HISTORICAL:—

W. W. Bryant.—History of Astronomy. (Methuen.)
Agnes M. Clerke.—History of Astronomy in the Nineteenth Century. (A. & C. Black.)
George Forbes.—History of Astronomy. (Watts.)

BIOGRAPHICAL:—

Sir E. S. Ball.—Great Astronomers. (Isbister.)
Agnes M. Clerke.—The Herschels and Modern Astronomy. (Cassell.)
Sir O. Lodge.—Pioneers of Science. (Macmillan.)

INDEX

ABERRATION, [83] "Achilles" (Minor planet), [38] Adams, John C., [39] Airy, [39] "Algol," [86] "Andromedes" (Meteors), [80] Apsides, [24], [28] Argelander, [81]
BARNARD, E. E., [88] "Bear," The, [14] Biela's Comet, [80] Bouvard, [39] Bradley, [81], [83] Bremiker, [40]
CATALOGUES (star), [81-83] Centauri, Alpha, [53] "Ceres" (Minor planet), [38] Challis, [40] Charles II., [50] Chromosphere, [73] Chronometer, [50] Clairaut, [36] Columbus, [48] Comets, [36] Comet, Halley's, [37] ---- Biela's, [80] Conic Sections, [34] Constellations, the, [15] ---- date of, [16] Cook, Capt., [50] Copernicus, [26], [54], [84] "Copernicus" (Lunar crater), [59], [60] Corona, [73] Cowell, [37] Crommelin, [37]
DEGREES, [43] Dollond, [47] Double stars, [85]
EARTH, form of, [16] ---- size of, [17], [33] Eclipses, [72] Ecliptic, [21] Ellipse, [28] Epicycle, [25] Eratosthenes, [17] "Eros" (Minor planet), [38], [52] Eudoxus, [21] Excentric, [24] Eye-piece, [45]
FACULÆ, [70] Flamsteed, [50]
GALILEO, [44] Galle, [40] Gascoigne, [46] Gravitation, Law of, [34]
HALL, CHESTER MOOR, [47] Halley, [36] Halley's Comet, [37] Harrison, John, [50] Herschel, Sir W., [37], [47], [84] Hipparchus, [24], [81], [83], [87] Hyperbola, [34]
JOB, Book of, [12], [14] "Juno" (Minor planet), [38] Jupiter, [18], [32], [77-78]
KAPTEYN, [85] Kepler, [28], [44], [88] Kepler's Laws, [29] "Kepler" (Lunar crater), [59]
LANGLEY, [74] Latitude, Variation of, [84] "Leonids" (Meteors), [80] Leverrier, [39] Lowell, [63], [64] "Lyrids" (Meteors), [80]
MAGNETIC STORM, [76] Magnetism, Earth's, [76] Magnitudes of stars, [86] "Mare Imbrium," [59] Mars, [18], [52], [62-66] ---- Canals of, [63] Maskelyne, [50], [82] Maunder, Mrs. Walter, [72], [74] Mercury, [17], [18], [27], [32], [66-67] Meteors, [79], [80] Micrometer, [46] Milky Way, [53], [88] Minor Planets, [38], [52] Minutes of arc, [44] "Mira," [87] Moon, [11], [14], [21], [32], [33], [49], [55-62] ---- distance of, [51]
"Nautical Almanac," [50], [82] Navigation, [49] Nebulæ, [89] Neptune, [40], [79] Newcomb, [65] New stars, [87] Newton, [29], [31], [47] Newton's Laws of motion, [31] Nodes, [35] Nutation, [83], [84]
"OASES of Mars," [64] Obelisks, [42] Object glass, [45] Observatories, Berlin, [50] ---- Copenhagen, [50] ---- Greenwich, [50] ---- Mt. Wilson, [48] ---- Paris, [50] ---- Pulkowa, [50] ---- St. Petersburg, [50] ---- Washington, [50] ---- Yerkes, [47]
"PALLAS" (Minor planet), [38] Parabola, [34] "Perseids" (Meteors), [80] Photography, [46] Photosphere, [69] "Pilgrim" star, [88] Piazzi, [38] Planets, [17] Pole of the Heavens, [13] Pontécoulant, [37] Precession of the Equinoxes, [36], [83] "Principia," [36] Prominences, [73] "Ptolemæus" (Lunar crater), [60] Ptolemy, [24], [81]
RADIANT POINTS, [80] Radius Vector, [28] Reflectors, [47] Refractors, [47]
SATURN, [18], [78-79] Schiaparelli, [63] Schwabe, [69] Seconds of arc, [44] Sirius, [53] Solar System, Tables of, [56-58] Somerville, Mrs., [89] Spheres, Planetary, [21] Spörer, [71] Spörer's Law, [71] Star catalogues, [81-83] ---- clusters, [88] ---- drift, [85] Stars, fixed, [84] ---- proper motions of, [84] Sun, [11], [12], [14], [21], [32], [67-77] ---- distance of, [51] ---- dials, [43] Sun spots, [69] ---- spot maximum, [71] ---- ---- minimum, [71] "Sun's Way," [85]
TELESCOPE, Invention of, [45] Transit Circle, [82] Tycho Brahe, [27], [44], [88] "Tycho" (Lunar crater), [59], [60], [61]
URANUS, [38], [79]
VARIABLE stars, [86] ---- ----, Long period, [87] Venus, [18], [27], [67] "Vesta" (Minor planet), [38]
YOUNG, C. A., [74]
ZENITH, [17], [88] Zodiac, Signs of, [14], [15], [16], [43]

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