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GENERAL INDEX.

 

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Roman figures refer to the chapters, Arabic to the articles. When several articles are given under one heading the numbers of the most important are printed in clarendon type, thus: 207. The names of books are printed in italics.

 

Aberration, x. 206, 207–211, 212, 213, 216, 218; xii. 263; xiii. 277, 283, 284

Académie Française, xi. 232, 238

Academy of Berlin, xi. 230, 237

Academy of St. Petersburg, xi. 230, 233

Academy of Sciences (of Paris), x. 221, 223; xi. 229–233, 235-237

Academy of Turin, xi. 237, 238

Acceleration, vi. 133; ix. 171, 172, 173, 179, 180, 185, 195; x. 223

Ad Vitellionem Paralipomena (of Kepler), vii. 138

Alae sive Scalae (of Digges), v. 95

Aldebaran, iii. 64; xiii. 316 n

Alexandrine school, ii. 21, 31–33, 36–38, 45, 53

Alfonsine Tables, iii. 66, 68; v. 94, 96, 99

Algol, xii. 266; xiii. 314, 315

Almagest (of Ptolemy), ii. 46–52; iii. 55, 56, 58, 60, 62, 66, 68; iv. 75, 76, 83

Almagest (of Abul Wafa), iii. 60

Almagest, New (of Kepler), vii. 148

Almagest, New (of Riccioli), viii. 153

Almanac, Nautical, x. 218; xiii. 286, 288, 290

Almanacks, i. 18 n; ii. 20, 38; iii. 64, 68; v. 94, 95, 100; vii. 136; x. 218, 224; xiii. 286, 288, 290

Altair, iii. 64; xiii. 316 n

Analysis, analytical methods, x. 196; xi. 234

Angles, measurement of, i. 7

Annual equation, v. 111; vii. 145

Annual motion of the earth. See Earth, revolution of

Annual motion of the sun. See Sun, motion of

Annual parallax. See Parallax, stellar

Annular eclipse, ii. 43; vii. 145

Anomalistic month, ii. 40

Άντιχθών, ii. 24

Apex of solar motion, xii. 265

Aphelion, iv. 85

Apogee, ii. 39, 40, 48; iii. 58, 59; iv. 85; v. 111; ix. 184; xi. 233

Apparent distance, i. 7

Apple, Newton's, ix. 170

Apse, apse-line, ii. 39, 40, 48; iv. 85; ix. 183; xi. 235, 236, 242, 246

Arabic numerals,iii. 64; v. 96

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