INDEX

Aberration of light, 79 Adams, John C., his discovery of Neptune, 217 Adhara, 183 Airy, George Biddell, seventh Astronomer Royal, his early life, 102; his work at Cambridge, 105; comes to Greenwich, 105; his relations with the Visitors, 106; his autobiography, 108; his character, 111; his labours, 113; attacks on, 114; his distinctions, 118; his resignation, 119; his death, 120; anecdote of, 142; his conduct re Adams, 217; his water telescope, 304 Alderamin, 183 Almagest, 185 Almanac making, 29 Alpha Aquilæ, telescope for, 303 —— Cygni, telescope for, 303 Altazimuth the, 114; description and work of, 207, et seq. Altazimuth Department, 205, et seq. American time, 153 Andromeda nebula, 301 Anemometer, use of, 238; trace of, 242 Angström, 268 Anson, Commodore, 17 Apparent time, 152 Arcturus, motion of, 315 Argelander, star catalogue of, 287 Art of Dialling, the, 28 Assistants, position of the, 98, 100, 117, 137 Astrographic chart, 128 —— Department, 284, et seq. —— dome, 128 —— telescope, 289, et seq. Astronomers Royal, the, 25 Astrophysical researches, 282 Auroræ, 281 Automatic register, 241 Axis of the earth, precession of, 184 Ball, Time, 162 Barometer, use of the, 192, 233 Battery basement, 161 Beaufort, Captain, 107 Bessel quoted, 266 Betelgeuse, 184 Birkenhead, wreck of the, 180 Bliss, Nathaniel, fourth Astronomer Royal, history of, 82 Bradley, James, third Astronomer Royal, his life, 73; his ordination, 74; Vicar of Bridstow, 74; Savilian Professor of Astronomy, 75; discovers Aberration of Light, 75, et seq.; becomes Astronomer Royal, 79; labours of, 80; character of, 81 Bradley's transit room, 128 Brinkley, Dr., 303 British Mariner's Guide, the, 90 Bunsen, 268 Buys Ballot's law, 237 Canadian time, 153 Castor, 74, 306 Catalogues, star, 182, 185, et seq., 198, 284 Cepheus, 183 Charles II., warrants of, 39, 40 Christie, W. H. M., eighth Astronomer Royal, work of, 120 Chromosphere of the sun, 268 Chronograph, the, 157 —— room, 126 Chronometer business, 101, 107 Chronometers, Harrison's improvements in, 165, et seq.; tests of, 169; 'runs' of, 173; romance of, 178 Circle Department, 181, et seq. Clock, Astrographic driving, 290; driving 28-inch telescope, 312 Clocks, standard, 160 Columbus, aim of voyage of, 18 Comet, appearance of a, 28 —— Wells, 280 Comets, observation of, 224; spectra of, 280 Commutator, the, 162 Comte, assertion of, 267 Constant of Aberration, 79 Cook, Captain, work of, 170 Copper, use of in Observatory, 245 Corona of the sun, 264 Crabtree, James, 31 Crosthwait, Joseph, 57 Dallmeyer telescope, 252 Declination, 186, et seq. Denebola, 184 Distances of planets, 223; of sun, 224 Double-Star Department, 303, et seq. Double Stars, 306 Dublin time, 155 Dunkin, Edwin, 315 Earth, the, movements of, 201 Eclipses of the moon, 216; of the sun, July 25, 1748...85; other eclipses of the sun, 263, et seq. Electric Railway, influence of, 249 Equation of Time, the, 29, 151 Equatorial, Shuckburgh's, 101 ——, the great 28-inch, 221 ——, the Merz, 12³/₄-inch, 114 ——, 28-inch, driving clock of, 309; use of, 313 ——, clock-driven, 74 Eros, discovery of, 223; photographs of, 298 Errors in observations, noting of, 199, et seq. Evaporation, 241 Faculæ of the sun, 257 Flamsteed, John, his report on Saint-Pierre's proposal, 23, 32; appointed first Astronomer Royal, 23, 34; his autobiography, 26; his studies, 29; his almanac, 29; sent to London, 30; enters Jesus College, Cambridge, 31; completes his observatory, 31; acquaintance with Newton, 31; takes his degree, 32; his work, 34; warrant for his salary, 39; position of, 42; his ordination, 45; his pupils, 45; his trouble with Newton, 46, et seq.; his catalogue, 53; his letter to Sharp, 54; his death, 56; his labours, 57 Flamsteed House, 126 Fraunhofer mounting, 310 French time, 155 Galileo, his discovery of Jupiter's satellites, 19 Gamma Draconis, 75, 304 —— Virginis, 306 Gascoigne, William, 31 Gemma Frisius, plan of, 22 George of Denmark, Prince, 50 German mounting, 276, 310 Gould, Dr., 287 Graham, 166 Gravitation, the bond of the universe, 313 Great comet of 1882, the, 280, 288 Greatrackes, Valentine, 29 Green, Charles, 91 Greenwich time, 153; distribution of, 163 Halley, Edmund, his life, 60; his early work, 60; his catalogue of stars, 63; elected F.R.S., 63; his work on Kepler's laws, 64; becomes captain, 65; Savilian Professor of Geometry, 66; Astronomer Royal, 66; observations on saros of the moon, 67; pressed by Newton, 68; his death, 68; his services to science, 68; his pay, 70; nominates his successor, 73; his transit instrument, 73 Halley's comet, 225 Harrison, James, timekeepers of, 86, 91, 93, 165 Heineken, Rev. N. S., 59 Heineken quadrant, 59 Heliographic Department, 251, et seq. Herschel, Caroline, 57 Hipparchus, catalogue of, 185 Hodgson, Mr., 50 Hooke, Robert, 75, 206 Horrox, Jeremiah, 31 Huggins, Sir W., his use of spectroscope, 268 Inscription, an, 126 International Photographic Survey, 296 Ireis, 224 Iron quadrant, 73 Isobars, 237 Jupiter, satellites of, 19, 296; atmosphere of, 279 Keill, John, 74 Kendall, Larcum, 166 Kepler, laws of, 64 Kew, photo-heliograph, the, 252 Kinnebrook, David, 176 Kirchhoff's use of spectroscope, 267 Latitude, finding the, 18 Ledgers, chronometer, romance of, 176 Leverrier, his discovery of Neptune, 217 Libraries, 132 Linacre, G., 28 Lindsay, Thomas, quoted, 204 Litchford, W., 28 Local apparent time, 22 Longitude, finding the, 18; at sea, problem of, 86; determination of, 173 Longitude nought, 148 Lower computing room, 128 Lunars, method of, 86 Magnetic Department, work of, 133; description of, 228, et seq. Magnetic inclination and declination, 246 —— needles, movements of, 247, 262 —— observatory, 132 —— pavilion, 245 —— storms, 248, 262 Mars, distance of, 223; atmosphere of, 279; satellites of, 296 Maskelyne, Nevil, fifth Astronomer Royal, 85; practical work of, 86; Astronomer Royal, 91; his work, 92; his publications, 92; his observations and work, 92, et seq.; his death, 94; his character, 97; recommends his successor, 97; his mural circle, 101 Mean solar clock, 160 Mean time, 152 Meldrum, Dr., on sun spots, 263 Meridian, the, 149 Merz telescope, 279 Meteorological Department, work of, 133; description of, 228, et seq. Micrometers, use of, 309 Microscopes, use of, 188 Milky Way, 288 Miller, Professor, 268 Milne, Professor, on earth movements, 201 Minor planets, 222 Molyneux, Samuel, 75 Moon, observation of the, 212, et seq.; eclipses of, 266 Moore, Sir Jonas, 30; death of, 42 Morin, 33 Mounting telescopes, modes of, 310 Mudge, Thomas, 94 Mural arc, 7-feet, 46 Mural circles, 101, 196 Names of stars, origin of, 183 Nares, Sir George, 170 Nautical Almanac, the, 22, 23, 92 Navigation, state of primitive, 17 Neptune, discovery of, 217; atmosphere of, 280; satellite of, 298 New altazimuth, the, 132, 210 New Observatory, the, 136, 275 New stars, 268 Newcomb, Professor, on growth of Observatory, 124; on Greenwich observations, 207 Newton, Sir I., his absent-mindedness, 31; his trouble with Flamsteed, 46, et seq.; on Kepler's laws, 65; his Principia, 65; his pressure on Halley, 68; his discovery of gravitation, 206 North terrace, the, 126 Northumberland equatorial, 218 Nutation of the earth, 80 Observation, modes of, 156, 176, 188; by reflection, 196; of comets, 224 Observatory, Greenwich, work of, 13; foundation of, 23; warrant for building, 40; position of, 41; foundation stone laid, 42; condition of, 79; enlargement of, 112; recent extensions of, 120; description of, 124, et seq.; staff of, 137; work of, 139, et seq.; visitors to, 175; new altazimuth building, 211; magnet house, 228; magnetic pavilion, 245; new Observatory, 275; future of, 283; reflex zenith room, 304; objects of, 316 Occultations by the moon, 212, et seq. Octagon room, 125, 238, 242 Oldenburg, Mr., 30 Orion nebula, 268, 301 Parallax of stars, 303 Paramour, the, 65 Paris, conference at, 288 ——, noon at, 151 Philip III., offer of, 19 Photographic registration, 244, 247, 252, 255; refractors, 288 Photographs, star, 290 Photo-heliographs, 252, et seq., 279 Piazzi, discovery of, 222 Pleiades, the, 301 Polar plumes of the corona, 264 Polaris, 188 Pole-star, variation of, 184 Pond, John, sixth Astronomer Royal, his life, 97; his reign, 98; his salary, 98; his assistants, 98; his observations, 99; censured by Visitors, 99; his observations of stars, 303 Pound, James, 73 Precession of earth's axis, 184 Principia, publication of, 65 Proctor, R. A., attack of, 116 Ptolemy, Claudius, catalogue of, 185 Publication, the problem of, 48, 92 Quadrant, Heineken, 59 ——, the iron, 73 Railway time, 152 Rain gauge, 238 Record rooms, 132 Reflection, observation by, 196 Reflex zenith room, 304 —— —— tube, 131 Refraction, effects of, 194 Right ascension, 186, et seq. Roberts, Dr. Isaac, 301 Römer, discovery of, 78 Rosse, Lord, 268 Royal Society and Flamsteed, 46, et seq. Saint-Pierre, Le Sieur de, proposal of, 23, 32 Sappho, 224 Saros of the moon, 67 Satellites, discovery of, 296 Saturn, atmosphere of, 279; satellites of, 296 Schaeberle's comet, 280 Schedar, 184 Schiehallion, attraction of, 94 Schönfeld, 287 Scotchmen, anecdote of, 146 Sharp, Abraham, 46 Sheepshanks, Rev. James, on Airy, 107 Shuckburgh equatorial, 309 Sidereal clock, 160 Sirius, 287 Sloane, Dr., 50 'Smith, Mr.,' his chronometer, 179 Solar photographs, 257 —— storms, 261, 282 Sound waves, 271 South, Sir James, 105, 114 South-east equatorial, the, 132, 221 Spectroscope, use of, 267 Spectroscopic Department, 266, et seq. Spots, sun, 251, et seq., 281 Staff of Observatory, 137; work of, 139, et seq. Standard time, 21 Stars, observations of, 156, 176, 188; origin of names of, 183; movements of, 187; catalogues of, 198, 284, et seq.; composition of, 268, et seq.; colour of, 271; classes of, 287; census of, 287; photographs of, 288, et seq.; motions of, 303, 315 Story, Mr. A. M., 97 Sun, distance of the, 74, 224; spots on, 251, et seq., 281; eclipses of, 263, et seq.; chromosphere of, 268; motions of, 315 Sunshine recorder, 238 Swiss time, 155 Tebb, Mr. W., 58 Tebbutt's comet, 280 Telescope, the great transit, 156 ——, 28-inch, 275 ——, astrographic, 289 ——, Shuckburgh, 309 ——, Thompson, 256, 279, 296 Thalèn, 268 Thermometer, use of, 192, 234 Thome, Dr., 287 Thompson photo-heliograph, 256, 279, 296 Time ball, 162 —— Department, the, 146, et seq. —— desk, 161 ——, foreign, 153 —— signals, 162 —— standard, 21 Transit, Halley's, 73 Transit circle, the, 114; mode of observation with, 188, et seq. Transit circle, Troughton's, 98 —— Department, 181, et seq. —— observations, number of, 140 —— pavilion, 126, 175 —— room, 128, 147 Troughton's transit circle, 98 Uranus, discovery of, 217; atmosphere of, 279; satellites of, 296 Vanes, use of, 238 Venus, distance of, 223 Victoria, 224 Visitors, the Board of, 53; censures Pond, 99; work of, 106; constitution of, 144 Visitors to Observatory, 175 Warrant for Flamsteed's salary, 39 Water telescope, 304 Weather predictions, 229, et seq. Winds, study of, 237 Witt, Herr, discovery of, 223 Working Catalogue, the, 142 Zenith sector, 82, 305 —— tube, 75, 305 Zeta Ursæ Majoris, 306 Zubeneschamal, 184

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