42 Dr. Bottomley on the late 



totally different, seems to establish the existence of this ring- 

 with quite as much certainty as the results of the profound 

 researches of Adams and Leverrier established the existence 

 of Neptune before that planet had been actually seen ; this 

 ring, however, owing to its proximity to the sun may never 

 be seen, and like the dark companions of Procyon and 

 Sirius it may be only known to us through its action on 

 the other bodies of the system of which it forms a part. 

 Should future researches place its existence beyond doubt, 

 this will, it is believed, be the first instance in which the 

 conclusions of physical astronomy have been confirmed by 

 the results of an investigation of magnetical and 

 meteorological phenomena." " On the Velocity of Light 

 Balls." 



Session 1 86^-6 j. — "Earthquake of September 25th, 

 1864" ; " Note on a New Variable Star near the Greenwich 

 Variable, No. 1773 of the Twelve Years' Catalogue"; "Note 

 on the Period and Changes of the Greenwich Variable in 

 Vulpecula, No. 1773 of the Twelve Years' Catalogue" ; 

 "Observations of an Auroral Arch " ; " On the Thermometer 

 Constructed by Dr. Dalton"; "Note on Mr. Bates' Rain 

 Guage and Anemometer Observations." 



Session i86j-66. — " Auroral Phenomena, October 9th 

 and 26th, 1865 "; "On a Probable Cause of Cattle Disease"; 

 " Note on the Variable Star S Delphini " ; "On Meteors"; 

 " Note on the Variable Star T Aquilae " ; " Note on the 

 Cattle Plague"; "Storm Warnings in India"; "Note on 

 the Variable Star S Coronas"; "On the Determination of 

 the Mean Form of the Light Curve of a Variable Star"; 

 " On the Fall of Rain During the Different Hours of the 

 Day as Deduced from a Series of Observations made by 

 the Rev. J. C. Bates, of St. Martin's Parsonage, Castleton 

 Moor." " On a New Variable Star, R Crateris." 



Session i866-6y. — "Observations of the Eclipse of the 

 Sun, October 8th, 1866, at Mr. Worthington's Observatory, 



