Xll CONTENTS. 



VIII. — Aurora Borealis. 



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1. Observations of Aurora at Melville Island. By Parry. (1819-20) - 712 



2. Conclusions on the Aurora. Sir John FrankHn. Frankhn's Second 

 Expedition. 1825-27 - - - - - - 713 



3. Observations at Port Bowen. (Parry's Third Voyage) - - 714 



4. Observations of Aurora during Ross' Second YojSigQ of Discovery - 715 



5. Observations of Aurora at Port Kennedy. By Sir L. McClintock 



and Dr. Walker - - - - - - -716 



Observation on Aurora. By W. R. Grove - - - 717 



6. Observations on Aurora. By Sir Edward Belcher - - - 718 



7. Observations of Auroras. By Dr. Hayes _ - - - 718 



8. Observations at Point Barrow. By Captain Maguire - - 719 



9. Remarks by Dr. Borgen on Auroras seen in East Greenland - 719 



10. Observations made during the Austro-Himgarian Expedition to the 

 East of Spitzbergen. By Lieut. Weyprecht - - - - 720 



11. Comparison of Auroras, Magnetic Disturbances, and Sun Spots. 

 (Professor Loomis) - - - - - - -721 



12. Geographical Distribution of Auroras. (M. Petermann's Mittheil- 

 ungen, Vol. 20, IX., 1874) - - - - - - 722 



13. On a definite Arrangement, and Order of Appearance, and Progress 

 of the Aurora, and on its Height above the Surface of the Earth. 

 Rev. James Farquharson. (Phil. Trans., 1829) - - - 723 



14. On the Origin of Atmospheric Electricity. By M. Becquerel, sen., 



and M. de la Rive. (Archiv. Sc. Phys., &c., vol. xli.) - - 726 



15. Observations on Aurora in Italy. ByM. Denza. (Archiv. Sc. Phys., 

 &c., vol. xli.) - - - - - - - 727 



Remarks on brilliant Auroras of 1870 _ - _ - 727 



16. The Spectrum of the Aurora Borealis. By Professor Angstrom 

 (Nature, vol, 10, No. 246) - - - - - - 728 



17. The Spectrum of the Aurora and Review of Angstrom's Discoveries. 



By Professor A. S. Herschel. (Phil. Mag., No. 322) - - 731 



18. Comparison of other Spectra with the Spectrum of the Aurora. By 



J. R. Capron. (Phil. Mag., No. 325, April 1875) _ .. - 737 



19. Observations on the Spectrum of the Aurora. By M. Lemstrom. 

 (First Swedish Expedition). (Archiv. Sc. Phys., &c., vol. 1.) - 737 



20. On the Electrical State of the Air. By M. Lemstrom. (First 

 Swedish Expedition in 1868). (Archiv. Sc. Phys., &c., vol. xli.) - 739 



21. The Spectrum of the Aurora. By M. Wijkander. (Second Swedish 

 Expedition) (Archiv. Sc. Phys., &c., vol. li.) - - - 742 



22. Observations on the Electrical State of the Air. By M. Wijkander. 

 (Second Swedish Expedition). (Archiv. Sc. Phys., &c., vol. li.) - 745 



Appendix. The chief modern Works on Greenland, the Franklin 

 Archipelago, Spitzbergen, &c. _ _ _ _ - 750 



Index --------- 755 



Errata et Corrigenda _--__- 783 



Additional Errata. 



Page iv., line 3, /or Zoology read Geology. 



,, vi., line 8 from bottom, /or Views read Veins. 

 „ 732, Hne 4, for Zonolrichia read Zonotrichia. 



