Proceedings. 107 



Ordinary Meeting, April 3rd, 1894. 



Professor Arthur SCHUSTER, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.R.A.S., 

 President, in the Chair. 



The thanks of the members were voted to the donors of 

 the books upon the table. 



Professor OSBORNE REYNOLDS read the following note 

 "On the Aurora Seen at Fallowfield on March 30th, 1894." 



"At 10.20 p.m. on March the 30th I observed, from the 

 Ladybarn Road, immediately in front of my house, which 

 runs east and west, that there was an unusual amount of 

 light, for the time of year, all over the sky on the northern 

 side of the zenith, from east to west. At first it was only 

 the amount of diffused light on the northern side, as com- 

 pared with the southern, that caught my attention. The 

 sky was perfectly clear at the time, and the stars were 

 bright over the south, while over the north only the larger 

 stars were visible. There was no moon. 



" It soon became evident to me that the light was 

 that of the aurora ; but at first it was only remark- 

 able for the amount of diffused light, of a pale green 

 for the most part, but passing into red towards 

 the south. After observing it for some 15 minutes 

 the appearance became much more remarkable 

 Streamers rose towards the zenith from all parts of the 

 northern horizon with great rapidity and vanished again 

 as quickly, and following these up to the zenith I saw what 

 I have never seen before. The sky was in a state of 

 fluttering light, wave following wave three or four a second, 

 the waves moving in the direction of the streaks of light 

 which suggested showers of luminous hail. The most 

 remarkable thing was, however, that the appearance of 



