The Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal: Exhibiting a View of the Progressive Discoveries and Improvements in the Sciences and the Arts, 11. köideA. and C. Black, 1860 |
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Page 93
... continued to increase in brightness , while those on the north grew fainter and less regular , and the arch from which they ascended relapsed into a changing shapeless form . " At 8.50 , the southern half of the heavens had become the ...
... continued to increase in brightness , while those on the north grew fainter and less regular , and the arch from which they ascended relapsed into a changing shapeless form . " At 8.50 , the southern half of the heavens had become the ...
Page 94
... continued with little abatement of splendour for about half an hour , the light diminishing some- what in the lower part of the sky , especially towards the north and south , but still glowing in changeful beams with broader flashes of ...
... continued with little abatement of splendour for about half an hour , the light diminishing some- what in the lower part of the sky , especially towards the north and south , but still glowing in changeful beams with broader flashes of ...
Page 95
... continued to rise until 8 P.M. , when its apex was within a few degrees of the pole . At this time two broad but faint beams extended from the ends of the arch towards a point a little south of the zenith , forming a second but much ...
... continued to rise until 8 P.M. , when its apex was within a few degrees of the pole . At this time two broad but faint beams extended from the ends of the arch towards a point a little south of the zenith , forming a second but much ...
Page 97
... continued in other parts . of the sky , especially in the eastern quarter , where they seemed , as before described , to illuminate alternate spaces along the comparatively stationary streamers , which were only dimly discerned in their ...
... continued in other parts . of the sky , especially in the eastern quarter , where they seemed , as before described , to illuminate alternate spaces along the comparatively stationary streamers , which were only dimly discerned in their ...
Page 99
... continued through the night , as at 3 A.M. of the 3d I saw a luminous arch , with streamers , in the north . " On reviewing the various phases of this aurora , it will be seen that they recurred according to a somewhat uniform order of ...
... continued through the night , as at 3 A.M. of the 3d I saw a luminous arch , with streamers , in the north . " On reviewing the various phases of this aurora , it will be seen that they recurred according to a somewhat uniform order of ...
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