| Reference number | AP/31/16 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Unpublished paper, 'On the Aurora Borealis which occurred on the evening of Friday 17th November 1848' by R Smith |
| Creator | Smith; R (fl 1849) |
| Date | 1849 |
| Description | Smith states that 17 November was a fine day with a clear sky and bright sunshine. Towards evening, the sky became cloudy and a few drops of rain fell, but it soon again became clear, with the exception of a few fleecy clouds that here and there dimmed its brightness. At 6.45pm a soft and gentle light began to illumine the northern region of the sky; Smith shares his observations on the lights in the sky.
Annotations in pencil throughout.
Subject: Meteorology
Written by Smith in Blackford, Perthshire [Scotland].
Received 11 January 1849. Communicated by P M [Peter Mark] Roget.
Whilst the Royal Society declined to publish this paper in full, an abstract of the paper was published in volume 5 of Abstracts of the Papers Printed in the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London [later Proceedings of the Royal Society] as 'On the aurora borealis which occurred on the evening of Friday, the 17th of November, 1848'. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Manuscript |
| Physical description | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| Access status | Open |
| Related material | DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1843.0173 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | Name | Dates |
| NA6616 | Roget; Peter Mark (1779 - 1869); physician and philologist | 1779 - 1869 |