Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. The Aurora of November 17, 1882 was a geomagnetic storm and associated aurora event, widely reported in the media of the time; it occurred during an extended period of strong geomagnetic activity. The event is particularly remembered in connection with an unusual phenomenon, a so-called "auroral beam", observed by the astronomer Edward Walter Maunder from the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. The storm was reported in the New York Times and other newspapers as having an effect on telegraph systems, which were rendered unusable in some cases. The Savannah Morning News reported that "the switchboard at the Chicago Western Union office was set on fire several times, and much damage to equipment was done. From Milwaukee, the 'volunteer electric current' was at one time strong enough to light up an electric lamp".

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