384 Movement of the dome of the Capitol at Washington. — 
the air, as when this is too moist, the discharge is not sufli- 
ciently energetic, or the resistance is not sufficiently great, to 
bring out the glow, or to form the images with distinctness. 
Williamstown, Mass., April 5, 1870. 
Art. XLVI.— Movement of the Dome of the Capitol at Wash- 
ington, during the gale of December 10-12, 1869. From a let- 
ter to the editors. 
WE all know, by having seen the thing itself, or representa- 
tions of it, the form of the dome of the capitol at Washington. 
It is of cast and wrought iron throughout. Its architectural 
beauty is only equaled by the truly wonderful combinations of 
its multitudinous Had it been erected at any other time 
than during the late war, when men’s views were absorbed m 
t of the 
