Gents Mag 1753 p.370

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1753 p.370
sun dogs   Kirkby Lonsdale
	Sun Dogs, Kirkby Lonsdale Mr URBAN, ON May 24, about half an hour after six o'clock in the morning, the air being replete with watery particles of a pale duskish colour, and the atmosphere seeming to be equally spread with a very fine lamina, smooth and evenly suspended, there appeared a coloured halo above the sun (see the above representation) very fair and distinct, for a considerable time. The inner half of the semicircle was of a reddish, and the outer half of a light yellow colour, the bright spots on either side the sun terminated in far distant points, like the shadow of the earth in an eclipse of the moon; the corona, or inverted circle, was not so visible as one I observed a few years since: the bright spots disappeared first, then the vivid colour of the iris faded by degrees, extending itself to a stupendous arch before it totally disappeared. We have had very hot droughty weather, and still continues ever since the appearance of the halo. - The barometer unusually low, rising and falling almost every day a little, but low in the main from what might be expected this hot season. Yours, &c. S. PARROT. Near Kirkby Lonsdale, Westmorland, June 5.
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