AAboukir,287Aboul Hassan,221Abu Ali al Farisi,225Abu-Hanifa,233,234Abul-fadl,236Accadians,250,252Achernar,275Aclian,282Adam,96,347Adhad-al-Davlat,225,236Adonis,261Adreaansz,342Airy, Sir G. B.,87,140,347,357Aitken,160Al-Battani,232,233Albrecht,173Albufaragius,283Alcor,241Alcyone,137Aldebaran,60,156,236,252,257,310,311Alfard,236,289Alfargani,286Alfraganus,281Almagest,281Al-Sufi,47,149,179,189,221,224,225-238,244,246,250,251,253,254,261,263,264,266-270,272,274-278,285,287,289,290,293,298,300-302,304,307Altair,246Ampelius,262Amphion,257Ancient eclipses,52,53Anderson,120,277Andromeda nebula,198-206,231Annals of Ulster,332Antares,60,179,310,311Anthelm,300Antinous,248Antlia,302Apollo,257Apparent diameter of moon,49Apple,79“Apples, golden,”258Apus,306Aquarius,268Aquila,246Aquillus,220Ara295Arago,26,30,57,116,193,331Aratus,219,242,245,250,255,256,261,263,272Archimedes,346,354Arcturus,148,188,244Argelander,29,227,229,230,240Argo,285-288,305Argon in sun,4Argonauts,243,250Aries,250Aristotle,49,67Arrhenius,4,8,22,45,66Ashtoreth,260Astra Borbonia,4Astræa,263Astronomy, Laplace on,44Astro Theology,23Atarid,232,233Atmosphere, height of,33Augean stables,269Augustus,262Auriga,245Aurora,33,41,42Auwers,206Axis of Mars,59BBabilu,267Baily,137,144Baker,183Ball, Sir Robert,6,355Barnard, Prof.,29,54,57,79,80,81,85,86,91,93,103,104,114,130,132,139,192,213,316,317,350Barnes,78,79Bartlett,35,36Bartschius,296,298Bauschingen,69,70Bayer,179,221,272,284,309,310Bayeux Tapestry,105Becquerel,8“Beehive,”259Beer,20Bel,250Bellatrix,253Benoit,22Berenice,297Berry,25Bessel,339Betelgeuse,179,222,264Bianchini,21,22,77Biela’s comet,99Bifornis,268Binary stars,162Birmingham,5,114“Black body,”3“Blackness” of sun-spots,6“Blaze star,”180,184Bode,276Bohlin,199,200Bond,85Bond (Jun.),74Book of the Dead,264,274Borelly,103Boserup,28Boss,152Brahé, Tycho.SeeTycho BrahéBrauner,211Bravais,42Bredikhin,76Bremiker,94Brenner, Léo,13,22,87,91,133Brewster,356Brightness of Mercury,10-12"of nebulæ,193"of sun,1,2,3"of Venus,14,17,19,31Bright clouds,33,34"night,45"stars,278Brooks,118Brown,218,219,248,255,260,267,272,279,281,291,295Browning,25Brugsch,127Buddha,256Bull, Pope’s,107“Bull’s foot,”253Buonaparte,30Burnham,160,165-167,180,184,260,350,351Burns,130Buss,4CCaaba,125Cacciatore,72Cælum,302Callimachus,297Callixtus III.,107Calvisius,53Camelopardalis,296Cameron,18Campbell,85,153,159,178“Canals” on Mars,61-63Cancer,258,259Canes Venatici,296Canicula,280Canis Major,279"Minor,284Canopus,157,286,344Capella,156,164,189,236,245,246Capricornus,267,268“Capture” of satellites,58Carbonic acid,66Cassini,20,22,74,78,358Cassiopeia’s Chair,244Castor,160,257Caswell,52Catullus,297Caussin,225Cecrops,268“Celestial Rivers,”308Celoria,324,326Centaurus,292,293Centre of gravity,8Cephalus,279Cepheid variables,187Ceraski,2,176Cerberus,243,257Ceres,260Cerulli,22,62Cetus,272Chacornac,18,84Chamælion,305Chamberlin,194Chambers,72“Charles’ Wain,”240Chinese Annals,19,30,105,186,223,267,330Childrey,128Chiron,295Christmann,281Chromosphere, sun’s,4Cicero,49,262,280,355Circinus,307Clavius,334Climate,45“Coal Sack,”293,320Cobham,88,102Colbert,175Colours of stars,140,141,188-190Coma Berenices,297,298Comets, number of,98"tails of,115,116Comet years,104Comiers,99Comstock,90,146Condamine,257Conon,297Coon Butte mountain,120,121Cooper,3Copeland,76,157Corona, sun’s,1,334"round moon,35,36Corona Australis,295Corvinus,292Corvus,292Cotsworth,46Cowell,105Crabtree,337Crater,291Craters on moon,55,56Crawford,348Crecy, Battle of,333Crescent of Venus,19,20Crommelin,105,111Crucifixion,18Curtis,344Cusps of Venus,20Cygnus, (61),155Cynocephalus,222DDante,156,258,265Dark shade on moon,333D’Arrest,94Darwin, Sir George,158,319“David’s Chariot,”241Davis,155Dawes,168“Dawn proclaimer,”251Delambre,185Delauney,347Dembowski,190Demetrius,111Denning,11,74,77,84,86,87,89,99,118,340Derham,21,23Deucalion,268De Vico,21,22Diamonds in meteorites,127Dilkur,251Diodorus Siculus,127Diogenes Laertius,41Diomed,272Dione,89“Dipper,”241Doberck,160Dollond,24Domitian,334Donati’s comet,100Dorado,304Dordona,256Dorn,245Douglass,81Dragon,242Draper,75Drayton,156Dreyer,115Drifting stars,152Dryden,242Duncan,187Dunlop,264Dupret,83Dupuis,245,252,257,258,259,266,267,268“Dusky star,”272E“Earthen jar,”247Earth’s attraction on moon,55Earth’s motions,39"rotation,46"surface,32“Earthshine” on moon,51,52,56,57Eastmann,316Easton,323,324,325Eclipses, ancient,52,53,