INDEX TO VOL. III. 



AEROLITES, p. 419446 and cl. clvi. (Notes 679709). Opinions of the an- 

 cients concerning, p. 422 425 and cli. (Note 683684). Periodical falls, 

 and "radiation" of, p. 425 433. Height above the Earth, p. 433434. 

 Velocity of, p. 434. Colours, combustion, and trains of, p. 436433. Descrip- 

 tion of particular falls of, 438440. Chemical and mineralogical composition 

 of, p. 441446. 



^ther, Greek views of an, p. 3335 and x. (Notes 6163.) 



Argelander, Table of variable stars and remarks by, p. 161 171. 



Aristotle, on the order and government of the Universe, p. 13 15. On Comets, 

 p. cxliv. cxlvi. 



Asteroids, see "small planets" under " planets" and "aerolites." 



Astrognosy, p. 27258 and ix. xcii. (Notes 49459). Classification of subjects 

 in, p. 29. Of uncultivated nations, p. 100102. Of the Greeks, p. 102105. 



Atmosphere, limit of the Earth's, p. 42. Degree of transparency of the, and its 

 influence on the light of stars, &c. p. 8687 and xxx. (Note 135.) 



Biela's comet, bi-partition of, p. 405407. 



Bode's law of the relative distances of planets from the sun ; ought to be called 

 from its true pro pounder Titius ; does not hold good throughout our plane- 

 tary system, p. 319322 and cxix. cxxi. (Notes 523525). 



Calendar, Egyptian, p. lix. Note 217. Mexican, cxxii. (Note 534). 



Catalogues, or tables of stars, p. 9598. 



Catalogue of partial star-clusters, p. 120123. Of new stars, p. 137147. 



Of variable stars, p. 161171. 



Catalogue of stars, p. 9098 and xlix. lii. (Notes 177 and 184187.) 

 Central sun, or centre of gravity of the 'whole sidereal heavens, p. 195198 and 



Ixxii. and Ixxiii. (Notes 327 and 328).'' 



Chinese notices of new or temporary stars, p. 138, 139, 142. Of comets, p. 398400. 

 Classification, of subjects in Astrognosy, p. 29. Of heavenly bodies in the solar 



domain, p. 264265. 

 Clusters of stars, p. 119124, Ixiii. Ixiv. (Notes 241 and 251). "Nebula in 



Andromeda" a " star-cluster," p. 219-220. 

 Coal-sacks, p. 254257 and xcii. (Notes 456 and 458). 



