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asteroidal discoveries, [284]

Webb, comet of 1861 [326]

Weber, Baily's Beads,[ 62];
illusory transit of Vulcan, [249]

Weinek, study of lunar photographs, [268]

Weiss, comets and meteors, [332] [334]

Wells, comet discovered by, [356]

Wesley, drawings of corona, [175]

Wheatstone, spectrum of electric arc, [132];
method of ascertaining light-velocity, [232]

Whewell, stars and nebulæ, [422]

Williams, A. Stanley, canals of Mars, [279];
markings on Jupiter, [295] [297]; rotation, [296]
Nova Persei, [400]