1887.] Mr R. T. Omond on Glories, Halos, and Coronce. 319 
triple; best seen when the send was uniform in thickness — not 
filmy — and thin enough to see the blue sky through. The follow- 
ing measurements were got ; those bracketed together were taken 
at as nearly as possible the same time. 
Radius of inner red, 3° 35' 3° 31' t 3° 52' j 4° 13' 3° 21' 
„ outer red, 4° 28' 5° 43' 1 6° 55' i 7° 38 
March 1, 1887. — Solar corona seen at 13 h 10m on passing scud. 
Three rings, red outside in each. The following measurements 
were got : — 
Radius of first red, 
I. 
1° 46' 
II. 
III. 
IY. 
1° 41' 
„ second red, 
2 9 26' 
2° 34' 
2° 39' 
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„ third red, . 
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At the same hour a faint red corona was seen on cirrus clouds 
when the scud cleared off. Radius about 0° 56'. 
At 17 h misty red colour under sun, and solar corona formed on 
scud. Three rings, red outside in each. 
I. 
11. 
Radius of first red, 
1° 41' 
1° 25' 
,, second red, 
2° 23' 
2° 26' 
„ third red, . 
3° 54' 
. . . 
III. 
1° 19' 
2° 30' 
March 4, 1887. — Glories seen on passing fog all day. At ll h 
15 m one seen from roof of Observatory, the shadow of the observer 
falling on the snow about 10 yards away. Colours in following 
order : — Shadow, white, red 1 , blue, green, red 2 , blue, reds. 
Radius of inside edge of red 1 , . . 2° 15' 
,, outside edge of red 1 , . . 3° 12' 
Another glory seen from edge of cliff at ll h 30 m ; no fog-bow 
with it. It had four rings of colours arranged in the following 
order : — 
(The radii are given with the colours ; measurements taken to 
outside of colour in each case.) 
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