189 



Lowell, Prof. Percival, and his 

 work, 82-85 



Marco Polo and the altitude of 



the North Star, 49 

 Mars, its fascinating mystery, 33 



scintillation of, 35, 36 



dust-storms on, 83 



its rotation period, 83 



and irrigation theory, 85, 86 

 Marriott's The Change in Cli- 

 mate, 155, 157 



Martian research, 34 

 May night-skies, 168, 169 



night at Boulogne, 169 

 Megrez, 21 



Mercury, scintillation of, 34-36 



the transit of, November 7th, 

 1914, 98 



Meteors, popular mistakes con- 

 cerning them, 124, 125 



alleged hissing sound of, 124 



supposed to be near observer, 

 125 



when most abundant, 127, 128 



in August, 170-173 

 Midnight sky, experiments on 



the brightness of, 163, 164 



Milky Way, 24, 33 



"Miner's Comet," 50 



Monte Video, damage by light- 

 ning at, 117, 118 



Mont Blanc and stars in day- 

 time, 92, 93 



Moon, earth-shine on, 74, 84 



horizon enlargement of, 75, 76 



inverted in Southern hemis- 

 sphere, 76, 77 



study of the, 86-91 



how to find the " Maiden," 

 89, 90 



" Butterfly," 90, 91 



Falstaff 's reference to the, 

 167 



eclipse of, 181, 182 



Nicaragua, a starlit sky in, 166 

 Night-skies very brilliant at 



Bournemouth, 64, 65 

 North Sea tempest, 11-19 



North Sea, its mutterings after 



storm, 60 

 North Star's altitude measured 



in fathoms, 49 



Oak trees and lightning, 1 18, 1 19 

 Orion Nebula, 179-181 



Belt of, 21, 179 



" Ossian " and green stars, 62 



Perseids, 170-173 

 Perseus, 21 



in August, 170 



Planets, scintillation of, 34-36 



all visible between sunset 

 and sunrise, 72 



in daylight, 93 

 Pleiades, 24 



their visibility near horizon, 28 



and nebulous matter, 83 



did Shakespeare allude to 

 them ? 167, 168 



Pollux, 22 



Proctor, Richard A., Voices of 

 the Suns, 161 



Rainbows in Kensington Gar- 

 dens, 173 



at Hartlepool, 173, 174 



indefinitely distant, 174 

 Rain, energy involved in its 



production, 149 



from the south-east, 112, 113 

 Rain-making experiments in 



New Zealand, 146, 147 



Austria and Italy, 147, 



148 



Reflectors influenced by tem- 

 perature, 162, 163 

 Richter's Dream, effect of its 

 recital, 161, 162 



Sagittarii, Epsilon, excellent 

 naked-eye observation of, 64 



Eta, an opera-glass view of, 64 

 Sagittarius, 21 



and astrology, 38 



Salvage award to s.s. Wolviston, 



47 

 Saturn, 21, 22, 24 



steady light of, 36 



