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

Absolute parallax, 158.

Adams, J. C., 78, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 140.

Adams, W., 205.

Aerolites, 147, 148, 149.

Airy, Sir G. B., 27, 104, 117, 120.

Aitken, R. G., 202.

Alcyone (η Tauri), 217.

Aldebaran (α Tauri), 151, 166, 170, 172.

Algol (β Persei), 178, 182, 183, 184, 193, 204.

Al-Sufi, 180, 183.

Altair (α Aquilæ), 170.

Anderson, T. D., 191, 192.

Andromeda nebula, 180, 208.

Andromedæ (γ), 201.

Andromedæ (Nova), 180.

Andromedid meteors, 142, 149.

Angström, A. J., 50, 51.

Antares (α Scorpii), 171.

Aquila, 195.

Aquilæ (η), 185, 186.

Arago, F. J. D., 6, 11, 31, 37, 40, 118, 120, 129.

Arcturus (α Bootis), 165, 170.

Arequipa Observatory, 75.

Argelander, F. W. A., 27, 159, 167, 178, 179, 180, 218.

Argo Navis, 221.

Argus (η), 187, 188.

Armagh Observatory, 206.

Asteroids, 19, 62, 97-102.

Astronomer-Royal of Scotland, 134, 155, 191;

of England, 59, 17;

of Ireland, 151, 156.

Astronomy of the invisible, 203.

Aurigæ (Nova), 191, 192, 195.

Auwers, A., 167, 188, 203.

B

Babinet, 230.

Baily, F., 159.

Bakhuyzen, H. G., 91.

Ball, Sir R. S., 23, 34, 108, 141, 149, 156, 158, 230.

Barnard, E. E., 19, 95, 107, 108, 110, 111, 113, 136, 191, 211.

Beer, W., 68, 69, 90.

Bellatrix (γ Orionis), 209.

Bélopolsky, A., 87, 110, 166, 185, 186, 204, 205.

Berlin Observatory, 119, 120.

Bessel, F. W., 24, 82, 116, 151, 152, 153, 154, 159, 167, 202, 203.

Betelgeux (α Orionis), 165, 171, 172, 182, 187.

Biela, W., 128.

Biela’s comet, 128, 129, 142, 143, 146, 149.

Birmingham, J., 189.

Bode, J. E., 97, 98, 152.

Bode’s Law, 97.

Boeddicker, O., 77.

Bond, G. P., 103, 109, 130, 136, 207.

240

Bond, W. C., 109, 112, 120.

‘Bonn Durchmusterung,’ 159, 160, 218.

Bonn Observatory, 88, 97, 160.

Böotis (ε), 30.

Borisiak, 192.

Boss, L., 168.

Bouvard, A., 115, 116.

Bradley, J., 159, 167.

Brédikhine, T. A., 105, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135.

Brewster, Sir D., 50, 101, 178.

Brinkley, J., 151.

Brünnow, F., 156.

Bruno, G., 35.

Buffon, 103.

Bunsen, R. W., 51.

Burchell, 188.

Burnham, S. W., 201, 202, 212.

C

Callandreau, O., 136.

Callandrelli, 151.

Cambridge Observatory, 116.

Campbell, T. (Poet), 2.

Campbell, W. W., 24, 107, 110, 166, 168, 187, 191, 193, 204, 205.

Canals of Mars, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95.

Cancri (ζ), 206.

Cancri (S), 180.

Canis Major, 188.

‘Cape Durchmusterung,’ 161, 162.

Cape Observatory, 155, 157.

Capella (α Aurigæ), 170, 176, 193, 205.

Carnera, L., 100.

Carpenter, J., 73.

Carrington, R. C., 45, 46, 59.

Cassini, D., 21.

Cassiopeia, 221.

Castor (α Geminorum), 30, 200, 205.

Celoria, G., 202, 218, 221, 223, 224.

Centauri (α), 155, 188, 225.

Centaurus, 221.

Cephei (δ), 178, 182, 185, 186.

Cepheus, 221.

Ceres, 19, 98, 101.

Cerulli, V., 86, 91, 94.

Chacornac, 161.

Challis, J., 116, 119, 120.

Chambers, G. F., 31.

Chandler, S. C., 88, 89, 181, 184.

Chladni, E., 138.

Chromosphere, solar, 55, 56.

Clark, A., 202.

Clerke, Miss A. M., 3, 5, 8, 12, 13, 15, 25, 26, 34, 42, 58, 75, 86, 92, 105, 109, 124, 125, 131, 132, 133, 140, 142, 169, 186, 187, 189.

Clerk-Maxwell, J., 109, 110.

Coggia’s comet, 131, 132, 133.

Comet families, 135.

Comets, 24, 123-137, 141, 142, 143, 144, 146, 149, 152.

Common, A. A., 107, 209.

Copeland, R., 134, 135, 190, 208.

Cornu, A., 189.

Corona Borealis, 188.

Corona, solar, 55, 57, 64.

Coronæ (Nova), 188, 189.

Crossley, E., 211.

Crux, 221.

Cygni (61), 152, 158.

Cygni (Y), 184, 185.

Cygni (Nova), 189, 190.

Cygnus, 152, 189, 221.

D

Damoiseau, 78.

D’Arrest, H. L., 96, 119, 142, 212.

Dartmouth Observatory, 56.

Darwin, Sir G. H., 233, 234, 235, 236.

Dawes, W. R., 90, 117.

De la Rue, W., 52, 75.

Delaunay, C. E., 78, 79.

Dembowski, E., 201.

Deneb (α Cygni), 165.

Denning, W. F., 84, 85, 91, 95, 105, 111, 112, 144, 145, 146.

Deslandres, H., 110.

Dick, T., 85, 238.

Disc-theory, 32, 36, 38, 39, 214, 218.

Di Vico, F., 85, 86, 170.

241

Doberck, W., 201.

Donati, G. B., 130, 131, 169.

Donati’s comet, 130, 133, 136.

Doppler, C., 57, 58.

Doppler’s Principle, 58, 59, 87, 110, 165, 168, 203.

Douglass, A. E., 92, 107.

Draconis (λ), 182.

Draper, H., 136, 172, 175.

Dreyer, J. L. E., 206.

Dunecht Observatory, 157.

Dunér, N. C., 58, 59, 174, 175, 181, 184, 185, 201, 202, 233.

Dunkin, E., 27, 167.

Dunsink Observatory, 156.

E

Earth, 76, 97, 103, 104, 147, 148, 149, 153, 154, 156, 236.

Earth-Moon system, 234, 235.

Easton, C., 221.

Eclipses, lunar, 77.

Eclipses, solar, 56, 57, 80, 81.

Edinburgh (Royal) Observatory, 195.

Electrical repulsion theory, 126.

Elger, T. G., 74.

Elkin, W. L., 157.

Encke, J. F., 30, 61, 119, 127, 128, 216.

Encke’s comet, 127, 128, 137.

Erman, 140.

Eros, 62, 101.

Ertborn, 85.

Euler, L., 88, 89.

Evolution, planetary, 228, 229, 230, 231.

Evolution, stellar, 33, 34, 231, 232.

F

Faye, H., 60, 129, 230.

Faye’s comet, 129, 137.

Ferguson, J., 9, 178.

Flammarion, C., 87, 91, 95, 121, 147, 164, 187, 195, 201, 202, 226.

Flamsteed, J., 5.

Fleming, Mrs, 192, 195.

Forbes, G., 122.

Fraunhofer, J. 47, 48, 49, 50, 3, 151, 153, 169.

Fraunhofer lines, 48, 49, 50, 51, 169, 172.

Frost, E. B., 205.

G

Galactic poles, 35, 224.

Galaxies, external, 32, 218, 225, 226.

Galaxy, or Milky Way, 32, 36-42, 186, 211, 215, 216, 217, 219, 220, 221, 224, 225.

Galileo, 44, 107.

Galle, J. G., 62, 108, 109, 119, 142.

Galloway, T., 167.

Gambart, 128.

Gauss, C. F., 27, 98, 167.

Gautier, A., 45.

Gemini, 11, 194.

Geminorum (Nova), 194.

Geminorum (ζ), 180, 182, 185.

George III., 11, 23.

Gill, Sir D., 62, 136, 155, 157, 160, 161, 221.

Glasgow Observatory, 216.

Goodricke, J., 178, 183.

Gore, J. E., 24, 38, 179, 181, 182, 183, 192, 202, 215, 220, 225, 226.

Gould, B. A., 135, 160, 163, 180, 220, 221.

Grant, R., 216.

Gravitation, law of, 29.

Greenwich Observatory, 59, 117.

Grimmler, 192.

Groombridge (1830), 156, 162, 223.

Groombridge (1618), 156.

Gruithuisen, 87.

H

Hale, G. E., 55, 57, 233.

Hall, A., 96, 111, 112, 156, 190.

Hall, Maxwell, 121.

Halley, E., 138.

Halley’s comet, 123, 130, 152.

Halm, J., 195, 196.

Hansen, P. A., 61, 78, 79.

Hansky, A., 57.

Harding, K. L., 99, 153, 220.

Hartwig, E., 190.

242

Harvard Observatory, 174, 175, 191.

Hasselberg, B., 148, 190.

Heis, E., 179, 220.

Heliometer, 153, 157.

Helium stars, 174.

Helmholtz, H., 61, 229.

Hencke, K. L., 99.

Henderson, T., 154, 155.

Henry, Paul and Prosper, 100, 114, 210.

Hercules, 167.

Herculis (α), 182.

Herculis (λ), 26.

Herschel, William, 1-42, 43, 60, 63, 65, 69, 74, 77, 85, 90, 99, 103, 109, 111, 112, 115, 123, 150, 162, 167, 176, 196, 197, 207, 214, 216, 218, 224, 227.

Herschel, A., 144.

Herschel, Caroline, 6, 8, 9, 12, 13, 14, 30, 35, 127, 198.

Herschel, Sir J., 4, 17, 27, 30, 37, 50, 112, 113, 120, 130, 144, 167, 187, 188, 197, 198, 199, 200, 214, 215.

Hind, J. R., 99, 129, 135, 180, 188.

Hoek, 135.

Holden, E. S., 191.

Hough, G., 105.

Houzeau, J. C., 220.

Huggins, Lady, 172.

Huggins, Sir W., 54, 57, 74, 95, 106, 114, 131, 136, 165, 170, 171, 172, 173, 189, 190, 191, 193, 195, 207, 208, 212, 231.

Humboldt, A., 44, 139.

Hussey, W. J., 116, 201.

I

Innes, R., 188.

Intra-Mercurial planet, 80, 81.

Italian spectroscopists, 54, 55.

J

Janssen, P. J. C., 52, 53, 54, 57, 59, 112, 209.

Juno, 19, 99, 101.

Jupiter, 20, 75, 97, 101-108, 112, 114, 121, 122, 135, 144, 146.

Juvisy Observatory, 164.

K

Kaestner, 65, 124.

Kaiser, F., 90.

Kant, I., 34, 35, 101, 103.

Kapteyn, J. C., 27, 158, 161, 162, 168, 221, 222.

Keeler, J. E., 95, 114, 185, 208, 211, 212, 213, 231.

Kelvin, Lord, 229.

Kempf, P., 181.

Kepler, J., 5, 35, 137.

Kirchoff, G. R., 61, 169, 172.

Kirkwood, D., 140, 230.

Klein, H. J., 73.

Klinkerfues, E., 142, 202.

Konkoly, N., 175.

Küstner, F., 88.

L

Lalande, 23, 152.

Lambert, J. H., 34.

Lamont, J., 44.

Langley, S. P., 77.

Laplace, P. S., 20, 33, 34, 77, 109, 148, 152, 195, 227, 228, 229.

Lassell, W., 112, 115, 117, 120.

Latitude, variation of, 88, 89.

Leipzig Observatory, 173.

Leonid meteors, 139, 140, 142.

Leonis (β), 183.

Lescarbault, 80.

Le Verrier, U. J. J., 61, 80, 81, 118, 119, 120, 142, 164.

Leyden Observatory, 91.

Libræ (δ), 180.

Lick Observatory, 93, 107, 166, 168, 191, 213.

Light, extinction of, 40, 215, 216, 224, 225.

Lindsay, Lord, 157.

Linné, 71, 72.

Lockyer, Sir J. N., 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 149, 174, 191, 193, 195, 208, 209, 231, 232.

Lockyer, W. J. S., 210.

Loewy, M., 75.

Lohrmann, W. G., 68, 71.

Lohse, W. O., 88, 105.

Loomis, 188.

243

Lowell, P., 83, 84, 86, 87, 91, 92, 93, 94, 122, 236, 237.

Lowell Observatory, 92, 94, 106, 114.

Lund Observatory, 59.

Lupus, 221.

Luther, R., 100.

Lyra, 221.

Lyra (β), 178, 182, 185.

Lyrid meteors, 122.

M

Maclaurin, C., 9.

Maclear, Sir T., 155.

Mädler, J. H., 27, 68, 69, 71, 96, 104, 202, 203, 216, 217, 218.

Magellanic clouds, 219.

Magnetism, 44, 60.

Mars, 18, 19, 90-97, 101, 144, 236.

Maunder, E. W., 59, 60, 94, 95, 134, 145, 166, 224.

Mascari, A., 86.

Mayer, C., 164.

Mayer, J. R., 229.

Mazapil meteorite, 149.

Méchain, 127.

Mee, A., 68.

Melloni, 76.

Mercury, 18, 80, 81-84, 97, 236.

Messier, C., 30.

Meteorites, 147, 148, 149, 229, 231.

‘Meteoritic Hypothesis,’ 231, 232.

Meteors, 138-149.

Meudon Observatory, 59.

Milan Observatory, 82, 202, 224.

Milky Way. See Galaxy.

Miller, W. A., 50, 172.

Mira Ceti, 11, 182, 186, 187.

Mitchel, O. M., 31.

Mizar (ζ Ursæ Majoris), 204.

Möller, A., 129.

Moon, the, 10, 24, 65-79, 90, 95, 148, 228.

Moscow Observatory, 132.

Mouchez, A., 161.

Müller, G., 175, 181.

Munich Observatory, 44, 224.

N

Napoleon, 67, 127.

Nasmyth, J., 73, 103.

Nebulæ, 30, 31, 207-213, 228.

Nebular Hypothesis, 33, 195, 227, 228, 229, 230, 233.

Neison (Nevill), E., 73.

Neisten, 86, 105.

Neptune, 120, 121, 135, 229, 230.

Newall, H. F., 205.

Newcomb, S., 27, 64, 78, 89, 94, 162, 168, 220, 222, 223, 224, 232.

Newton, H. A., 140, 141.

Newton, Sir I., 2, 17, 29, 77.

Nichol, J. P., 31, 207.

Nordvig, L., 192.

O

Olbers, H. W. M., 19, 20, 69, 98, 99, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 129, 130, 139, 148, 152, 153.

Olbers’ comet, 125.

Olmsted, D., 138, 207.

Ophiuchi (α), 183.

Orion, 221.

Orion nebula, 10, 33, 207, 208, 209, 213.

Orion stars, 174, 193, 209, 232.

Orionis (κ), 209.

Orionis (η), 209.

Orionis (θ), 209.

Orionis (U), 181, 182, 186, 187.

P

Palisa, J., 100.

Pallas, 19, 99, 101.

Parallax, solar, 61, 62, 63, 101.

Parallax, stellar, 150-158, 190.

Paris Congresses, 161.

Paris Observatory, 78, 118, 171.

Perrine, C. D., 81, 108, 194.

Perrine’s comet, 136.

Perrotin, H., 86, 91, 100, 114.

Peck, W., 162.

Persei (Nova), 192, 193, 194, 195.

Perseid meteors, 122, 141.

Perseus, 192, 221.

Peters, C. H. F., 100.

Peters, C. A. F., 142, 153, 155, 202.

Photography, astronomical, 54, 56, 57, 59, 75, 81, 94, 108, 113, 136, 158, 160, 161, 172, 175, 192, 193, 194, 203, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212.

244

Photometry, 176, 177.

Piazzi, G., 19, 20, 98, 150.

Pickering, E. C., 174, 175, 176, 177, 181, 182, 183, 185, 193, 194, 203, 204, 220, 221.

Pickering, W. H., 75, 76, 81, 91, 92, 93, 107, 113, 209.

Plana, G., 78, 79.

Pleiades, 124, 210, 217.

Pogson, N. R., 142, 180.

Pole Star, 205.

Pollux, 165, 170.

Pons, J. L., 127.

Pontécoulant, 79.

Potsdam Observatory, 46, 173, 176.

Pritchard, C., 158, 177.

Proctor, R. A., 4, 20, 38, 41, 90, 91, 104, 148, 163, 164, 218, 219, 220, 231.

Procyon (α Canis Minoris), 151, 203.

Prominences, solar, 52, 53, 55, 64.

Puiseux, P., 75.

Pulkowa Observatory, 200.

Q

Quetelet, A., 139.

R

Radiant points, meteoric, 139, 144, 145, 146.

Ranyard, A. C., 106, 146.

Red spot on Jupiter, 105, 106.

Regulus (α Leonis), 164, 165.

Relative parallax, 157.

Réseau, Photospherique, 59.

Resisting medium, 128.

Respighi, L., 55.

Reversing layer, 56, 57.

Ricco, A., 87, 105.

Rigel (β Orionis), 165, 209.

Ritchey, G., 194.

Roberts, A. W., 181.

Roberts, I., 209, 210.

Roche, E., 109.

Roman College Observatory, 85.

Rosse, third Earl of, 141, 156, 207, 208, 218.

Rosse, fourth Earl of, 77.

Rotation of the Sun, 58, 59;

of the planets, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 104, 111, 112.

Rowland, H. A., 52.

Rutherfurd, L. M., 75, 169.

S

Sabine, Sir E., 44.

Safford, T. H., 202.

Santini, G., 159.

Savary, F., 30, 199.

Satellites, 96, 107, 108, 112, 113, 115, 120, 121, 236.

Saturn, 20, 21, 22, 97, 103, 108-113, 121, 135.

Schaeberle, J. M., 93, 107, 191, 203.

Scheiner, C., 44.

Scheiner, J., 166, 174, 176.

Schiaparelli, G. V., 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 91, 92, 114, 141, 143, 149, 201, 220, 224, 231, 235.

Schjellerup, H., 180.

Schmidt, J. F. J., 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 104, 179, 180, 189.

Schönfeld, E., 160, 179, 180, 188, 189.

Schröter, J. H., 16, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 74, 81, 82, 84, 85, 86, 87, 97, 99, 153.

Schwabe, S. H., 18, 43, 44, 46, 55.

Schwassman, A., 100.

Secchi, A., 52, 54, 55, 60, 72, 90, 114, 141, 170, 171, 173.

Secchi’s types of stellar spectra, 170, 171, 173, 174, 175, 189, 232.

See, T. J. J., 201, 202, 236.

Seeliger, H., 110, 195, 196, 202, 206, 224, 225.

Serviss, G. P., 158.

Sirius (α Canis Majoris), 151, 170, 173, 188, 202, 225.

Slipher, V. M., 106, 114, 204.

Sime, J., 27.

245

Sola, J. C., 112.

Solar cluster, 221, 222.

Solar system, motion of, 26, 27, 167, 168.

South, Sir J., 198.

Spectroscopic binaries, 203, 204, 205.

Spencer, H., 218.

Spica (α Virginis), 204.

Spörer, F. W. G., 45, 46, 54, 59.

Star-catalogues, 159, 160, 161, 162.

Star-clusters, 30, 31, 32, 206, 210.

Star-drift, 164.

Star-gauging, 36, 40, 41, 224.

Stars, distance of, 150-158.

Stars, distribution of, 35, 39, 40, 198-214.

Stars, double, 28, 29, 30, 197-206.

Stars, gaseous, 171, 174.

Stars, proper motion of, 162, 163, 164, 165.

Stars, radial motion of, 165, 166.

Stars, temporary, 156, 182, 188-196.

Stars, triple and multiple, 206.

Stars, variable, 177-188.

Stellar spectra, 169-176, 187, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194.

Stellar universe, 35-42, 214, 215-226.

Stereo-comparator, 100, 101.

Stokes, Sir G., 50.

Stone, E. J., 157, 160.

Stroobant, P., 88.

Struve, F. G. W., 3, 37, 38, 40, 42, 128, 151, 153, 200, 214, 215, 216, 218.

Struve, H., 201.

Struve, L., 27, 163, 167.

Struve, O. W., 27, 110, 115, 120, 153, 156, 163, 200, 201.

Stumpe, O., 167.

Sun, 15, 16, 17, 40, 43-64, 65, 80, 81, 105, 125, 128, 170, 222, 228, 229, 230, 237.

Swift, L., 81.

Swift’s comet, 136.

T

Tacchini, P., 55, 86, 87.

Taurus, 217, 221.

Tempel, E., 210.

Tennyson, 96.

Tidal friction, 79, 87, 233, 234, 235, 236.

Tisserand, F. F., 146.

Todd, D. P., 122.

Trans-Neptunian planet, 121, 122.

Trouvelot, E., 86, 87.

Tschermak, 148.

Tulse Hill Observatory, 171.

Turner, H. H., 194, 224.

Twining, A. C., 139.

U

Upsala Observatory, 59.

Uranometria Argentina, 160.

Uranus, 11, 20, 22, 23, 97, 113, 114, 115, 118, 121, 135, 141, 230.

Ursa Major, 162, 164.

Ursæ Majoris (δ), 182.

Ursæ Majoris (ξ), 199.

V

Venus, 18, 84-88, 97, 235, 236.

Venus, transits of, 61, 62, 87.

Vega (α Lyræ), 151, 165, 170, 172, 173.

Very, F. W., 77.

Vesta, 19, 99, 101, 102.

Vogel, H. C., 84, 88, 95, 102, 106, 114, 131, 148, 166, 173, 174, 175, 183, 184, 185, 190, 191, 193, 195, 204, 209, 232, 233, 237.

Vulcan, 81.

W

Washington Observatory, 96, 223.

Watson, J. C., 81, 100.

Webb, T. W., 72, 73, 104.

Weinek, L., 75.

Weiss, E., 142.

Well’s comet, 134.

Whewell, W., 218.

Williams, A. S., 110, 193.

Wilson, A., 16.

Winlock, J., 177.

Winnecke, F. A. T., 131.

Witt, K. G., 101.

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Wolf, Max, 100, 181, 191, 194, 211.

Wolf, R., 44, 45, 188.

Wolf and Rayet, 171.

Wolf-Rayet stars, 171, 174.

Wollaston, W. H., 48.

Wright, T., 34, 110.

Y

Yale Observatory, 157.

Yerkes Observatory, 55, 111, 202.

Young, C. A., 54, 56, 57, 58, 60, 87, 114, 190.

Z

Zach, F. X., 97, 98, 152.

Zantedeschi, 77.

Zenger, 85, 88.

Zöllner, J. C. F., 54, 58, 60, 84, 103, 132, 232.

CORRIGENDA.

P. 30, l. 5, for “objects” read “orbits.”

P. 36, l. 13, for “unable” read “able.”

P. 61, l. 17, for “8″.371” read “8″.571.”

P. 63, l. 21, for “bases” read “gases.”

P. 100, l. 16, for “Schwussmann” read “Schwassmann.”

P. 167, l. 28, for “Strumpe” read “Stumpe.”

P. 184, l. 11, for “star-variables” read “variable stars.”

P. 199, l. 23, for “2102” read “1202.”

THE END.

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