INDEX
Abbot, C. G., [27], [34]
Albedo of Earth, [54], [81]
—— Jupiter, [127]
—— Mars, [81]
—— Moon, [54]
Albumin sol, [15]
Algol-type stars, [35], [144], [145]
Antares, [38]
Antoniadi, E. M., [97], [104]
Archangel, climate of, [87], [88]
Arcturus, [35], [37]
Aristarchus, lunar crater, [48]
“Astronomical unit,” [21]
Atmosphere of, Mars, [76]
——, Moon, [53]
——, Sun, [25]
——, Venus, [112]
Barnard, E. E., [89], [104]
Beer, [60], [97], [98]
Bond, G. P., [127], [128]
Brewster, Sir David, [4]
Calcium, [12], [36]
Callisto, satellite of Jupiter, [131]
Calory, [26]
Campbell, W. W., [145]
Carbon, [11], [34], [38], [39]
Carbonic acid, [11]
Cassini, [59], [60], [130]
Ceres, minor planet, [41], [120], [121], [122], [131]
Cerulli, V., [104], [108]
Chromosphere, [28], [29]
Cobalt, [33]
Comet, Encke’s, [119]
——, Halley’s, [119]
——, spectra, [38]
Copernican theory, [1]
Copper, [33]
Corona, [40]
Coxwell, [25], [75], [79]
Cyanogen, [37], [38]
Czapek, F., [11], [13]
Darwin, Sir G. H., [116]
Dawes, W. R., [60], [63], [97], [99]
Denning, W. F., [104]
Dispersion, anomalous, [28]
Doppelmayer, lunar crater, [52]
Dubois, Eugene, [155]
Eros, minor planet, [57]
Europa, satellite of Jupiter, [131]
Evans, J. E., [107]
Faculae, [29], [30]
Fauth, P., [50]
Flamsteed, lunar crater, [52]
Fluorine, [40]
Fraunhofer, [33]
Galileo, [51], [59], [131]
Ganymede, satellite of Jupiter, [131], [132]
Gay-Lussac, [75]
Glaisher, J., [25], [75], [79]
Goodacre, W., [49]
Green, N. E., [60], [62], [63]
Greenwich Hospital School, [107], [108]
“Gulliver’s Travels,” [82], [156]
Haeckel, E., [12]
Halogens, [36], [40]
“Harper’s Weekly,” [93]
Helium, [37]
Herschel, Sir J., [54]
—— Sir W., [20], [49], [59], [60], [61]
Hevelius, [51]
Hippalus, lunar crater, [52]
Hooke, R., [59], [60], [130]
Huyghens, [59]
Hydrocarbons, [38]
Hydrogen, [11], [36], [37], [38], [41], [81]
“Inhabitant,” [5]
“Inhabited” Worlds, [2], [3], [4]
Io, satellite of Jupiter, [131]
Iron, [12], [33], [36]
Jupiter, [122-32]
——, belts, [127], [129]
——, great red spot, [130]
——, proper motion of spots, [129]
——, satellites of, [128], [131]
——, white spots, [128], [130]
Keeler, J. E., [122], [125]
Kies, lunar crater, [52]
Kirchhoff, [33]
Lacus Solis, [97], [98], [99]
Langley, S. P., [55]
Lilliputians, [82], [83]
Linné, lunar crater, [48]
Lockyer, J. N., [60]
Lowell, P., [65], [66], [67], [69], [71], [81], [97], [98], [99], [101], [103], [104], [105], [106], [108], [109], [110]
Lucifer, [111]
Mädler, [46], [48], [60], [97], [98]
Maginus, lunar crater, [46]
Magnesium, [12], [36]
Manganese, [33]
Mare Fecunditatis, [47]
—— Humerum, [52]
—— Nubium, [52]
—— Serenitatis, [48]
Mars, canals of, [57-70], [78], [101], [102]
——, conditions of, [71-95]
——, illusions of, [96-110]
——, meteorology of, [93-4]
——, oases of, [65], [98], [99], [101]
——, thermograph of, [91], [92]
——, winds of, [77]
Mendeléeff, [39]
Mercury, [114-18]
Messier, lunar crater, [47], [48]
Metabolism, [10], [11], [14], [15], [38]
Millechau, [104]
Milton, [51]
Mira Ceti, [150]
Molesworth, P. B., [49], [104]
Moon, [43-56]
——, “terminator” of, [51]
Mont Blanc, [25], [74], [80]
Mount Everest, [75], [80]
Nature of Vision, [99]
Nebulae, spectrum of, [38], [40]
Nebulium, [40]
Negative elements, [36]
Neison, E., [48], [53]
Neptune, [132], [141]
Newcomb, S., [93], [109]
Nicholson, J. W., [40]
Nickel, [33]
Nilosyrtis, “canal” on Mars, [89]
Nitrogen, [11], [37], [38], [39]
Observatory, Chicago, [44]
——, Harvard College, [127]
——, Lick, [122]
——, Paris, [44]
Occultation, [52], [53]
Organic Life, definition of, [15]
Organism, living, [6-19]
Organo-genetic elements, [12], [38], [39]
Osmosis, [15]
Oxygen, [11], [36], [37], [38], [41]
Periodic Law, Mendeléeff’s, [39]
Phillips, T. E. R., [104]
Phosphorus, [12]
Photosphere, [28], [33], [36]
Pickering, W. H., [47], [48], [53], [109]
Pithecanthropus, [155]
Planetary statistics, table of, [72], [73], [135]
Platinum, [36]
“Plurality of Worlds,” [2]
Pollock, Master, [109]
Potassium, [12]
Poynting, J. H., [86], [87], [89], [115]
Proctor, R. A., [34], [77]
Prominences, [29], [30], [37]
Protofluorine, [40]
Protonilus, “canal” on Mars, [89]
Protoplasm, [11], [12], [13], [15], [38], [40], [154]
Pyramid, Great, [45]
Refraction, anomalous, [28]
Reversing layer, [36]
“Rice-grains,” of Sun’s surface, [28], [29]
Ring Nebula in Lyra, [40]
Rosse, Lord, [55]
Ruskin, J., [19]
Saturn, [132]
——, Rings of, [138]
Schiaparelli, G. V., [61], [62], [63], [64], [66], [97], [99], [107], [108], [116], [117]
Schooling, T. Holt, [83]
“Scientia,” [66]
“Semi-suns,” [131], [132]
Serviss, Garrett P., [17]
Singapore, climate of, [87], [88]
Sinus Sabaeus, marking on Mars, [97], [99]
Sirius, [37]
Sodium, [33], [36]
“Solar Constant,” [26]
Spectroscopic binaries, [144], [145]
Spectrum, [53]
——, heat, [55]
“Spurious” disc, [103]
Stars, double, [35]
——, multiple, [35]
——, red, [38]
——, spectra of, [34], [38], [39]
Stefan’s Law, [85]
Stoney, G. Johnstone, [34]
“Streaming,” [15]
Sulphur, [11], [38]
Sun, [20-32]
Sunspots, [29], [30], [31], [38]
——, spectra of, [37]
Swift, Dean, [82], [156]
Table Mountain, [54]
Thermograph of Mars, [91], [92]
Titanium, [36], [37], [38]
Tornadoes, [31], [137]
“Twinkler,” [114]
Tycho, lunar crater, [46]
Uranus, [132], [140]
Venus, [57], [111-18]
Verworn, Max, [7]
Very, F. W., [55]
Vesper, [111]
“Victoria,” hypothetical planet, [83]
Wallace, A. R., [4]
“War of the Worlds,” [104], [156]
Waste, [151], [152]
Water, indispensable factor, [15], [41]
Wells, H. G., [104], [156]
Whewell, [4]
Williams, A. Stanley, [104]
Wolf, Max, [40]
Young, C. A., [26], [33]
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[2] Wonders of Life, by Ernst Haeckel, Professor at Jena University, p. 130.
[3] Wonders of Life, pp. 127-8.
[4] Chemical Phenomena in Life, p. 58.
[5] Ibid., p. 22.
[6] Other Worlds, by Garrett P. Serviss, pp. 63-4.
[7] Modern Painters, by John Ruskin.
[8] If this experiment could be carried out, it would be necessary to use a spring balance. If the object were weighed in a pair of scales or by a steelyard, the counterbalancing weights would be likewise affected in the same proportion, so that the equilibrium would be undisturbed.
[9] The movements of not a few double stars point to perturbations caused by the attraction of unseen bodies. There are also a number of instances known of “Eclipse” or “Algol-type” variable stars, in which the presence of a dark companion is indicated by the diminution of the light of the star at regular intervals.
[10] Proc. R. Soc., LXXX, 50, 1907.
[11] Nature, LXXX, 158 (April 8th, 1909).
[12] “Periodic Changes upon the Moon,” Memoirs, British Astronomical Association, Vol. XIII, p. 88.
[13] The Moon, by Philip Fauth, p. 156.
[14] Radiation in the Solar System: Its Effects on Temperature, and its Pressure on Small Bodies, by Dr. J. H. Poynting (Phil. Trans. of the Royal Society, Vol. 202 A).
[15] Publ. of the Astron. Soc. of the Pacific, Vol. II, pp. 286-8.