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ON Friday evening, August 12th, between the hours of nine and ten p.m., there was visible here a magnificent display of the aurora borealis. The streamers were very bright at times, and those on each extreme were more or less reddish. I think it worth recording because of the unusual time of year for such a display. It was doubtless seen over a wide region, and the telegraph system may have had some experience of earth currents.
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MCCLURE, E. Aurora Borealis. Nature 46, 368 (1892). https://doi.org/10.1038/046368c0
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