Prof. E. Loomis on the Aurora of 1859. 77 
F, — 33° 33’ N., long. 38° 2’ W. 
Sept. 2d. At 3 a.m. a low bank of straw colored aurora on the 
northern sat it ; it became a beautiful rose color, covering about four- - 
‘tenths of the shy and hag cnappenred as the day broke. 
G. Lat. 24° 10’ N, ee 0’ W. 
Sept. 2d. aol see ies morning from N.W. to E.N.E. of a 
bright red color, ‘ritenapansed ‘with streaks of white, converging to a center 
nearly over the ship. 
5. State of the weather at the Russian sta tig observatories, ves A the 
Auroral display of Aug. 28th to Sept. 2d, 1859; furnished by A. T. 
Kuprrsr, Director of the Central Physical Observatory. 
Hour. St. Petersburg. | Catherinburg. Barnaoul. Nertchinsk, 
August 28th, 1859. 
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