342 Prof. E, Loomis on the Aurora of 1859. 
dipping need]e. I watched the aurora from 9 to 10} P.M, a d 
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at 3 A. M. got up again to look. It was then very brilliant and 
rosy all along the southern horizon. 
10. Observations at Willow Creek, Illinois, (lat. 41° 45’, long. 88° 56’), 
by E. E. Bacon 
Aug. 28th—aurora first seen at 8 P. M., corona and beams at 
8h 40m, arch 84 45m, Beams of red very brilliant in the east 
and west, and at the corona from 8 35™ to 84 55m, At 9h the 
beams and corona had disappeared, and a broad red belt extend- 
ed across the heavens, passing over to the south. Two distinet 
arches were formed in the north. At 9» 15™ bright beams in the 
southeast, the red belt disappearing in the east. At 9" 25" red- 
ness nearly gone. At 9 28™ arches broken. At 9h 85m bril- 
liant spotin N.E. At 9» 40™ arch reformed, but not so brilliant. 
At 125 30m beams with far greater grandeur than at 8 40. 
Beams streamed from all round the horizon to the zenith. In 
the southern half of the sky, the beams flashed like the blaze of 
a great fire. At 12h 45m a bright belt from E. to W., in me 
south, with a dark belt something like a cloud under it. At 
12™ bright belt in the south gone. Aurora lasted till daylight. 
11, Observations at Sandwich, Illinois, (lat. 41° 31’, long. 88° 30’), by 
Dr. N. E. Baxov. 
Aug. 28th, at 74 Pp. M., there was a bright luminous band, 4 
degree in width, spanning the heavens. Soon it became tortu- 
ous; and in the zenith it pointed southward half way to the ho- 
rizon, At 8 P.M. red gleams shot up in the N.W. directly to 
the zenith. At 8} p.m. the same appearance sprung up 1 > 
NE. P, M. the entire northern half of the sky was bri: 
liantly red, with gleams which soon culminated in a coron® 
93 P, M. the whole was tinged with red, alternating with pa 
of light. At10 P.M. the red tinge floated away to the south. 
At midnight it presented much the same appearance as before. 
