khat's comment is dead, but replying to it here:

> It's very odd they would assume a typo in the writing but not an error in their calculations or possibly no correlation whatsoever.

They didn't assume a typo, they concluded that a typo makes the most sense if the story is true.

The facts:

- The original story (as published) claims the event occurred on 18 October 1841 on a line that didn't exist at that time (not until 1846).

- The original story was specific about the train (a 10:05 express train) and the month and day (18 October)

- On 18 October 1848 there was an express train with that time and there was a recorded geomagnetic storm

Under the assumption the story is true, given the details that do line up and the one detail that can't line up with anything, a typographical error where one number was changed makes a lot of sense.

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