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CCCX. Elements of Astronomy. Amer. Book Co., New York, 1900, pp. 240. 



Reviewed in Nation, LXXII, 116; Feb. 7, 1900. 

 CCCXI. How the Planets are weighed. McClure, XIV, 290-2; Jan., 1900. 

 CCCXII. On the Distribution of the Mean Motions of the Minor Planets. Astr. 



Jl., XX, 16.5-6; Feb. 12, 1900. 

 CCCXIII. A chat about the Stars. The Youth's Companion, LXXIV, 76-7; 



Feb. 15, 1900. Portrait. 

 CGCXIV. Feasibility of determining the solar parallax by observations of Eros 

 at the coming opposition, 1900-01. Astr. JL, XX, 189-191 ; April 9, 1900. 

 CCCXV. Report of the Watson Trustees on the award of the Watson Medal 



to David Gill. Science, XI. 721-6; May 11, 1900. 



CCCXVI. The Coming Eclipse. The [N. Y.] Evening Post ; May 19, 1900. 



CCCXVII. Plans of American Eclipse Parties. Circular letter in connection 



with eclipse of May 28, 1900, signed by Simon Newcomb. chairman of 



the committee, and others. Astrophysical Jl., XI, 314-17 ; May, 1900. 



Also Proc. and Transact, of the Royal Astr. Soc. of Canada, V, xi(x. 



CCCXVIII. Coming total eclipse of the Sun. McClure, XV, 45-53; May, 1900. 



Illustr. 

 CCCXIX. Science and Government. N.A.R., Vol. 170, pp. 666-78; May. 1900. 

 CCCXX. Chapters on the Stars. P.S.M., LVII, 227-39, July, 1900; 376-89, 

 Aug., 1900; 500-10, Sept., 1900; LVIII, 3-27, Nov., 1900; 130-47, Dec., 

 1900; 307-23. Jan., 1901; 413-28, Feb., 1901. Illustr. 



Reviewed in Publ. Astr. Soc. of the Pacific, 1901, Vol. 13, pp. 99-114. 

 Etude du ciel étoile [French translation of part of the above]. 

 Ciel et Terre. XXIII, 561-74; 592-99; Feb., 1903. Similarly, Les 

 étoiles variables. Ciel et Terre, XXII. 281-90, Aug. ; 305-17, Sept., 1901. 

 See also No. CCCXXXII. 

 CCCXXI. The Scientific work of the National Geographic Society's Eclipse 

 Expedition to Norfolk, Va. Nat. Geog. Mag., XI, 321-24; Aug., 1900. 

 CCCXXII. Astronomer's Friendship [Father Hell; see No. CLXXV]. Atlantic, 

 LXXXVI, 688-93; Nov., 1900. Also translated into German under the 

 title, "Eine Ehrenrettung nach hundert Jahren. Wissenschaftliche 

 Beilage zur Gennania, 1901 ; No. 16, pp. 125-27. 

 CCCXXIII. Newcomb was the Astronomical and Mathematical editor of The 

 Universal Cyclopaedia (formerly Johnson's), newly edited and revised 

 by Appleton & Co., New York, in 1900. The following articles were 

 either written or revised by Newcomb. The list is probably incomplete: 

 I: "Algebra" (rev.), pp. 115-6; "Analysis," p. 174; "Astron- 

 omy," pp. 383-6. 

 II: "Calculus" (rev.), pp. 275-6. 

 Ill : " Curve," p. 290. 



V: "Geometry" (rev.), pp. 93-5. 

 VII :—" Logarithms " (rev.), pp. 293-6; "Mathematics," p. 579; 

 "Mean" (rev.), p. 599. 

 IX : " Probability," p. 485-6 ; " Progression," p. 490. 

 XI : " Solar Parallax," pp. 2-3 ; " Stars," pp. 93-7 ; " Time," pp. 

 446-8; "Trigonometry" (rev.), pp. 552-3; " Tri linear 

 Coordinates" (rev.), p. 553. 

 CCCXXIV. On the period of the solar spots. Astrophys. Jl., XIII, 1-14; Jan., 

 1901. 



