SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF THE SUN. 
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September 27th. — S.E. chromosphere smoky and covered with tongues; S.W. 180° 
to 200° fumy; 230° to 240° fumy, spikes inclined to E. ; 250° to 260° chromosphere 20" 
high, spikes 80". For 1° or 2° it was very low at 262°, and from 262° to 275° higher, 
and inclined to prominences at 280° &c. 
October 2nd. — S.E. and S.W. light very bad and chromoscope indistinct, but it 
appeared to be smoky ; the same in N.E. In the N.W. the chromosphere hairy and 
about 16" high. 
October 15th. — Chromosphere generally 12", near 100° low (8"), and at 115° sharply 
inclined to N. ; at 145° it appeared to be squirting in all directions, as though from 
a hole; from 170° to 190° solid and spiky, very high and covered with tongues all 
through the S.W. quadrant ; in the N.W. generally fumy, but more hairy in the eastern 
part ; in the N.E. lumpy from 80° to 90°, a tuft of hairs 16" high and inclined to N. at 
59°. A spot in this quadrant in which D, b, and the Ca lines are thick, but C unaltered. 
October 17th. — Chromosphere very level and low (8"), but light very bad. 
October 28th. — S.E. and S.W. lumpy and billowy with tongues ; N.E. and N.W. 
rather more hairy. 
October 30th. — Chromosphere about 8"; high, billowy, and smoky in N.E., S.E.,and 
S.W. ; in N.W. the same, with a direction to W. 1 
November 1st. — No details observed ; observation unsatisfactory. 
November 3rd. — Only the S.E. quadrant observed ; chromosphere about 16". 
November 11th. — S.W., N.W., and N.E. the chromosphere smoky with hairs; at 
136° a prominence nearly separated from the chromosphere, which was fumy. 
MDCCCLXXV. 
