Solstices, those points of the ecliptic which are most distant from the equator. The sun passes one about June 21st, and the other about December 21st, giving the longest days and nights.
Spectroscope, [46].
Spectrum of sun and metals, [50].
Stars, chemistry of, [28]; distance of, [70-73]; mode of naming, [196]; number of, [210]; double and multiple, [210]; colored, [214]; clusters of, [215]; variable, [220]; temporary, new, and lost, [223]; movements of lateral, [226]; in line of sight, [269].
Stationary points, places in a planet's orbit at which it has no motion among the stars.
Stellar system, the, [195].
Summary of recent discoveries, [269].
Sun, fall of two meteoric bodies into, [19]; light from contraction of, [20]; as seen from planets, [79]; corona, [81]; hydrogen flames of, [84]; condition of, [89]; spots, [90]; experiments, [95]; apparent path among the stars, [111]; power of, [250].
Symbols used in astronomy, [275].
Telescope, refracting, [43]; reflecting, [44]; Cambridge equatorial, [46].