GENERAL INDEX.
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A.
Adams, J. C., 145.
Airy, Sir G. B., 145.
Anagram on Venus, 68;
on Saturn, 127.
Aphelion, 11, 102.
Apparent movements of the Planets, 12, 14.
Arago, D. J. F., 99, 124, 140.
Arctic regions of the Earth, 75.
Argelander, F. G. A., 178.
Aristarchus of Samos, 71.
Aristarchus (Lunar Mountain), 93, 94.
Asteroids, 110.
Aurora Borealis and spots on the Sun, 55;
and twinkling, 87.
Autumnal Equinox, 74.
Axial rotation of the Planets, 17, 183.
B.
Barnard. E. E., 120, 134.
Barnard’s Comet, 168.
Bayeux Tapestry, 171.
Beer and Mädler;
their map of the Moon, 96.
Belts on Jupiter, 115, 123;
on Saturn, 122.
Bergeron’s Experiment, 93.
Bessel, W., 124.
Biela’s Comet, 168.
Bode’s so-called “Law,” 110.
Bond, G. P., 132, 133.
Bouvard, A., 143.
Bradley, Rev. J., 144.
Bredechin’s theory of Tails of Comets, 157.
Brorsen’s Comet, 167.
C.
“Canals” on Mars, 106.
Carpenter, J., 134.
Carrington, R. C., 46, 49.
Cassini, J. D., 36, 118, 128, 130, 136.
Ceres (Minor Planet), 112.
Challis, Rev. J., 146.
Charts, Celestial, 112, 147.
Chinese observations, 25, 172.
Clouds influenced by the Moon, 98.
Coggia’s Comet, 1874, 151.
Comets, 150;
periodic, 162, 170;
remarkable, 176.
Comparative sizes of the Planets, 11.
Comparative size of the Sun from the Planets, 17.
Compression of the Planets, 70, 122, 137.
Conjunction of the Planets, 14, 15, 66.
Copernican System, 72.
Copernicus, 72, 73, 76.
D.
D’Arrest, 147.
D’Arrest’s Comet, 168.
Dawes, W. R., 106, 133.
Day and night, 12.
Day, length of, 74.
De La Rue, W., 35, 36, 49, 52.
Denning’s Comet, 168.
Density of the Planets, 17, 183.
Diameter of the Sun and Planets, 183.
Di Vico, 62, 63.
Di Vico’s Comet, 172.
Distance of the Planets from the Sun, 20, 183.
Donati’s Comet of 1858, 157, 163, 178.
Dufour on Twinkling, 84.
E.
Earth, annual motion of, 75;
figure of, 70.
Earthshine, 66, 93.
186
Eccentricity of Planetary orbits, 10, 60, 75.
Eclipses of the Sun, 56, 57;
of the Moon, 120.
Ecliptic, plane of, 9, 10, 74.
Egyptian System, 72.
Elliptic Orbits, 10.
Elongation of Planets, 14.
Encke, J. F., 147.
Encke’s Comet, 167, 174, 175.
Equinoxes, 74.
Ewart, Gen. J. A., 178.
F.
Faculæ on the Sun, 42, 43.
Faye’s Comet, 168.
Finlay’s Comet, 168.
Flammarion, C., 62, 66, 171.
Flamsteed, Rev. J., 140, 144.
G.
Galileo, 89, 101, 120, 125.
Galle, J. G., 147.
Gassendi, 76.
Geodesy, 70.
Georgium Sidus, 141.
Goldschmidt, H., 4.
Granules, Solar, 38.
Gravity on the Sun and Planets, 183.
H.
Hall, A., 109.
Halley’s Comet, 164, 171.
Heat rays of the Sun, 20;
of the Moon, 96.
Herschel, Sir W., 34, 40, 44, 58, 100, 103, 134, 137, 138, 142.
Herschel, Sir J. F. W., 24, 96, 99, 103, 132, 175.
Hind, J. R., 119, 173, 175.
Holden, E. S., 106.
Holland, Sir H., 78.
Holmes’s Comet, 1892, 159.
Homer’s Iliad, cited, 68.
Howlett, Rev. F., 47.
Huggins, W., 40.
Huygens, C., 127, 130.
Hyperbola, 162.
Hyperbolic Comets, 162.
I.
Inclination of planetary orbits, 9.
Inferior Planets, 9, 12.
187
J.
Janssen J., 47.
Juno (Minor Planet), 112.
Jupiter: its influence on Sun-spots doubtful, 51, 53;
on Comets, 171;
its light, 7.
K.
Kepler, 55, 125, 166.
Kew Observatory, 47.
L.
La Hire, 63.
Lalande, 34.
Lassell, W., 123, 142, 185.
Ledger, Rev. E., 84.
Le Monnier, 140, 144.
Le Verrier, U. J. J., 147.
Lexell’s Comet, 172.
Liais’s Comet, 170.
Logogriphs as to Venus, 68;
as to Saturn, 127.
M.
Mädler, J. H., 63, 96.
Magnetism, Terrestrial, 55.
Maps, Astronomical, 112, 147.
Mars, 100.
Maskelyne, Rev. N., 139.
Mass of the Sun, and of the Planets, 20, 183.
Medium, Resisting, 175.
Mercury, 57;
phases of, 15;
its influence on Sun-spots, 51;
its luminosity, 67.
Milton, J., Paradise Lost, cited, 153.
Minor Planets, 110.
Montigny on Twinkling, 84.
Moon, 89.
Moonlight, Brightness of, 96.
Motions of the Planets, 10.
Mountains of the Moon, 90.
N.
Napoleon I., 154, 176.
Nasmyth, J., 40.
Needle, Magnetic, 55.
Neptune, 143;
its influence on Uranus, 143.
Newton, Sir I., 176.
188
Nubian after-glow, 83.
Nucleus of a Sun-spot, 22.
O.
Obliquity of the ecliptic, 74.
Occultations of Jupiter’s Satellites, 121.
Olbers, W., 112, 174.
Opposition of Planets, 13.
Orbits of the Planets, 9, 10;
of Comets, 161.
P.
Pallas (Minor Planet), 112, 113, 114.
Parabola, 162.
Penumbra of a Sun-spot, 22.
Perihelion, 11, 102.
Periodic Comets, 162, 170.
Perturbations of Uranus by Neptune, 145.
Phases of an inferior Planet, 15;
of a superior Planet, 16;
of Mars, 100;
of Jupiter, 115.
Piazzi, G., 111.
Planets, classification of, 7;
comparative sizes of, 11;
movements of, 10.
Plutarch, 71.
Poles of Mars, snow at, 104.
Primary Planets, 7.
Ptolemaic System, 72.
Q.
Quadrature of a Planet, 16.
Quenisset’s Comet, 1893, 156.
R.
Rays of the Sun, 20.
Refraction, 77;
effect of, 77.
Red spot on Jupiter, 118.
Resisting Medium, 175.
Retrograde motion of a Planet, 15.
“Rice grains” on the Sun, 39, 40.
Rings of Saturn, 128.
Rosse, Earl of, 93.
Rotation of the Sun, 24, 28;
of the planets, 17, 183.
Rotundity of the Earth, 76.
S.
Satellites of Mars, 16, 184;
of Jupiter, 16, 184;
of Saturn, 16, 185;
189
of Uranus, 16, 185;
of Neptune, 16, 185.
Saturn, 122.
Sawerthal’s Comet, 165.
Schiaparelli, J. V., 59, 62, 63, 106.
Schmidt, J. F. F., 96.
Schröter, J. J., 58, 62, 63.
Schwabe’s observations of Sun spots, 46.
Seas, Lunar, 94.
Seasons on the Earth, 54, 74.
Secchi, A., 28, 35, 42, 50, 84, 86, 106.
Secondary Planets, 8.
Shakespeare, citations from, 152.
Smyth, C. P., 92.
Snow on Venus, 66;
on Mars, 104;
doubtful on Saturn, 123.
Solstices, 74.
Spherical form of the Earth, 70.
Spörer, 46, 50.
Spots on the Sun, 21, 118;
on Venus, 61;
on Jupiter, 117;
on Saturn, 123.
Stewart, B., 52, 56.
Struve, O., 134, 142.
Sun, 18, 183.
Superior Planets, 8;
movements of, 15.
Surfaces of the Sun and Planets, 183.
Swift’s Comet, 168.
Systems of the Universe, 72.
T.
Tables of the Major Planets, 183.
Tails of Comets, 154.
Temple’s Periodical Comets, 167.
Terminator of the Moon, 90.
Thomson’s Seasons cited, 153.
Tides, 98.
Total Eclipses of the Sun, 57.
Transits of inferior Planets, 13, 25, 65.
Trouvelot, 133.
Turtle’s Periodical Comet, 167, 168.
Twilight, 80.
Twinkling, 83.
Tycho (Lunar Mountains), 94.
Tycho Brahe, 73.
Tychonic System, 73.
U.
Umbra of a Sun-spot, 22.
Uranus, 138;
the influence of Neptune on, 143.
190
V.
Velocity of the planets, 183.
Venus, 61;
phases of, 15;
its influence on Sun-spots, 51, 52, 53.
Vernal Equinox, 74.
Vesta (minor planet), 112, 113.
Virgil, citation from, 50.
Volume of the Sun, 20;
of the Planets, 183.
W.
Weather influences ascribed to the Sun, 44;
to the Moon, 98.
“Willow leaves” on the Sun, 39, 40.
Wilson’s theory of Sun-spots, 32.
Winnecke’s Periodical Comet, 167.
Wolf, R., observer of Sun-spots, 45, 48.
Wolf’s Periodical Comet, 168.
Y.
Young, C. A., 131.
Z.
Zodiac, movement of Planets in, 15.
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