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Auroræ of October 2 and November 17, 1882

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THE article of Mr. Rand Capron in the Philosophical Magazine on the aurora of November 17, 1882, has proved to me that my observation of that phenomenon has not been without value, but it appears that Mr. Capron has been obliged to consult a not quite accurate abstract or translation of my description which I had inserted in the Utrecht Journal; it was from lack of time that I did not immediately send translations of it to foreign periodicals.

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O., J. Auroræ of October 2 and November 17, 1882. Nature 28, 196–197 (1883). https://doi.org/10.1038/028196a0

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