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_ sky was clear, but the bright moon, then two days past the quarter, very 
greatly interfered with observation. 
The next night was the one on which the greatest display was looked 
for. numerous party was ready to watch, but could do nothing be- 
cause of the clouds. : 
as were actually visible. 
On the night of Aug. 15-16th, C. Tomlinson, M.D., Messrs. A. 
Name, J. Av G. L. Woodhull, and A. W. Gates, Col. B. S. Pardee 
ever, 
party thought he saw a shooting star, but was not confident of it. The 
moon rose at 125 40™, and from that time the number seen was appar- ; 
s ently diminished a little by its light. A fog which was rising toward 4 
z the end of the watch also interfered. Shortly after two o’clock the fog 
__. _ ¢losed entirely over us. : f ; 
The special object of the watch was to determine what proportion o ne 
the meteors visible at one place would be seen by one observer; in other : 
words, by what factor the number seen during any time by one person 
should be multiplied to obtain the whole number visible at the place, 
The conclusion, as derived from this night's work, is that this ef is at 
gested below by Prof. ee eo 
3. Auroral Phenomena 4 . 
2d-3d, there was witnessed at New Haven a display of the Aurora Bo- 
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ity, ascendi far down in t ath _up 
eae. eae page pie simultaneously with it a similar — 
in the northwest rising toward the same | altitude. geass 
d did not, while this witness saw them, — 
unite to form a eomplete arch. When he ceased if 
. ; 11 o’clock—they were undiminished in 
hess, They were said, by others who wi d the same, 
‘not long after. 
