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94 G. E _ Prescott on the Aurora of 1859. 
Upon the lines wh 
ning, it was observed that the poles changed during every waye 
fected. Even the short wire running from the office in State 
street to the observatory in Cambridge (five miles long) was 
sensibly affected. . 
In an article which I published in the Boston Journal, August 
31st, I stated that the current from the Aurora Borealis could 
wo « 
The Portland operator replied, “I haye done so. Will you do 
the same?” Boston operator answered, “I have cut my | 
1s much less variation in the current, and the magnets work . 
steadier. Suppose we continue to work so until the Aurora sub : 
sides?” “ Agreed,” said the Boston operator. “Are you reaey — 
for business?” “Yes; go ahead,” was the reponse. The hich 
5 operator then commenced sending private dispatches, WHI" — 
he was able to do much better than when the batteries were 0% — 
and continued to use the wire in this manner for about tw? 
a the Aurora having subsided, the batteries were ™* 
sum 3 
While this singular phenomenon was takin lace upon the 
wires between Boston ae, Portland, the <ipanabor Ee South Brau 
