F.W. Royce and E. W. Culgan.on the Aurora of 1859. 97 
. the conversation lasted four or five minutes, the operators ex- 
changing remarks as to the singularity of the phenomenon. 
A.M. all-the wires were relieved from the effects of the Aurora 
and worked well as usu 
6. Observations made at Washington, D. C., by Freperick W. 
Royce, Telegraph operator. 
7. Observations made at Pitisburgh, Pa., communicated by KE. W. 
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than an ordinary beets and then suddenly changing the poles 
Id s 
& hanged messages with 
much satisfaction, aed we worked more steadily when the batteries 
‘ere off than when they were attached. | 
On the night of Aug. 28th the batteries were attached, and on 
breaking € circuit there were seen not only sparks (that do not 
RS in the normal condition of a working line) but at inter- 
vals regular streams of fire, which, had they been permitted to 
last more than an instant, would certainly have fused the plati- 
hum points of the key, and the helices became so hot that the hand 
hot be kept on them, These effects could not have Leen 
Produced by the batteries. : 
SECOND SERIES, Vor. XXIX, No. 85.—JAN., 1860. 
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these working intervals we exc 
