[ARCHIBALD] LIFE AND WORKS OF SIMON NEWCOMB 99 



" The vindication of Father Hell's memory, which had for so many 

 years been under a cloud of suspicion shows a fine trait in Prof. New- 

 comb's character and won for him the applause and gratitude of the 

 Jesuits in the entire world. Father Hell, a Hungarian astronomer of 

 the last century, and a member of the Society of Jesus, was accused 

 by his contemporaries of falsifying his observations. When in Vienna 

 several yeans ago, Prof. Newcomb happened to see an especially bitter 

 attack upon the Jesuit astronomer. Inspired by the unjust article, he 

 became so interested in Father Hell that he remained in Vienna several 

 days longer than he had planned, thoroughly investigating the work 

 which Father Hell had been accused of falsifying, found it correct and 

 susceptible ef proof, and in a pamphlet which he published soon after, 

 removed the stain." — New York Tribune. 



CLXXVI. A visit to Cetywayo. Harper's Mag., Vol. 66, pp. 86-89 ; April, 1883. 



CLXXVII. On some points in Climatology — ^a rejoinder to Mr. Croll. S. Jl., 

 , 3rd series, Vol. 27, pp. 21-26; Jan., 1884. Also Philos. Mag., XVII, 

 142-3; Feb., 1884. Mr. Croll replies, pp. 275-81. 



CLXXVIII. Questions respecting Mr. Stone's Theory of Changes in the mean 

 Solar Day. M.N.R.A.S., Vol. 45, pp. 234-35, March, 1884. Also Re- 

 marks on the value of the secular acceleration of the moon's motion, 

 derived from observations. M.N.R.A.S., Vol. 45, pp. 236-37. March, 

 1884. Both dated Pulkowa, March 1, 1884. 



CLXXIX. New method for mounting reflectors. Science, III, 20; March, 1884. 



CLXXX. The great Vienna Telescope. Illustrated. Science, III, 380-84; 

 March 28, 1884. Both CLXXIX. and CLXXX. are extracted from a report 

 of the Secretary of the Navy, " On Recent Improvements in Astronomical 

 Instruments in Europe." Washington Govt. Printing Office. 1884, 

 pp. 27. 



CL^XXI. Recent Determinations of Stellar Parallax. Science, III, 456-7; 

 April 11. 1884. 



CLXXXII. Wliat is a liberal education? Science, III, 435-30, April 11, 1884; 

 also Nature, XXX, May 1, 1884. 



CLXXXIII. Note on Mr. Stone's explanation of the error of Hansen's lunar 

 tables. M.N.R.A.S., Vol. 44, pp. 381-83; June 13, 1884. 



CLXXXIV. President Eliot on a liberal education. Science, III, 704-05 ; June 

 18, 1884. 



OLXXXV. Sur le mouvement d'Hyperion. Comptes Rendus, Vol. 99, pp. 499- 

 502: Sept. 22, 1884. 



CLXXXVI. Remarks on the theory of relations between the mean motions of 

 the planets. A.N., Vol. 110, cols. 1-4 ; Sept. 29, 1884. 



C5LXXXVII. Psychic force. Science, IV, 372-74; Oct. 17, 1884. 



CLXXXVIII. Two schools of Political Economists. Princeton Review, second 

 series, XIV. 291; Nov., 1884. 



CLXXXIX. Can ghosts be investigated? Science, IV, 525-27; Dec. 12, 1884. 



CXC. On the motion of Hyperion — a new case in celestial mechanics. Astr. 



Papers, III.. Part 3, pp. 345-71; 1884. " is in some respects 



one of his most important researches." Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1902. 



CXCI. Elements of analytical geometry. Holt, New York, 1884; pp. 357. 

 " Added is a brief course of reading in geometry." — ^Preface. 



CXCII. Essentials of trigonometry, plane and spherical, with three and four 

 place tables, logarithmic and trigonometric. Holt, New York, pp. 187. 



