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General Index 



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



Mecanique Celeste (of Laplace), 



xi. 238, 241, 247, 249, 250; 



xin. 292 

 Medicean Planets. See Jupiter, 



satellites of 

 Meraga, in. 62 

 Mercury, I. 14-16 ; n. 25, 26, 45, 



47, 51; m. 66; iv. 73, 75, 81, 



86-89; VI. 121, 124; VII. 136;?, 



139, 142, 144 ; ix. 185 ; xni. 288, 



290, 294, 297. See also the 



following headings 

 Mercury, mass of, xi. 248 

 Mercury, phases of, vi. 129 

 Mercury, rotation of, xin. 297 

 Mercury, transit of, x. 199 

 Meridian, n. 33, 39 ; in. 57 ; vi. 



127 ; vni. 157 ; x. 207, 218, 221 

 Meteorologica (of Aristotle), n. 27 

 Meteors, xin. 305 

 Melon's cycle, n. 20 

 Metric system, xi. 237 

 Micrometer, vni. 155 ; xin. 279, 



281 

 Milky Way, n. 30, 33; vi. 120; 



xii. 258,260-262; xin. 317 

 Mimas, xii. 255 

 Minor planets, xi. 250 n ; xin. 



276, 281, 284, 288, 294, 295, 



297, 318 



Minor planets, mass of, xin. 294 

 Minute (angle), i. 7 

 Mira, xn. 266 

 Mongols, Mongol astronomy, HI. 



62 

 Month, i. 4, 16 ; 11. 19-21, 40, 48 ; 



ix. 173; xi. 240; xm. 293, 320. 



See also the following headings 

 Month, anomalistic, 11. 40 

 Month, draconitic, 11. 40, 43 

 Month, empty, n. 19, 2O 

 Month, full, ii. 19, 20 

 Month, lunar, i. 16; n. 19, 20, 40 

 Month, sidereal, n. 40 

 Month, synodic, n. 40, 43 

 Moon, i. i, 4, 5, n, 13-16; ii. 



19-21, 25, 28, 30, 32, 39, 43 ; 



HI. 68, 69 ; iv. 81, 86 ; v. 104, 



105 w; vi. 119, 121, 123, 129, 



'3. J 33 J vii. 145, 150; vni. 



153; ix. 169, 1 80, 181, 1 88, 189; 



x. 198, 204, 213, 215, 226; xi 



228, 235 ; xn. 256, 257, 271 ; 



xin. 272, 292, 293, 296, 297,, 



301,320. See also the following 



headings 

 Moon, aneular or apparent size of, 



ii. 32,41,43, 46 n, 48; iv. 73, 



85, 90 ; v. 105 n 

 Moon, apparent flattening of, n. 



46 



Moon, atmosphere of, xin. 296 

 Moon, distance of, i. 1 5 ; n. 24, 



25,30,32,41,43,45,48,49,51; 



iv. 85, 90 ; v. 100, 103 ; ix. 173 



185 ; x. 223 ; xin. 293, 320 

 Moon, eclipses of. See Eclipses 

 Moon, librations of, vi. 133; x. 



226; xi. 237, 239 

 Moon, map of, x. 226 ; xin. 



296 

 Moon, mass of, ix. 188, 189 



xi. 235 

 Moon, motion of, i. 4, 8, 13, 15, 



17 ; n. 20, 24-26, 28, 37, 39, 



40, 43, 47, 48, 51 ; in. 60; iv. 



73, 81, 85, 89, 90; v. in ; vi. 



133; vn. 145. 150; vni. 156; 



ix. 169, 173, 174, 179, 184, 185, 



189, 194, 195 ; x. 201, 204,213, 



226; xi. 235, 237, 248 ; xm. 287, 



290, 297, 320. See also Lunar 



theory 



Moon, origin of, xm. 320 

 Moon, parallax of, n. 43, 49 ; iv. 



85. Cf. also Moon, distance of 

 Moon, phases of, i. 4, 16, 17; ii. 



19, 20, 23, 28, 43, 48; m. 68, 



69; vi. 123 

 Moon, rotation of, x. 226 ; xi. 248 ; 



xn. 267 ; xm. 297 

 Moon, shape of, ii. 23, 28, 46 ; 



vi. 119; xi. 237 

 Moon, size of, n. 32, 41 ; iv. 85 

 Moon, tables of. See Tables, 



lunar 



