The Story of Eclipses

by George F. Chambers

INDEX.

⁂ The Eclipses referred to in the Chapters on History (VIII.-XIII.) are not, as regards dates, dealt with in this Index.

• A.
• Aberdour, Lord, [159].
• Agathocles, The Eclipse of, [120].
• Ahaz, Dial of, [90], [96], [101].
• Airy, Sir G. B., [48], [74], [83], [84], [89], [110], [111], [113], [115], [123], [124], [144], [164], [167].
• Almanac, British, [219].
• Almanac, Nautical, [26], [35], [234], [238].
• Ammianus Marcellinus, [133].
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, [136], [137], [138], [142], [143], [146], [148], [205], [206], [207], [208], [209].
• Annales Fuldenses, [143], [207].
• Annular Eclipses of the Sun, [16].
• Apollonius of Tyana, [130].
• Arabian Records, [132], [138].
• Arago, [125], [164].
• Archilochus, [108].
• Aristophanes, [199].
• Ascending Node, [18].
• Asser, [144].
• B.
• Baily, F., [57], [112], [122], [164].
• “Baily’s Beads,” [57], [64], [164].
• Barker, Sir R., [102].
• Bede, [205].
• Beer, [217].
• Bible, Eclipses mentioned in, [86].
• Biot, E., [80].
• “Black” Eclipses of the Moon, [189].
• Blackness of the Moon during Solar Eclipses, [43].
• Blake, [48].
• Boillot, [135].
• Bosanquet, J. W., [91], [95], [101].
• C.
• Calvisius, [133], [137], [146], [221].
• Carlini, [164].
• Carrington, R. C., [60].
• Cassini, [158].
• Caussin, [139].
• Cedrenus, [208].
• Celoria, Prof., [150].
• Chinese Eclipses of the Sun, [75].
• —— of the Moon, [197].
• Chromosphere, [60].
• Chronicon Scotorum, [143].
• Churton, Archdeacon, [210].
• Cicero, [108], [109], [118].
• Classical History, Eclipses mentioned in, [107].
• Clavius, [64], [152].
• Columbus, [211].
• Confucius, [81].
• Conjunction of the Moon, [31].
• Copper colour of Moon in Lunar Eclipses, [192].
• Corona, [56], [62], [105], [130], [144], [157], [159], [161], [168], [169].
• Coronium, [69].
• Crabtree, W., [215].
• Crucifixion, The darkness at, [129].
• D.
• Delambre, [81].
• De La Rue, W., [168].
• De Louville, [158].
• Descending Node, [18].
• Dial of Ahaz, [90], [96], [101].
• Digit explained, [28].
• Diodorus Siculus, [120].
• Diogenes Laërtius, [94].
• Dion Cassius, [128], [130].
• Draconic Month, [20].
• Dreyer, J. L. E., [221].
• Du Sèjour, [37], [39].
• E.
• Earthquakes and Eclipses, [75].
• Earth-shine, [61].
• Eclipsareon, Ferguson’s, [222].
• Eclipse, Derivation of the word, [11].
• ——, number of in a year, [13].
• —— of the Moon, [11].
• —— of the Sun, [11].
• ——, Theory of, [15].
• Eclipse of the Sun of May 28, 1900, [9], [40], [66], [71], [239].
• Ennius, [118].
• F.
• Ferguson, J., [215], [221].
• Ferrer, Don J., [163].
• Flamsteed, J., [155], [215].
• Florence of Worcester, [143].
• Forster, [192].
• Freeman, Prof. E. A., [146].
• Full Moon, [13].
• G.
• Gassendi, P., [215], [221].
• Gaubil, [80].
• Gemma Frisius, [152].
• Gilliss, Lieut. J. M., [168].
• Ginzel, [75], [131].
• Glaber, [145], [208].
• Glycas, [92].
• Grant, R., [131].
• Graydon, [174].
• Gregorius Turonensis, [135].
• H.
• Hagen, [163].
• Halley, E., [148], [157].
• Hansen’s Lunar Tables, [89], [118], [119], [124].
• Helium, [69].
• Helps, Sir A., [211].
• Herodotus, [109], [114], [116].
• Herschel, Sir J., [217].
• Herschel, Sir W., [161], [162].
• Hevelius, [215].
• Hezekiah, King of Judah, [90].
• Hinckes, Dr., [89].
• Hind, J. R., [38], [80], [89], [115], [116], [125], [138], [142], [143], [147], [148], [151], [153], [154], [167], [203], [204].
• Hitzig, [87].
• Homer’s Iliad quoted, [126].
• Homer’s Odyssey quoted, [94], [126].
• Huggins, Sir W., [131].
• Humboldt, A. Von, [133], [142], [217].
• Hunter, W., [102].
• I.
• Ideler, [81].
• J.
• Janssen, [169].
• Jesuit Missionaries in China, [81], [95].
• Johnson, Rev. S. J., [38], [80], [128], [131], 133, [135], [137], [138], [142], [144], [145], [150], [202], [210], [216], [222].
• Jones, Capt. F., [113].
• Josephus, [202].
• Justin, [121].
• K.
• Kepler, [64], [152], [153], [213], [214], [220].
• Kerigan, F., [227].
• Kirchoff, [69].
• L.
• Lalande, J. De, [224].
• Lander, R. and J., [228].
• Langley, Prof., [171].
• Lardner, D., His Hand-book of Astronomy cited, [12].
• Lassell, W., [167].
• Layard, Sir A. H., [113].
• Leon of Corfu, [144].
• Le Verrier’s Solar Tables, [89].
• Lewis, Sir G. C., [110].
• Liais, E., [44].
• Limits, Lunar Ecliptic, [190].
• Lingard, Dr., [150].
• Livy, [125], [202].
• Lockyer, Sir N., [178].
• Lynn, W. T., [115], [131].
• M.
• Macartney, Lord, his Embassy to China, [224].
• Maclaurin, [151], [153], [159].
• Mädler, [217].
• Magnitude of an Eclipse, [29].
• Main, Rev. R., [88].
• Maraldi, [158].
• Matthew Paris, [210].
• Maunder, E. W., [104], [106].
• Meteorological effects of a solar eclipse, [54], [167].
• Millosevich, [109].
• Milton, J., [231].
• Moon, Eclipses of, [186].
• N.
• Nautical Almanac, [26], [35], [234], [238].
• Newcomb, S., [119], [127], [139], [144], [171].
• Newcomb, S., His Astronomy cited, [26].
• New Moon, [13].
• Newton, Sir I., [198].
• Nicias, [199].
• Nineveh Tablets, [89].
• Nodes, [18], [19], [30].
• O.
• Occultations, [10], [12], [235], [237].
• Ockley, S., [138].
• Oltmanns, [112].
• Oppolzer, T. Von, His Canon cited, [35], [109], [218].
• Opposition of the Moon, [31].
• Orchard, Dr., [231].
• P.
• Partial Eclipses of the Sun, [17].
• Pekin, Observatory at, [95].
• Penumbra in Lunar Eclipses, [188].
• Pepys, S., His Diary cited, [155].
• Perry, S. J., [177], [193].
• Philostorgius, [134].
• Philostratus, [130].
• Pickering, E. H., [184].
• Pingré, [219].
• Planets, Primary, [12].
• ——, Secondary, [12].
• ——, Visibility of during Eclipses, [61].
• Pliny, [126], [200], [204], [213].
• Plutarch, Lives, [108], [115], [117], [120], [126], [131], [199], [200], [201].
• Polybius, [200].
• Pope, A., [94], [233].
• Powell, Sir G. B., [178].
• Prominences, [59].
• Pusey, Dr. E. B., [87], [88].
• R.
• Rawlinson, Sir H. C., [88], [111].
• Red Flames, [59], [156], [159], [168].
• Ricciolus, J. B., [220], [222].
• Roger of Wendover, [149], [210].
• Roger de Hoveden, [205].
• Rothmann, R. W., [77].
• Rümker, [48].
• Russell, S. M., [78], [79], [198], [225].
• S.
• Santini, [164].
• “Saros,” The, [14], [18], [112], [157].
• Schnurrer, [142].
• Schuster, [172].
• Season of Eclipses, [29].
• Seneca, [126].
• Shadow Bands, [46].
• Shadow of Moon on Earth, [36], [41], [49], [73].
• Shakespeare, W., [229].
• Smith, J. D., [48].
• Smyth, Admiral W. H., [217].
• Short, J., [159].
• Suetonius, [126].
• Snooke, W. D., [223].
• Spain, Eclipse of 1900 visible in, [10].
• Spots on the Sun, [67], [69].
• Stannyan, Capt., [60], [156].
• Staunton, Sir G., [224].
• Stockwell, J. N., [131], [202], [223].
• Stone, E. J., [193].
• “Stiklastad,” “Eclipse of,” [144].
• Struve, O., [164].
• Struyck, N., [221].
• Stukeley, Dr. W., [157], [160].
• T.
• Tacitus, [203].
• Telegraph, Electric, and Eclipses, [179].
• “Thales,” “Eclipse of,” [103], [109], [123].
• Thirlwall, Bishop, [116].
• Thucydides, [117], [118].
• Tibullus, [126].
• Todd, Mrs. D. T., her Total Eclipses cited, [25], [27], [50], [56], [65], [71], [136], [146], [173], [183], [223], [231].
• Totality, Approach of, [49].
• ——, Darkness of, [53].
• Transits, [10], [12], [235].
• Trithenius, [204].
• Trouvelot, [106].
• Tycho Brahe, [137], [143], [150], [152], [213], [214], [220].
• U.
• Ulloa, Don A., [64], [161], [179].
• Usher, Archbishop, [87].
• V.
• Valz, [164].
• W.
• Wallis, Dr., [155].
• Wargentin, [216].
• Wesley, W. H., [66].
• William of Malmesbury, [145], [147].
• Williams, J., [81], [82], [83], [85], [86].
• Wolcott, Miss K. E., [106].
• Wyberd, Dr., [154].
• X.
• Xenophon, [112], [113], [119].
• Y.
• Young, Prof., [178].
• Z.
• Zech, [119].

Transriber’s Note: The table below lists all corrections applied to the original text.

• [p. 014]: [removed extra hyphen] more than 18-years → 18 years
• [p. 023]: Phillipines → Philippines
• [p. 027]: occuring at regular intervals → occurring
• [p. 048]: Rumker mentions that → Rümer
• [p. 059]: every sufficiently skilled obersver → observer
• [p. 070]: [added closing bracket] (SUN-SPOT MINIMUM.)
• [p. 154]: [removed comma] Greenock and Elgin, were near
• [p. 217]: in the Carribean Sea → Caribbean
• [p. 227]: A certain Mr F. Kerigan → Mr. F. Kerigan
• [p. 230]: [removed comma] As, stars with trains of fire
• [p. 241]: Casa Brisẽno → Briseño
• [p. 244]: Vienna (57m.) → Vianna
• [p. 249]: [normalized] Plasentia (256m.) → Plasencia
• [p. 250]: Casa Brisẽno → Briseño