Prof. Loomis on the Geographical Distribution of Auroras. . 9" 
Taste I.—Continued. 
Place, Authority. 
- | Longi- | Per |Ric Years 
io tude, lyear coor. iinet. 
G7 
Felix Harbor, a 92 1] 23 
Point Barrow, - {71 a 156 15|181 
0 Force, pp. 8 
26. 
78 14) 8855) 47) 15 
8 
5 
4-87. 
Acct Trans., Tee? p. 497. 
Melville I Tsland, 74 > 110 49} 26 
Smith Sound, 78 871 70 49} 10 
RoR ete 
ce, p. 
Forte, pp. 97-108. 
Dr. Kane’s Obs. 
in what at of the world auroras are most reise and. bril- 
ant. These notices are all taken from Force’s article in the 
Siaihiaccien Contributions, vol. viii, 
Taste IL.—Notices of ev pc in North America _ 4 ne rom longitude 
170° west from Green 
Place, Ld ‘ae. Auroras. 
a . 
Cedar Lake 53 13,100 o Extremely brilli 
’ ant 7, peg eee the wholes 
. Cape Farewell, 5617 = 51 —e most bril 34 
nt 57 Occurred almost ever e ight. 
York Fort, 51 2193 |S Very ny winter nights without the aurora. 
One may read distinctly by it 
At sea, 5730. 45 { Whole southern paras illumined. Gore 
At sea, 58 12) 49 15 Radii shot from the southward, 
At sea, 58 30| 44 30 A § Far Ag ioe anything of the kind observed 
t Bowen. 
“ = 59 | 50 [Seen in ‘sealy part of the heavens, 
Howrak 59 68) 59 53 Brilliant coruscations. 
At 59 59| 44 36 Four luminous arches. 
Kikken 60 | 56 [Whole sky illuminated. 
N. rtak, 60 4) 43 2 Unusually pre ee iant corascati 
ennortalik, Greenland,'60 §| 45 16: Bee occurrence, Brighter than a 
Davis Straits, 80.101 49 | § Yellow salt reddish coruscations, extending 
near 
ig 31 4| 49 50 Tllumined the whole southern 
vs Sms 3187| 52 |The whole sky was one living fire of auro 
vis Straits, 31 5S) 54 40 Most brilliant aurora Tr to the tee 
2380 63 |Aurora see ae matt « 
Bi 8 Inlet, $235. 98 | Aurora very br spending all over the sky. 
Aidt ait, 245. 7224 Aurora rotate splea 
Cape hand 10, 51 42 Auroras always spring up in the E, or S.E. 
Aybe Lavenorn, 4 80\ 39 30 Auroras unfreq 
Baltics & | 68 iV ery brilliant, oad all over the heavens, 
Aten Pton Island, 528 84 40 Visible during the whole of the nig 
Bodie 3550 61 |Very brilliant; shooting rays to the zeni 
arabe se 36 11! 82 53 Very brilli 
At sen. mand, $6 13 161 47, Very t 
Kotzet, ’ ) i en.in 
RO aay Sound 3630163 [Aurora always seen to the northward. 
2 37 \186 (Six auroras seen in fifteen days. 
