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MR ROBERT COCKBTJRN MOSSMAN ON 



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 (Lunar Rainbow 



August 28. Low circular arc to N.N.W 



August 29. Low circular arc to N.W, 



September 3. Low arc to N.N.W. 



September 24. Auroral light, sky clouded 



September 25. Auroral light, sky clouded. 



October 14. Low arc to N.N.W. witli transverse streamers shooting 

 from N. to S. over all the sky. 



October 20. Red and green aurora chiefly to N.E. 



October 25. Grand aurora, red, green and blue over all the sky. 



February 12 Transverse band, S. and S.E. of zenith, occasionally red 

 and radiating, 



March 9. Low auroral arch N., 10° W. 



March 14. Auroral gleam to N.W. 



March 16. Auroral arch to N.W. 



March 17. Auroral arch to N.N.W. 



March 27. Auroral arch, low to N.W. 



March 28. Auroral arch, low to N.W. 



April 9. General auroral light through sky heavily clouded ; said to 

 have been a red aurora elsewhere. 



April 12. Upward shooting beams of aurora N. to N.W. 



April 20. Long low arc of auroral glow to N.W. 



April 28. Elliptical arches, low to N.W. and N. 



May 8. Long low auroral arc N. and N.W. 



August 6. Midnight auroral arc to the N.W. ; mean rising to N.E. 



August 21. Auroral arc, bright and large from W., round by N.W. to 

 N. and N.N.E. ; a few dark clouds in front. 



September 7. Auroral lights N. and N.W., in upward shooting beams. 



October 14. Auroral light to the N.W. amongst clouds. 



January 1. Severe gale. Property damaged and many people injured. 



October 30. A thunderstorm of unusual violence from 5 to 6 p.m., with 

 heavy rain and hail causing much flooding. 



March 14. Thunder aod lightning at 8 p.m. 



July 22. Very severe thunderstorm. An observer of the Scottish 

 Meteorologicial Society counted in one hour 680 flashes of lightning with 

 their accompanying thunderclaps. This gives a rate of fully 11 per 

 minute. 



June 25. Thunderstorm from 11.35 a.m. to 12.35 p.m. No less than 

 81 flashes of lightning were observed, of which 43 were seen in the first 

 26 minutes. 



October 21. Worst gale since the hurricane of January 1868. Much 

 damage done to property all over the city. Several people injured. 



December 30. Snow showers, with thunder and lightning at 10.45 p.m. 



May 10. Solar halo and mock suns seen. 



August 18 to 22. Very heavy and continuous rain with east (N.E. to 

 S.E.) winds, 7"07 inches fell in the five days, the amounts for each of the 

 days being as follows, 18th, L54 inch ; 19th, 0*89 inch ; 20th, L88 inch ; 

 21st, L96 inch ; 22nd, - 80 inch. The Water of Leith overflowed its banks, 

 houses in Warriston Crescent being flooded to the depth of 7 feet. All 

 over the town extensive inundations took place in low-lying situations. 



June 27. Severe thunderstorm ; the lightning struck several buildings. 



Very cold winter ; skating and curling carried on at Duddingston un- 

 interruptedly for 12 weeks. 



March 4. Severe gale; several buildings damaged, and people injured. 



July 13. N.E. gale and heavy rain, no less a quantity than 2 - 95 inches 

 falling within the 24 hours. Flooding throughout the town. 



December 28. Heavy gale ; Tay Bridge blown down. 



Skating for eight weeks on Duddingston Loch. 



January 1. Fine lunar rainbow between 11 o'clock and midnight, the 

 colours being well defined. 



