INDEX
Aberration of light, [79]
Adams, John C., his discovery of Neptune, [217]
Adhara, [183]
Airy, George Biddell, seventh Astronomer Royal, his early life, [102];
his work at Cambridge, [105];
comes to Greenwich, [105];
his relations with the Visitors, [106];
his autobiography, [108];
his character, [111];
his labours, [113];
attacks on, [114];
his distinctions, [118];
his resignation, [119];
his death, [120];
anecdote of, [142];
his conduct re Adams, [217];
his water telescope, [304]
Alderamin, [183]
Almagest, [185]
Almanac making, [29]
Alpha Aquilæ, telescope for, [303]
—— Cygni, telescope for, [303]
Altazimuth the, [114];
description and work of, [207], et seq.
Altazimuth Department, [205], et seq.
American time, [153]
Andromeda nebula, [301]
Anemometer, use of, [238];
trace of, [242]
Angström, [268]
Anson, Commodore, [17]
Apparent time, [152]
Arcturus, motion of, [315]
Argelander, star catalogue of, [287]
Art of Dialling, the, [28]
Assistants, position of the, [98], [100], [117], [137]
Astrographic chart, [128]
—— Department, [284], et seq.
—— dome, [128]
—— telescope, [289], et seq.
Astronomers Royal, the, [25]
Astrophysical researches, [282]
Auroræ, [281]
Automatic register, [241]
Axis of the earth, precession of, [184]
Ball, Time, [162]
Barometer, use of the, [192], [233]
Battery basement, [161]
Beaufort, Captain, [107]
Bessel quoted, [266]
Betelgeuse, [184]
Birkenhead, wreck of the, [180]
Bliss, Nathaniel, fourth Astronomer Royal, history of, [82]
Bradley, James, third Astronomer Royal, his life, [73];
his ordination, [74];
Vicar of Bridstow, [74];
Savilian Professor of Astronomy, [75];
discovers Aberration of Light, [75], et seq.;
becomes Astronomer Royal, [79];
labours of, [80];
character of, [81]
Bradley's transit room, [128]
Brinkley, Dr., [303]
British Mariner's Guide, the, [90]
Bunsen, [268]
Buys Ballot's law, [237]
Canadian time, [153]
Castor, [74], [306]
Catalogues, star, [182], [185], et seq., [198], [284]
Cepheus, [183]
Charles II., warrants of, [39], [40]
Christie, W. H. M., eighth Astronomer Royal, work of, [120]
Chromosphere of the sun, [268]
Chronograph, the, [157]
—— room, [126]
Chronometer business, [101], [107]
Chronometers, Harrison's improvements in, [165], et seq.;
tests of, [169];
'runs' of, [173];
romance of, [178]
Circle Department, [181], et seq.
Clock, Astrographic driving, [290];
driving 28-inch telescope, [312]
Clocks, standard, [160]
Columbus, aim of voyage of, [18]
Comet, appearance of a, [28]
—— Wells, [280]
Comets, observation of, [224];
spectra of, [280]
Commutator, the, [162]
Comte, assertion of, [267]
Constant of Aberration, [79]
Cook, Captain, work of, [170]
Copper, use of in Observatory, [245]
Corona of the sun, [264]
Crabtree, James, [31]
Crosthwait, Joseph, [57]
Dallmeyer telescope, [252]
Declination, [186], et seq.
Denebola, [184]
Distances of planets, [223];
of sun, [224]
Double-Star Department, [303], et seq.
Double Stars, [306]
Dublin time, [155]
Dunkin, Edwin, [315]
Earth, the, movements of, [201]
Eclipses of the moon, [216];
of the sun, July 25, 1748...85;
other eclipses of the sun, [263], et seq.
Electric Railway, influence of, [249]
Equation of Time, the, [29], [151]
Equatorial, Shuckburgh's, [101]
——, the great 28-inch, [221]
——, the Merz, 123/4-inch, [114]
——, 28-inch, driving clock of, [309];
use of, [313]
——, clock-driven, [74]
Eros, discovery of, [223];
photographs of, [298]
Errors in observations, noting of, [199], et seq.
Evaporation, [241]
Faculæ of the sun, [257]
Flamsteed, John, his report on Saint-Pierre's proposal, [23], [32];
appointed first Astronomer Royal, [23], [34];
his autobiography, [26];
his studies, [29];
his almanac, [29];
sent to London, [30];
enters Jesus College, Cambridge, [31];
completes his observatory, [31];
acquaintance with Newton, [31];
takes his degree, [32];
his work, [34];
warrant for his salary, [39];
position of, [42];
his ordination, [45];
his pupils, [45];
his trouble with Newton, [46], et seq.;
his catalogue, [53];
his letter to Sharp, [54];
his death, [56];
his labours, [57]
Flamsteed House, [126]
Fraunhofer mounting, [310]
French time, [155]
Galileo, his discovery of Jupiter's satellites, [19]
Gamma Draconis, [75], [304]
—— Virginis, [306]
Gascoigne, William, [31]
Gemma Frisius, plan of, [22]
George of Denmark, Prince, [50]
German mounting, [276], [310]
Gould, Dr., [287]
Graham, [166]
Gravitation, the bond of the universe, [313]
Great comet of 1882, the, [280], [288]
Greatrackes, Valentine, [29]
Green, Charles, [91]
Greenwich time, [153];
distribution of, [163]
Halley, Edmund, his life, [60];
his early work, [60];
his catalogue of stars, [63];
elected F.R.S., [63];
his work on Kepler's laws, [64];
becomes captain, [65];
Savilian Professor of Geometry, [66];
Astronomer Royal, [66];
observations on saros of the moon, [67];
pressed by Newton, [68];
his death, [68];
his services to science, [68];
his pay, [70];
nominates his successor, [73];
his transit instrument, [73]
Halley's comet, [225]
Harrison, James, timekeepers of, [86], [91], [93], [165]
Heineken, Rev. N. S., [59]
Heineken quadrant, [59]
Heliographic Department, [251], et seq.
Herschel, Caroline, [57]
Hipparchus, catalogue of, [185]
Hodgson, Mr., [50]
Hooke, Robert, [75], [206]
Horrox, Jeremiah, [31]
Huggins, Sir W., his use of spectroscope, [268]
Inscription, an, [126]
International Photographic Survey, [296]
Ireis, [224]
Iron quadrant, [73]
Isobars, [237]
Jupiter, satellites of, [19], [296];
atmosphere of, [279]
Keill, John, [74]
Kendall, Larcum, [166]
Kepler, laws of, [64]
Kew, photo-heliograph, the, [252]
Kinnebrook, David, [176]
Kirchhoff's use of spectroscope, [267]
Latitude, finding the, [18]
Ledgers, chronometer, romance of, [176]
Leverrier, his discovery of Neptune, [217]
Libraries, [132]
Linacre, G., [28]
Lindsay, Thomas, quoted, [204]
Litchford, W., [28]
Local apparent time, [22]
Longitude, finding the, [18];
at sea, problem of, [86];
determination of, [173]
Longitude nought, [148]
Lower computing room, [128]
Lunars, method of, [86]
Magnetic Department, work of, [133];
description of, [228], et seq.
Magnetic inclination and declination, [246]
—— needles, movements of, [247], [262]
—— observatory, [132]
—— pavilion, [245]
—— storms, [248], [262]
Mars, distance of, [223];
atmosphere of, [279];
satellites of, [296]
Maskelyne, Nevil, fifth Astronomer Royal, [85];
practical work of, [86];
Astronomer Royal, [91];
his work, [92];
his publications, [92];
his observations and work, [92], et seq.;
his death, [94];
his character, [97];
recommends his successor, [97];
his mural circle, [101]
Mean solar clock, [160]
Mean time, [152]
Meldrum, Dr., on sun spots, [263]
Meridian, the, [149]
Merz telescope, [279]
Meteorological Department, work of, [133];
description of, [228], et seq.
Micrometers, use of, [309]
Microscopes, use of, [188]
Milky Way, [288]
Miller, Professor, [268]
Milne, Professor, on earth movements, [201]
Minor planets, [222]
Molyneux, Samuel, [75]
Moon, observation of the, [212], et seq.;
eclipses of, [266]
Moore, Sir Jonas, [30];
death of, [42]
Morin, [33]
Mounting telescopes, modes of, [310]
Mudge, Thomas, [94]
Mural arc, 7-feet, [46]
Mural circles, [101], [196]
Names of stars, origin of, [183]
Nares, Sir George, [170]
Nautical Almanac, the, [22], [23], [92]
Navigation, state of primitive, [17]
Neptune, discovery of, [217];
atmosphere of, [280];
satellite of, [298]
New altazimuth, the, [132], [210]
New Observatory, the, [136], [275]
New stars, [268]
Newcomb, Professor, on growth of Observatory, [124];
on Greenwich observations, [207]
Newton, Sir I., his absent-mindedness, [31];
his trouble with Flamsteed, [46], et seq.;
on Kepler's laws, [65];
his Principia, [65];
his pressure on Halley, [68];
his discovery of gravitation, [206]
North terrace, the, [126]
Northumberland equatorial, [218]
Nutation of the earth, [80]
Observation, modes of, [156], [176], [188];
by reflection, [196];
of comets, [224]
Observatory, Greenwich, work of, [13];
foundation of, [23];
warrant for building, [40];
position of, [41];
foundation stone laid, [42];
condition of, [79];
enlargement of, [112];
recent extensions of, [120];
description of, [124], et seq.;
staff of, [137];
work of, [139], et seq.;
visitors to, [175];
new altazimuth building, [211];
magnet house, [228];
magnetic pavilion, [245];
new Observatory, [275];
future of, [283];
reflex zenith room, [304];
objects of, [316]
Occultations by the moon, [212], et seq.
Octagon room, [125], [238], [242]
Oldenburg, Mr., [30]
Orion nebula, [268], [301]
Parallax of stars, [303]
Paramour, the, [65]
Paris, conference at, [288]
——, noon at, [151]
Philip III., offer of, [19]
Photographic registration, [244], [247], [252], [255];
refractors, [288]
Photographs, star, [290]
Photo-heliographs, [252], et seq., [279]
Piazzi, discovery of, [222]
Pleiades, the, [301]
Polar plumes of the corona, [264]
Polaris, [188]
Pole-star, variation of, [184]
Pond, John, sixth Astronomer Royal, his life, [97];
his reign, [98];
his salary, [98];
his assistants, [98];
his observations, [99];
censured by Visitors, [99];
his observations of stars, [303]
Pound, James, [73]
Precession of earth's axis, [184]
Principia, publication of, [65]
Proctor, R. A., attack of, [116]
Ptolemy, Claudius, catalogue of, [185]
Publication, the problem of, [48], [92]
Quadrant, Heineken, [59]
——, the iron, [73]
Railway time, [152]
Rain gauge, [238]
Record rooms, [132]
Reflection, observation by, [196]
Reflex zenith room, [304]
—— —— tube, [131]
Refraction, effects of, [194]
Right ascension, [186], et seq.
Roberts, Dr. Isaac, [301]
Römer, discovery of, [78]
Rosse, Lord, [268]
Royal Society and Flamsteed, [46], et seq.
Saint-Pierre, Le Sieur de, proposal of, [23], [32]
Sappho, [224]
Saros of the moon, [67]
Satellites, discovery of, [296]
Saturn, atmosphere of, [279];
satellites of, [296]
Schaeberle's comet, [280]
Schedar, [184]
Schiehallion, attraction of, [94]
Schönfeld, [287]
Scotchmen, anecdote of, [146]
Sharp, Abraham, [46]
Sheepshanks, Rev. James, on Airy, [107]
Shuckburgh equatorial, [309]
Sidereal clock, [160]
Sirius, [287]
Sloane, Dr., [50]
'Smith, Mr.,' his chronometer, [179]
Solar photographs, [257]
—— storms, [261], [282]
Sound waves, [271]
South, Sir James, [105], [114]
South-east equatorial, the, [132], [221]
Spectroscope, use of, [267]
Spectroscopic Department, [266], et seq.
Spots, sun, [251], et seq., [281]
Staff of Observatory, [137];
work of, [139], et seq.
Standard time, [21]
Stars, observations of, [156], [176], [188];
origin of names of, [183];
movements of, [187];
catalogues of, [198], [284], et seq.;
composition of, [268], et seq.;
colour of, [271];
classes of, [287];
census of, [287];
photographs of, [288], et seq.;
motions of, [303], [315]
Story, Mr. A. M., [97]
Sun, distance of the, [74], [224];
spots on, [251], et seq., [281];
eclipses of, [263], et seq.;
chromosphere of, [268];
motions of, [315]
Sunshine recorder, [238]
Swiss time, [155]
Tebb, Mr. W., [58]
Tebbutt's comet, [280]
Telescope, the great transit, [156]
——, 28-inch, [275]
——, astrographic, [289]
——, Shuckburgh, [309]
——, Thompson, [256], [279], [296]
Thalèn, [268]
Thermometer, use of, [192], [234]
Thome, Dr., [287]
Thompson photo-heliograph, [256], [279], [296]
Time ball, [162]
—— Department, the, [146], et seq.
—— desk, [161]
——, foreign, [153]
—— signals, [162]
—— standard, [21]
Transit, Halley's, [73]
Transit circle, the, [114];
mode of observation with, [188], et seq.
Transit circle, Troughton's, [98]
—— Department, [181], et seq.
—— observations, number of, [140]
—— pavilion, [126], [175]
—— room, [128], [147]
Troughton's transit circle, [98]
Uranus, discovery of, [217];
atmosphere of, [279];
satellites of, [296]
Vanes, use of, [238]
Venus, distance of, [223]
Victoria, [224]
Visitors, the Board of, [53];
censures Pond, [99];
work of, [106];
constitution of, [144]
Visitors to Observatory, [175]
Warrant for Flamsteed's salary, [39]
Water telescope, [304]
Weather predictions, [229], et seq.
Winds, study of, [237]
Witt, Herr, discovery of, [223]
Working Catalogue, the, [142]
Zenith sector, [82], [305]
—— tube, [75], [305]
Zeta Ursæ Majoris, [306]
Zubeneschamal, [184]
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