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Prof. Loomis on the Geographical Distribution of Auroras. 938 
Taste 1V.—WNotices of y prg in Europe and its nt: ad Srom Longitude 60° 
to 30° West from Green 
Lati- | Longi- 
Place. tude. tude. Auroras. | Authority. 
Qo / 
: . Aurora seen Nov. 1837 for 
Teneriffe, 28 16)16 89 W. the first time in the mem-|Alfred Diston. 
ory of man. 
Shetland Islands, 6020} 1 9 W. aeons attendant of clearipoes Cye., v. iii. 
evenin, 
At sea, 6030/25 W.)A bright arch withcoruscations. |Force, p. 13. 
tn eee the zenith an 
At sea, 61 (25 W. clipsed the moon in xpiati Force, p. 14. 
dee. 
Iceland, 64 (22 W.jSeen almost every clear ni 900 Henderson, p. 148. 
Torneo, - 165 5212418 E, 
een in slidiertiis ii, 155. 
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the eer 
‘The following are the most definite observations I have been 
able to collect from the 
Tastx Vitewiien in Asia 
Asiatic continent. 
and its vicinity oo Santen 60° East to 170° 
West from Green 
BON See z ae = ‘oe : Auroras. Authority. 
CF 
Irkutsk, a 20|108 50 E. | Two auroras seen in Dec.\qmolin, p, 434. 
Tomsk, 56 35| 86 30 E. | § Only one aurora permonthignelin, p, 477. 
| 
in 
Catherinenberg, 56 50) 63 35 E. Four auroras seen in 1854, |Kupffer Obs. 
Tarinsk, 57 45| 6845 E,|{ Three auroras seen in /Gqietin, p, 826. 
: | 
Kirenskoi Ostrog, 58 0/108 
a Virchni Koorina, 66 {152 
March 1742, 
Five auroras seen in March 5 
} 1789: Gmelin, p. 458. 
A 
Not much more frequent 
E. |Constant and very = oe Billings, p. 57. 
More frequent 
Tobolsk, 5819| 6818E./) than under the same lat-|Ermar, i, 394. 
| itude in Europe. 
Jeniseisk, 5830| 92 —«sC«#«« |! ee uroras seen in Feb. Gmelin, p. 458. 
Beresoy, | Sometimes seen for months : 
: i 56| 65 4E./2 together throughout the|Erman, i, 470. 
ight. 
—Meice, fro. 2017413 E 
ot, and 
ah ’ Roliutehin Island, 67 26|175 85 W.|4 —_liant than at Nijnei Ko- Von Wrangell, 506. 
bs Pine Kolymsk, |68 32160 56 E. Seen pnw every evening. | Von Wrangell, 83. 
of extraordi 
* On the ice, 69 58/168 41 E. gets *!Von Wrangell, 103. 
On the ice, eautifal aurora all night, |Von Wrangell, 318. 
iy, We project all the 
discover considera 
Toras over the earth’s 
receding observations upon a chart, we 
Ble uniformity in the distribution of au- 
surface. If we travel from the equator 
Rorthward along the meridian of Washington, we find on an 
