ivas evident, 

 individuality always growing more 

 oatiog point; when they did to, the 



beneath it, its upper edge on 

 ^and^Un-oMajoris. In the 

 lirsi are now three of the black 

 aneamers, the upper eraswd 

 *' ?",!^ atjighi E. N. E. 



38.— The cflslcm boundary nf the arch osbcfare: Ihe 

 Tl had advanced nearly to the W. The lower edge of the 

 cloud rharply defined, and its height not quite half the 

 of y UrsE AIdj.) the upper edge cnlcndcd upwards 

 two-third of the remainder of the ipocc towards y UntE 



9-31_ 



rt from all 





A gentle I 



ing vertically upivards. In a fc 

 considcmblc, reached as high as 

 uing. Throughout the appcarnno 





wholly line 



without alli 



10. 0,- 



I In 



vcty bright patch fram 



e accompanied by faint Hoshet of 



m broke. Toivorda th 



10. I? The bright bank hod almut entirely lost Its STiioolh 



outline, ond was broken into irrouulur toothed lumps. Puliea 

 conlJoui'd. The pulses whcnhlgnest eitcnded up lo fi V. Minoris. 



10. 21 l-iiile light; the black below much diminished in 



V. N. E., N. and N. W., : 

 of nearly 60°; they v 

 light, al right angles la i 



■mtke, perrielually rolling up and disappearing. 



10. 7 — A bright eoniKation shot ihtough Iho sur i in 

 Ursa fllojor. The main body of light now faded away, but 

 Ihe flashes (till continued. 



IU. 9!.- Plosbei more brilliant, and accompanied by olhcr 

 flashes or rapid posMgcs of light from E. lo W. and W. to U. 

 alorg apparently a line of vapour, 



rd the head of An- 

 y approaching from 



E Majoris, 

 It Ilokeby, 



igiti 1 



teemed lo tight up the same irregular! 



condticling medium, OS if n bond of vi 



cinpt when the electiic current poBcd 



lU. 37.— A low areh again formed, it 



r fou 



suddenly lighted ui 



10. E6__Thc m 



in the N. W. (bclo 



IC jeareely 5° aboi a 

 itbis and 17- the 

 fieoelnascb in Una 



II. 47 — Bather lighter. 



13, O—PulK. were seen 



IU. Si- A brood 



rcmafned same limt 

 Allor and AUoth in tfm Sbtior.. 



the Hashing being vivid aeross 



CAMBHtDGG — GENERAL REMARKS. 



1867, certainly before lB!B>lhat 



li visible in magnetic N. 

 Vertex In Miiar. 



I3~!4. — Siromicr* begin lo arise from vaiious pnrli ofthe arch. 



IS, 30 Slicanicra rnueh increased In number and nctlvllyi also coruscalloiia 



and large maun u( light llko white Clauds, that almost cover Iho noithem [>art of 

 ■he liemUphcie. 



18, *9 — The light Is more brilliant, the arch hat disappeared i alrearrcra very 

 lirighi and aciKr, taiticuljiily in the N. \\. The sky i) covered with alrcameta 

 and gleams of lij^ht fdn- ■■ i' ■ '' ■ i' 'ilitrn horiion lo a lilllc beyond the 



magnetic leniib. ThL- i r r i nt tho magnetic wnllh, from 



ivhieh point Ihe I'lrimii ■■■ ■ ■ i 



](>. S4 Manyliin't' ' < m. I)ccn Inilamly formcdi and Ihcn 



10. 0. . 

 10. 8. . 



10.10. Beams traselling west 3i 



10.13 , 17 



10. Uk 11 



In the pidsca I noticed clearly nbot I had noiiccd very utII on a former occasion, tl think ir 

 It woi not like clouds of light |ia^ng upwordi and continuing luminous in their course till they 

 definite spots only of Ihe «liy had the faculty of receiving illumination in Ihe order of vertically upwaids. ' From the 

 which these spots neie distributed, it sometimes appealed as if ihc pulics Ha^cd obliquely upwards. 



In Ihe morning there had been u squall fiDOi the N. W. wilh heavy tain : aha aflemoon dull llll near BUQ.sct, wt 

 very clear. 



FIFESHIEE. 



Mr. Lawrence Bucban obMircd at about g p. n. the auitnl aitb puiuig near the lenillu (U. P.) 



N. W. : above Lyra and y 

 Dtaconis, below Una there it 

 sheet auto™ with a lendcncT 

 to condense iticlf in the 

 direction of arches. Tho 

 molioni ore much lea rapid 

 than ihoac of the sirramen, 

 and its waves, even when Ihey 



10.4 



ikc a few remarks. I, The needle. In oil my eijicTiincnts, has temained unifltcted by 

 ind ulallnnary beams, t. ll was very (iiddcnly olPectcd by the elevation of the llathcg, apparently in ptoporllon 



uilcr Ihe llaihcn had reached and ctosud Ihe icnilh for lo Ihc south, the needle began - - ' 



luatd deviation of ihcsoulhend of the needle, t'- "--'-- ' ■ 



n. 3. It apiicatcd lo me ptobalilc, that Iho dci 

 ll Its soulliwurd end devilled to llie same side o: 



its uiual place. During 



- ilde of the magnetic 



he beam;, in such ■ 



I 



Ihu other (loniuiis .,( thi; Ujnd. |iu..Hd ibnuiah a Km "j>..co as Ihcy approximated 

 tu lbc H. and W, end*. Hor olwiit Um minulca these hands of light luccccded 

 och oilier with gun laplllily. Hic slrcajncra and corincallonsofllghl conllnticd 



IH 0.— 'Hie conucalhini, >lri-nmcra, nnd bands of light have been diminlfhlng 

 in awMly and bnUuncy tor 10 nlinulc, but during ilio lait half hour Ihu hrlL 

 llancy, oiicni. awl acUvily uf ihu uiitora f" exceeded Ihc uppinrantei In any 

 pfovfuus pan of ilienWii* ... . , i_ j ,i t. 



13. 21— Tht.itt«in«n'u»l«'ruKallortihiw«»Ktl.liullh"el* ■ womi lighl 

 In Ihv (lorlh. 



Vi. UO— 'I'tiii llgbl dlinlriiili" I" hillllHiK-'l. 



Pot eleven doy» liefore Ihc grand at 

 dry i Iho eun powerful, the nights thi 

 dny an ihe IBtli. Tlieie was roln un 



YORK.— GEMEItAL REMARKS. 



'the leih of October, the bDininclcr ha 

 lewy [ on Ihc 11th of OcL, the hutoine 

 th, end an Uie Illh till 8 p. m. I^ium 

 Mi), the air became colderand drier. 



d been very high, and Ihc wcaihe 

 let began tu fall, and cnnthiiied to 

 midday on iho Itih, Ihc baiumcte 



