Auroral Belt of October 2^th-25th, 1870. 



c'oneomitant to a difference of bases or cliords of W^ 

 \ briniij out a heijrht of .'589 miles vertical irilat.,r 

 ' south of AVasluntrtoi). Tlii^ would ini])ly that tie 

 ut Washinixtoii, (•ulTiiiii:itcd more tliaii 19"' south of 



at that place — a co])y of which i 

 from a trusted correspoudeut, n 

 distance was, in fact, but 9°; — 

 mate anouLir distances near the 



i ZouUni 



e degrees. This \ 



breadth; which is called but 8°, when,'lVom its i 

 Washinf,-ton than to Burlinirton, or to \«w I 

 expected to subtend an angle of at least ic" or 

 from Washington referred to is the following :- 



light; but a distinct feature consists of a band 

 color starting from a })()int only S° or 10° X. of 

 5= S. of the zenith and touching the liorizon ai 

 S. of East. The brea<lth of the band is about S\ i 

 strongly defined throughout.'^— The ])i-obal>ility veu 

 cordance with what has been suggested, that, in.stt 

 north edge passed south of the /(.'uith by as nmch ai 



elusions are thus substantially contirme<l by the ol 



to Ifichmoiid in N'irginia,— while it must, equally, h:i 

 liaiit not only in central Virginia but through the (' 

 vestigation will doul)tless bring to liglit the means ( 



The position of the belt on Tuesday evenin'sr. the 

 described in u letter from \V. C. Taylor, Ksq., of i'l 



form, haviiiir an average of about 12°. The 

 the most di>tiiict ].ortion would be indicatec 

 Ahair, the tnii)ezium in the Dolphin, and 2° 

 eastern star in the siiuare of Pegasus." B 



