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Engelmann, rotation of Jupiter's satellites,292

Ericsson, solar temperature,218

Erman, meteoric rings,330

Eros, measures of, for solar parallax,238;discovery,284variability,285

Ertborn, mountain in Venus,253

Espin, spectra of variable stars,379;stars with banded spectra,381Nova Aurigæ,397398

Euler, resisting medium,93

Evershed, eclipse photographs,189200

Evolution, of solar system,308309313-316322;of earth-moon system,316-318of stellar systems,420

Fabricius, David, discovery of Mira Ceti,10

Fabricius, John, detection of sun-spots,52

Faculæ, relation to spots,53,155158;solar rotation from,155photographed,197198377

Faye, nature of prominences,70,166;discovery of a comet,98cyclonic theory of sun-spots,144157solar constitution,150-152maximum of 1883163velocities in prominences,205distance of the sun,240planetary evolution,314315321

Feilitsch, solar appendages,70

Fényi, solar observations,184204

Ferrel, tidal friction,272

Ferrer, nature of corona,67;prominences,69

Fessenden, electrical theory of comets,348

Finlay, transit of great comet,358360

Fizeau, daguerrotype of the sun,153;Doppler's principle,201velocity of light,232

Flammarion, canals of Mars,280;trans-Neptunian planet,306

Flamsteed, solar constitution,57;distance,228

Flaugergues, detection of 1811 comet,99;transit of Mercury,244

Fleming, Mrs., spectrum of β Lyræ,379;preparation of Draper Catalogue,386discoveries of new stars,399

Flint, star-parallaxes,417

Fontana, mountains of Venus,252;satellite,256spots on Mars,274

Forbes, George, trans-Neptunian planets,306307

Forbes, James D., spectrum of annularly eclipsed sun,134;solar constant,225

Foucault, spectrum of voltaic arc,137;photograph of the sun,153velocity of light,232240silvered glass reflectors,429

Fraunhofer, early accident,33;improvement of refractors,34clockwork motion,121spectra of flames,131of sun and stars,133134372objective prism,385diffraction gratings,439

Fraunhofer lines, mapped,133136;origin,135-137171172reflected in coronal spectrum,170173181in cometary spectra,354357shifted by radial motion,201

Freycinet, distribution of minor planets,287

Fritz, auroral periodicity,162

Frost, solar heat radiation,222

Galileo, descriptive astronomy,2;double-star method of parallaxes,16discovery of sun-spots,52solar rotation,146planets and sun-spots,163darkening at sun's edge,221

Galle, discovery of Neptune,81,82;Saturn's dusky ring,86distance of the sun,237path of Andromede meteors,334

Galloway, solar translation,39

Gambart, discovery of comet,95

Gauss, orbits of minor planets,74;Theoria Motus,77magnetic observations,126127cometary orbits,370

Gautier, sun-spot and magnetic periods,126128;sun-spots and weather,129

German Astronomical Society,6,414

Gill, star-parallaxes,37,42,416417;expedition to Ascension,237distance of the sun,237238240constant of aberration,241arc measurements,261262comet of 1882359412oxygen-absorption in stars,384photograph of Argo nebula,404Cape Durchmusterung,412photographic celestial survey,413actinic intensity of galactic stars,425Coudé telescope,438

Gladstone, J. H., spectrum analysis,134136

Glaisher, occultation by Halley's comet,106

Glasenapp, coronal photographs,185;light equation,231241double star measures,419

Glass, optical, excise duty on,112115;Guinand's,113114Jena,431

Gledhill, spot on Jupiter,294[Pg 477]

Goldschmidt, nebulæ in the Pleiades,411

Goodricke, periodicity of Algol,390

Gore, catalogue of variable stars,391;of computed binaries,418

Gothard, bright-line stellar spectra,378379;spectrum of Nova Aurigæ,398photographs of nebulæ,409

Gould, variation of latitude,258;photograph of Mars,281comets of 1807 and 1881349352luminous instability of stars,392photographic measures of the Pleiades,410Uranometria Argentina,415solar cluster,423426

Graham, discovery of Metis,77

Grant, solar envelope,70,167;transit phenomena,254

Green, observation of Mars,280

Greenwich observations,3,27,32

Gregory, David, achromatic lenses, 112note

Gregory, James, double star method of parallaxes,16;reflecting telescopes,109

Groombridge, star catalogue,31

Grosch, corona of 1867176

Grubb, Sir Howard, photographic reflector,409;great refractors,430433siderostat,437

Grubb, Thomas, Melbourne reflector, 110note,428

Gruithuisen, snow-caps of Venus,255;lunar inhabitants,265

Gully, detection of Nova Andromedæ,394

Guthrie, nebulous glow round Venus,253

Hadley, Saturn's dusky ring,86;reflecting telescope,109

Haerdtl, Winnecke's comet,94

Hale, luminous outburst on sun,161;daylight coronal photography,179spectrum of prominences,195198prominence photography,197198photographs of faculæ,198377carbon in chromosphere,200bright lines in fourth-type stars,381reflectors and refractors,432

Hall, Asaph, parallax of the sun,241;discovery of Martian satellites,282rotation of Saturn,302double star measurements,419

Hall, Chester More, invention of achromatic telescope,112

Hall, Maxwell, rotation of Neptune,305

Halley, stellar proper motions,9;composition of nebulæ,22observation of η Carinæ,48eclipse of 171566,68predicted return of comet,88magnetic theory of auroræ,130transits of Venus,233lunar acceleration,271origin of meteors,327

Halm, magnetic relations of latitude variation,259

Hansen, solar parallax from lunar theory,230

Hansky, coronal photographs,188189

Harding, discovery of Juno,75;celestial atlas,77

Harkness, spectrum of corona,170;corona of 1878175shadow of the moon in solar eclipses,182light equation,231distance of the sun,237240241242

Harriot, observations on Halley's comet,29

Hartley, gallium in the sun,200213

Hartwig, Nova Andromedæ,394

Hasselberg, metallic spectra,211;spectra of comets,342357of Nova Andromedæ,395

Hastings, composition of photosphere,152;observations at Caroline Island,181Saturn's dusky ring,299

Hegel, number of the planets,73

Heis, radiant of Andromedes,334

Heliometer,34,234237238240

Helium, a constituent of prominences,194195199;no absorption by, in solar spectrum,213absorptive action in first-type stars,376bright in gaseous stars,377378380in Orion nebula,407

Helmholtz, gravitational theory of sun-heat,311-313

Hencke, discoveries of minor planets,76

Henderson, parallax of α Centauri,36,416;observation of chromosphere,68

Henry, Paul and Prosper, lunar twilight,264;markings on Uranus,303photograph of Saturn,408photographs of nebulæ in the Pleiades,410411stellar photography,413plane mirrors,438

Herrick and Bradley, duplication of Biela's comet,96

Herschel, Alexander S., cometary and meteoric orbits,332

Herschel, Caroline, her brother's assistant,12;observation of Encke's comet,90

Herschel, Colonel, spectrum of prominences,168;of reversing layer,172of corona,174[Pg 478]

Herschel, Sir John, life and work,45-50;Magellanic clouds,47,422sun-spots,58,59,144solar flames,68anticipation of Neptune's discovery,81status of Hyperion,85Biela's comet,95Halley's,102comet of 1843103sixth star in "trapezium,"113grinding of specula,116spectrum analysis,136solar photography,145154solar constitution,151shadow round eclipsed sun,182actinometrical experiments,216solar heat,217climate and eccentricity,259lunar atmosphere,263surface of Mars,276Andromeda nebula,396observations of nebulæ,404double nebulæ,412

Herschel, Sir William, discovery of Uranus,5;founder of sidereal astronomy,9biographical sketch,11-14sun's motion in space,15,39,425revolutions of double stars,18,442structure of Milky Way, 19-21,423nature of nebulæ, 21-26,401results of his observations,25centre of sidereal system,40theory of the sun, 54-56,70asteroids,75discoveries of Saturnian and Uranian satellites,84,87,110comet of 181199reflecting telescopes,109-111sun-spots and weather,129transit of Mercury,244refraction in Venus,252lunar volcanoes,266terrestrial affinity of Mars,274Jovian trade-winds,289rotation of Jupiter's satellites,292ring of Saturn,298rotation of Saturn,302origin of comets,369stellar photometry,420

Herz, comets' tails,348

Hevelius, "Mira" Ceti,10;contraction of comets,92granular structure of comet,362

Higgs, photographs of solar spectrum,211214

Hind, solar flames,70;Iris and Flora discovered by,77distortion of Biela's comet,96transit of a comet,101earth in a comet's tail,326comets of 1843 and 1880349Schmidt's comet,363new star,392variable nebula,403

Hirn, solar temperature,220;resistance in space,348

Hodgson, outburst on the sun,160

Hoeffler, star-drift in Ursa Major,426

Hoek, cometary systems,362

Holden, Uranian satellites,87;eclipse expedition,180coronal extensions,186solar rotation,203transit of Mercury,245intra-Mercurian planets,250drawing of Venus,252lunar photographs,268canals on Mars,279surface of Mars,281transits of Jupiter's satellites,292markings on Uranus,304disintegration of comet,362colours of double stars,374Nova Aurigæ,398Orion and Trifid nebulæ,403404director of Lick Observatory,435

Holden and Schaeberle, observations of nebulæ,433

Holmes, discovery of a comet,337

Homann, solar translation,406

Hooke, solar translation,10;stellar parallax,16repulsive action on comets, 102noteautomatic movement of telescopes,120spots on Mars,274275

Hopkins, solidity of the earth,257

Horrebow, sun-spot periodicity,125;satellite of Venus,256

Hough, G. W., red spot on Jupiter,295430;observations of double stars,419

Houzeau, solar parallax,240

Howlett, sun-spot observations,155

Hubbard, period of comet of 1843105351

Huggins, Sir William, spectroscopic observations of prominences,170195hydrogen spectrum in stars,178198daylight coronal photography,178179repulsive action in corona,191stellar motions in line of sight,201386387transit of Mercury,245occultation of a star,263snowcaps on Mars,276spectrum of Mars,277of Jupiter,290Jovian markings and sun-spots,297spectrum of Uranus,304of comets,342343photographs,354357stellar spectroscopy,373colours of stars,374classification of star spectra,376photographs,382383438stellar chemistry,381382spectra of new stars,393395theory of Nova Aurigæ,397spectra of nebulæ,401402407nebular radial movement,405

Huggins, Sir William and Lady, photograph of Uranian spectrum,305;spectra of Wolf-Rayet stars,380ultra-violet spectrum of Sirius,383nitrogen in stars,384spectrum of Nova Aurigæ,396-398of Andromeda nebula,403of Orion nebula,407[Pg 479]

Humboldt, sun-spot period,126;magnetic observations,127meteoric shower,329

Hussey, T. J., search for Neptune,79

Hussey, W. J., cloud effects on Mars,281;cometary appendages,369period of δ Equulei,419discoveries of double stars,419433

Huygens, stellar parallax,16;Orion nebula,22discovery of Titan,84Saturn's ring,85,301spot on Mars,275

Hydrogen, a constituent of prominences,168195199;spectrum,178198383384absorption in stars,198373381-383in sun,211theoretical material of comets' tails,347emissions in stars,377-380384393397in nebulæ,402407

Innes, Southern double stars,419

Jacoby, measurement of Rutherfurd's plates,410;Pritchard's parallax work,417

Janssen, photographs of the sun,165;spectroscopic observations of prominences,168169escape from Paris in a balloon,171coronal spectrum,173181coronal photographs,181rarefaction of chromospheric gases,182oxygen absorption in solar spectrum,214transit of 1874234spectrum of Venus,254of Saturn,303photographs of Tebbutt's comet,353354of Orion nebula,407

Japetus, eclipse of,300;variability in light,302

Jewell, solar spectroscopy,200211

Joule, heat and motion,309

Jupiter, mass corrected,77,92;conjectured influence on sun-spot development,163physical condition,289290spectrum,290291satellite-transits,291292discovery of inner satellite,293red spot,293-296photographs,297408periodicity of markings,297

Kaiser, rotation of Mars,275;map of Mars,278

Kammermann, observation of Maia nebula,410

Kant, status of nebulæ,14;Sirius the central sun,40planetary intervals,71tidal friction,272condition of Jupiter,289cosmogony,308

Kapteyn, solar translation,40;Cape Durchmusterung,412stellar parallaxes,417418actinic intensity of galactic stars,425solar cluster,426

Kayser and Runge, spectroscopic investigations,211213

Keeler, red spot on Jupiter,296;spectroscopic determination of movements in Saturn's rings,300spectrum of Uranus,304of third type stars,382of nebulæ,402photographs of nebulæ,403411412432nebular radial movements,405434440grating spectroscope,440


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