GENERAL INDEX.
[A] [B] [C] [D] [E] [F] [G] [H] [I] [J] [K] [L] [M] [N] [O] [P] [Q] [R] [S] [T] [U] [V] [W] X [Y] [Z]
A. Adams, J. C., [145]. Airy, Sir G. B., [145]. Anagram on Venus, [68]; on Saturn, [127]. Aphelion, [11], [102]. Apparent movements of the Planets, [12], [14]. Arago, D. J. F., [99], [124], [140]. Arctic regions of the Earth, [75]. Argelander, F. G. A., [178]. Aristarchus of Samos, [71]. Aristarchus (Lunar Mountain), [93], [94]. Asteroids, [110]. Aurora Borealis and spots on the Sun, [55]; and twinkling, [87]. Autumnal Equinox, [74]. Axial rotation of the Planets, [17], [183].
B. Barnard. E. E., [120], [134]. Barnard’s Comet, [168]. Bayeux Tapestry, [171]. Beer and Mädler; their map of the Moon, [96]. Belts on Jupiter, [115], [123]; on Saturn, [122]. Bergeron’s Experiment, [93]. Bessel, W., [124]. Biela’s Comet, [168]. Bode’s so-called “Law,” [110]. Bond, G. P., [132], [133]. Bouvard, A., [143]. Bradley, Rev. J., [144]. Bredechin’s theory of Tails of Comets, [157]. Brorsen’s Comet, [167].
C. “Canals” on Mars, [106]. Carpenter, J., [134]. Carrington, R. C., [46], [49]. Cassini, J. D., [36], [118], [128], [130], [136]. Ceres (Minor Planet), [112]. Challis, Rev. J., [146]. Charts, Celestial, [112], [147]. Chinese observations, [25], [172]. Clouds influenced by the Moon, [98]. Coggia’s Comet, 1874, [151]. Comets, [150]; periodic, [162], [170]; remarkable, [176]. Comparative sizes of the Planets, [11]. Comparative size of the Sun from the Planets, [17]. Compression of the Planets, [70], [122], [137]. Conjunction of the Planets, [14], [15], [66]. Copernican System, [72]. Copernicus, [72], [73], [76].
D. D’Arrest, [147]. D’Arrest’s Comet, [168]. Dawes, W. R., [106], [133]. Day and night, [12]. Day, length of, [74]. De La Rue, W., [35], [36], [49], [52]. Denning’s Comet, [168]. Density of the Planets, [17], [183]. Diameter of the Sun and Planets, [183]. Di Vico, [62], [63]. Di Vico’s Comet, [172]. Distance of the Planets from the Sun, [20], [183]. Donati’s Comet of 1858, [157], [163], [178]. Dufour on Twinkling, [84].
E. Earth, annual motion of, [75]; figure of, [70]. Earthshine, [66], [93]. Eccentricity of Planetary orbits, [10], [60], [75]. Eclipses of the Sun, [56], [57]; of the Moon, [120]. Ecliptic, plane of, [9], [10], [74]. Egyptian System, [72]. Elliptic Orbits, [10]. Elongation of Planets, [14]. Encke, J. F., [147]. Encke’s Comet, [167], [174], [175]. Equinoxes, [74]. Ewart, Gen. J. A., [178].
F. Faculæ on the Sun, [42], [43]. Faye’s Comet, [168]. Finlay’s Comet, [168]. Flammarion, C., [62], [66], [171]. Flamsteed, Rev. J., [140], [144].
G. Galileo, [89], [101], [120], [125]. Galle, J. G., [147]. Gassendi, [76]. Geodesy, [70]. Georgium Sidus, [141]. Goldschmidt, H., [4]. Granules, Solar, [38]. Gravity on the Sun and Planets, [183].
H. Hall, A., [109]. Halley’s Comet, [164], [171]. Heat rays of the Sun, [20]; of the Moon, [96]. Herschel, Sir W., [34], [40], [44], [58], [100], [103], [134], [137], [138], [142]. Herschel, Sir J. F. W., [24], [96], [99], [103], [132], [175]. Hind, J. R., [119], [173], [175]. Holden, E. S., [106]. Holland, Sir H., [78]. Holmes’s Comet, 1892, [159]. Homer’s Iliad, cited, [68]. Howlett, Rev. F., [47]. Huggins, W., [40]. Huygens, C., [127], [130]. Hyperbola, [162]. Hyperbolic Comets, [162].
I. Inclination of planetary orbits, [9]. Inferior Planets, [9], [12].
J. Janssen J., [47]. Juno (Minor Planet), [112]. Jupiter: its influence on Sun-spots doubtful, [51], [53]; on Comets, [171]; its light, [7].
K. Kepler, [55], [125], [166]. Kew Observatory, [47].
L. La Hire, [63]. Lalande, [34]. Lassell, W., [123], [142], [185]. Ledger, Rev. E., [84]. Le Monnier, [140], [144]. Le Verrier, U. J. J., [147]. Lexell’s Comet, [172]. Liais’s Comet, [170]. Logogriphs as to Venus, [68]; as to Saturn, [127].
M. Mädler, J. H., [63], [96]. Magnetism, Terrestrial, [55]. Maps, Astronomical, [112], [147]. Mars, [100]. Maskelyne, Rev. N., [139]. Mass of the Sun, and of the Planets, [20], [183]. Medium, Resisting, [175]. Mercury, [57]; phases of, [15]; its influence on Sun-spots, [51]; its luminosity, [67]. Milton, J., Paradise Lost, cited, [153]. Minor Planets, [110]. Montigny on Twinkling, [84]. Moon, [89]. Moonlight, Brightness of, [96]. Motions of the Planets, [10]. Mountains of the Moon, [90].
N. Napoleon I., [154], [176]. Nasmyth, J., [40]. Needle, Magnetic, [55]. Neptune, [143]; its influence on Uranus, [143]. Newton, Sir I., [176]. Nubian after-glow, [83]. Nucleus of a Sun-spot, [22].
O. Obliquity of the ecliptic, [74]. Occultations of Jupiter’s Satellites, [121]. Olbers, W., [112], [174]. Opposition of Planets, [13]. Orbits of the Planets, [9], [10]; of Comets, [161].
P. Pallas (Minor Planet), [112], [113], [114]. Parabola, [162]. Penumbra of a Sun-spot, [22]. Perihelion, [11], [102]. Periodic Comets, [162], [170]. Perturbations of Uranus by Neptune, [145]. Phases of an inferior Planet, [15]; of a superior Planet, [16]; of Mars, [100]; of Jupiter, [115]. Piazzi, G., [111]. Planets, classification of, [7]; comparative sizes of, [11]; movements of, [10]. Plutarch, [71]. Poles of Mars, snow at, [104]. Primary Planets, [7]. Ptolemaic System, [72].
Q. Quadrature of a Planet, [16]. Quenisset’s Comet, 1893, [156].
R. Rays of the Sun, [20]. Refraction, [77]; effect of, [77]. Red spot on Jupiter, [118]. Resisting Medium, [175]. Retrograde motion of a Planet, [15]. “Rice grains” on the Sun, [39], [40]. Rings of Saturn, [128]. Rosse, Earl of, [93]. Rotation of the Sun, [24], [28]; of the planets, [17], [183]. Rotundity of the Earth, [76].
S. Satellites of Mars, [16], [184]; of Jupiter, [16], [184]; of Saturn, [16], [185]; of Uranus, [16], [185]; of Neptune, [16], [185]. Saturn, [122]. Sawerthal’s Comet, [165]. Schiaparelli, J. V., [59], [62], [63], [106]. Schmidt, J. F. F., [96]. Schröter, J. J., [58], [62], [63]. Schwabe’s observations of Sun spots, [46]. Seas, Lunar, [94]. Seasons on the Earth, [54], [74]. Secchi, A., [28], [35], [42], [50], [84], [86], [106]. Secondary Planets, [8]. Shakespeare, citations from, [152]. Smyth, C. P., [92]. Snow on Venus, [66]; on Mars, [104]; doubtful on Saturn, [123]. Solstices, [74]. Spherical form of the Earth, [70]. Spörer, [46], [50]. Spots on the Sun, [21], [118]; on Venus, [61]; on Jupiter, [117]; on Saturn, [123]. Stewart, B., [52], [56]. Struve, O., [134], [142]. Sun, [18], [183]. Superior Planets, [8]; movements of, [15]. Surfaces of the Sun and Planets, [183]. Swift’s Comet, [168]. Systems of the Universe, [72].
T. Tables of the Major Planets, [183]. Tails of Comets, [154]. Temple’s Periodical Comets, [167]. Terminator of the Moon, [90]. Thomson’s Seasons cited, [153]. Tides, [98]. Total Eclipses of the Sun, [57]. Transits of inferior Planets, [13], [25], [65]. Trouvelot, [133]. Turtle’s Periodical Comet, [167], [168]. Twilight, [80]. Twinkling, [83]. Tycho (Lunar Mountains), [94]. Tycho Brahe, [73]. Tychonic System, [73].
U. Umbra of a Sun-spot, [22]. Uranus, [138]; the influence of Neptune on, [143].
V. Velocity of the planets, [183]. Venus, [61]; phases of, [15]; its influence on Sun-spots, [51], [52], [53]. Vernal Equinox, [74]. Vesta (minor planet), [112], [113]. Virgil, citation from, [50]. Volume of the Sun, [20]; of the Planets, [183].
W. Weather influences ascribed to the Sun, [44]; to the Moon, [98]. “Willow leaves” on the Sun, [39], [40]. Wilson’s theory of Sun-spots, [32]. Winnecke’s Periodical Comet, [167]. Wolf, R., observer of Sun-spots, [45], [48]. Wolf’s Periodical Comet, [168].
Y. Young, C. A., [131].
Z. Zodiac, movement of Planets in, [15].
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