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INDEX

  • Abbot, C. G., 200
  • Adams, J. C., 159-164, 178
  • Aerolite, Appley Bridge, 84
  • Aeroplanes, 67, 7173
  • Air Currents, 143
  • Airy, Sir G. B., 161-163
  • Aldebaran, 267
  • Algol, 131-137
  • Alice in Wonderland, 20
  • American and English discoveries, 179, 180
  • American tourist, 227
  • Andromeda, Great Nebula in, 113–115
  • Andromeda, Split Nebula in, 255
  • Apparatus for Gravity, 22, 45
  • Appley Bridge Aerolite, 84
  • Approach and recession, effects of, 270-277
  • Arcturus, 267
  • Argon, 78
  • Aristotle, 5, 13
  • Astrologers, 157
  • Astronomer Royal, 161–163, 180, 237
  • "Astronomical Reprobate," 133
  • Atmosphere of Earth, 63–81, 143
  • Atmosphere of Mars, 138-144
  • Atmosphere of Moon, 188
  • Atmosphere of Sun, 241-248
  • Atwood's machine, 29
  • Australian Solar Observatory, 231
  • Ball, Sir Robert, 18
  • Balloons, 67, 68, 74–78
  • Balls falling, 7–10
  • Barnard, E. E., 42, 109, 144,180
  • Base for measuring distances, 51–57
  • Bayeux tapestry, 40
  • Bellamy, F. A., 77
  • Bellamy, Miss E. F., 283
  • Betelgeuse, 267
  • Billiard balls, 44, 166, 286
  • Birds flying, 281–283
  • Black drop, 60
  • Bode, 150, 156, 160, 179, 230
  • Bolton, Scriven, 147
  • Boss, Lewis, 280, 288
  • Brahe, Tycho, 14-16
  • Bright stars, 251, 252, 261–263
  • Brightness of Corona, 243, 244
  • British Association, 78
  • Britons, Ancient, 193
  • Bull-roarer, 274
  • Burning-glass, 103, 266
  • Calcium Light, 218
  • Camberwell Beauties, 79
  • Cambridge, 26, 27, 161, 163
  • Camera, 91
  • Campbell, Elizabeth, 70
  • Campbell, W. W., 69, 70
  • Canals of Mars, 140
  • Cape of Good Hope Observatory, 57, 116
  • Carrington, R. C., 198, 199, 215, 224
  • Cavendish, Henry, 13
  • Cavorite, 3, 87
  • Cawthron, J., 231
  • Centre of our Cluster, 284–292
  • Ceres, 153-155, 178
  • Chamonix, 88
  • Chinese Sunspots, 197, 204, 206
  • Chromosphere, 216, 217
  • Cigar, lighting a, 50
  • Clark, Alvan, 106-108
  • Cluster, Gravity and centre of our, 284-292
  • Cluster in Hercules, 259
  • Cluster in Taurus, 280
  • Cluster in Ursa Major, 282-283
  • Coelostat, 119–123
  • Coin and Feather, 10

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