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General Index

[Roman figures refer to the chapters, Arabic to the articles.]

Saros, i. 17; ii. 43

Satellites, vi. 121, 127, 129, 133; vii. 145, 150; viii. 154, 160, 162; ix. 170, 183–185; x. 210, 216; xi. 228, 248; xii. 253, 255, 267; xiii. 272, 283, 295, 296, 297, 318, 320. See also Jupiter, Saturn, etc., satellites of

Satellites, direction of revolution of, xi. 250; xiii. 295, 318

Satellites, rotation of, xi. 250; xii. 267; xiii. 297

Saturn, i. 14–16; ii. 25, 51; iv. 81, 87; v. 99; vi. 123; vii. 136 n, 142, 144; viii. 154, 156; ix. 183, 185, 186; x. 204; xi. 228, 231, 235, 236, 243–246; xii. 253, 267; xiii. 288, 297. See also the following headings

Saturn, mass of, ix. 185

Saturn, rings of, vi. 123; viii. 154, 160; xi. 228, 248; xii. 267; xiii. 295, 297

Saturn, rotation of, xii. 267; xiii. 297

Saturn, satellites of, viii. 154, 160; ix. 184; xi. 228; xii. 253, 255, 267; xiii. 295, 297, 307

Scientific method, ii. 54; vi. 134; ix. 195

Seas (on the moon), vi. 119; viii. 153; xiii. 296

Seasons, i. 3; ii. 35, 39; iv. 82; xi. 245

Second (angle), i. 7

Secular acceleration of the moon's mean motion, x. 201; xi. 233, 234, 240, 242; xiii. 287

Secular inequalities. See Inequalities, secular

Selenographia (of Hevel), viii. 153

Selenotopographische Fragmente (of Schroeter), xii. 271

Sequences, method of, xii. 266

Shadow of earth, moon. See Eclipses

"Shining-fluid" theory, xii. 260; xiii. 310, 311

Shooting stars. See Meteors

Short-period comets, xiii. 291

Sidereal month, ii. 40

Sidereal period, iv. 86, 87

Sidereal system, structure of, xii. 257, 258, 259–262; xiii. 317

Sidereal year, ii. 42

Sidereus Nuncius (of Galilei), vi. 119–122

"Sights," v. 110; viii. 155 x. 198

Signs of the zodiac, i. 13

Sine, ii. 47 n; iii. 59 n, 68 n

Sirius, xiii. 316 n

Solar eclipse. See Eclipse

Solar system, stability of, xi. 245; xiii. 288, 293

Solstices, i. 11; ii. 36, 39, 42

Solstitial points, i. 11

Space-penetrating power, xii. 258

Spanish astronomy, iii. 61, 66

Spectroscope, xiii. 299. See also Spectrum analysis

Spectrum, spectrum analysis, ix. 168; xiii. 273, 299–302, 303, 304, 306, 309, 311–314, 317, 318

Sphaera Mundi (of Sacrobosco), iii. 67

Sphere, attraction of, ix. 173, 182; xi. 228

Sphere, celestial. See Celestial sphere

Sphere, doctrine of the. See Spherics

Spheres, celestial, crystal. See Celestial spheres

Spheres, music of the, ii. 23; vii. 144

Spherical form of the earth, moon. See Earth, Moon, shape of

Spherics, ii. 33, 34

Spica, ii. 42

Spiral nebulae, xiii. 310

Stability of the solar system, xi. 245; xiii. 288, 293