Index 



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Frl. Koiolikov, 20S ; Return of Encke's Comot (1908a), 

 Prof. Wolf, 234 ; Observation of EncUe's Comet on 

 December 25, 1907, Prof. Wolf, 281 ; Photographic 

 Observations of Encke's Comet (1908a), Prof. Wolf, 

 302 ; Encke's Comet, 1908a, M. Kamensky and Mdlle. 

 Korolikov, 353 ; Prof. Wolf, 353 ; Dr. Backlund, 547 ; 

 Dr. Ebell, 547; Absolute Scale of Photographic Magni- 

 tudes, J. .A. Parkhurst and P". C. Jordan, 20S ; Annual 

 Astronomical Publications, 208 ; the Canyon Diablo 

 Meteorites, G. P. Merrill and Wirt Tassin, 208 ; Death 

 and Obituary Notice of Dr. P. J. C. Janssen, 229; the 

 .Spectra of Two Meteors, M. Blakjo, 234 ; the Constancy 

 of Wave-lengths of Spectral Lines, Prof. Kayser, 234 ; 

 Death of Lieut. -Colonel R. L. J. Ellery, F.R.S., 254; 

 Obituary Notice of, 298 ; Comets Due to Return this 

 Year, W. T. Lynn, 258; Determination of the Moon's 

 Light with a Selenium Photometer, J. Stebbins and 

 F. C. Brown, 258, 302 ; the Appearance of Neptune in 

 Small Telescopes, Mr. Holmes, 25S ; Mr. Maw, 258 ; the 

 " Annuaire Astronomique " for 1908, 258; Death of 

 Prof. C. A. Voung, 277 ; Obituary Notice of, 324 ; a 

 Newly Discovered Bright Minor Planet (igo8 B.M.), 

 Dr. Kopff, 281 ; Measures of Double .Stars, C. P. Olivier 

 and R. E. Wilson, 281 ; Two Hundred New Double 

 Stars, Prof. ."Mtken, 328 ; Double-star Observations, Dr. 

 Joel Stebbins, 401 ; the Absorption of D, (Helium) in 

 the Neighbourhood of Sun-spots, Father Cortie, 281 ; 

 the Helium Line, D3, as a Dark Line in the .Solar 

 Spectrum, A. A. Buss, 377; the Helium, D.,, Line in 

 the Solar Spectrum, Captain Daunt, 520 ; the Orbit of 

 the Spectroscopic Binary 6 Aquilie, W. E. Harper, 281 ; 

 Eclipse Observations, .August, 1905, M. Donitch, 281 ; a 

 Useful Sun and Planet Chart, 302 ; the Distortion of Photo- 

 graphic Films in Stellar Work, Dr. Frank Schlesinger, 

 328 ; a New .Astronomical Journal, 328 ; the Study of 

 Meteor Trains, Prof. Trowbridge, 328 ; the Accuracy of 

 Double-star Measures, Prof. Doberck. 328 ; Forty-one 

 New \'ariable .Stars, 329 ; Death of Rev. F. Hewlett, 

 349; Occupations of Uranus in 1908, Dr. Downing, 

 353 ; Planets now Visible, 353 ; a Catalogue of Zodiacal 

 Stars, H. B. Hedrick, 353 ; Meteors observed on 

 January 2, P. Muusmann and H. Wanning, 353 ; the 

 Calorific Solar Radiation, C. F^ry and G. Millochau, 

 359 ; Altitude Tables, F. Ball, 365 ; a Detailed Study 

 of the Photosphere, Mr. Chevalier, 378 ; Astronomischer 

 Jahresbericht, .A. Berberich, 389 ; the Objective Prism 

 in Solar Spectroscopy, E. Schaer, 401 ; Planetary Photo- 

 graphy, Prof. Percival Lowell, 402 ; zur Geschichte 

 der ■ iAstronomischen Messwerkzeuge \'on Purbach bis 

 Reichenbach 1450 bis 1830, Joh. A. Repsold, 409; the 

 Spectrum of the Aurora Borealis, Dr. W. Marshall 

 Watts, 421; Astronomy in Wales, 421; Micrometer 

 Observations of Phoebe, Prof. Barnard, 421 ; Death and 

 Obituary Notice of Dr. W. E. Wilson, F.R.S., 443; 

 the Parallax of the Andromeda Nebula. Dr. Karl Bohlin, 

 446; the Orbit of 7 Virginis, Dr. Doberck, 446; the 

 Large Solar Prominence of May 21, 1907, Father 

 F^nyi, 446 ; Spanish Observations of the Total Solar 

 Eclipse of .August, 1905, 446 ; a New Variable of the 

 U Geminorum Type, Prof. Hartwig, 446; the Canadian 

 Astronomical Handbook for 1908, 446 ; " Stonvhurst Sun 

 Discs," Father Cortie, 469; the Variable Star 31, 1907, 

 Aurigie, Prof. Hartwig, 471 ; Recent Observations of 

 Venus, J. M. Harg, 471 ; the System of f Ursffi Majoris 

 (Mizar), Prof. Frost, 471 ; Variation in the Radial 

 \'elocity of 6 LTrsEe Majoris, Dr. H. Ludendorff, 520 ; 

 the Variability of the Nucleus of the Planetary Nebula 

 N.G.C. 7662, E. E. Barnard, 478; Perturbations of 

 Halley's Comet in the Past, the Period 1066-noi, P. H. 

 Coweil and A. C. D. Crommelin, 478; the Meteors of 

 Hallev's Comet, W. F. Denning, 619; Peculiarities in 

 the Structure of some Heavenly Bodies, Prof. Suess, 

 490; the Dispersion of Light in Interstellar Space, Dr. 

 C. Nordmann, 497 ; Distribution of Standard Time in 

 Egypt, Captain H. G. Lyons, 497; Observations of .Algol 

 Variables, Dr. K. Graff, 497 ; Nebukp and Nebulosities 

 observed by Prof. Barnard, 497 ; les Progr^s de la 

 Photographie astronomique, Prof. P. Stroobant, 508 ; 

 Prominence and Coronal Structure, Dr. William J. S. 

 Lockyer at Royal Society, 514; Structure of the Corona, 



Prof. Hansky, 590; Comet 1907 H., Prof. E. Weiss, 

 520; the President of the Astrographic Congress, 520; 

 Two Remarkable Spectroscopic Binaries, Mr. Gore, 520 ; 

 Dr. Nordmann's Variable Star Observations, S^o\ April 

 Meteors, John R. Henry, 535 ; Observatory Map of the 

 Moon, Mr. Porthouse, 544; .Sun-spot Observations, T. 

 Epstein, 544; Meridian Circle Observations of Paralla.'c 

 Stars, 544 ; a New Expedition to the Southern Hemi- 

 sphere, 544 ; the Hamburg Observatory, Prof. Schorr, 

 544; Parallax Observations, Dr. Karl Bohlin, 5(17; Astro- 

 nomical Photography with Portrait Lenses, Prof. 

 Barnard, 567 ; the Harvard College Observatory, Prof. 

 Pickering, 567 ; Spectroscopic Binaries now under 

 Observation, Prof. Frost, 590; Prof. Hartmann, 590; 

 Prof. Pickering, 590 ; the Relations between the Colours 

 and Periods of Variable Stars, S. Beljawsky, 590 ; a 

 Field Method of determining Longitudes, E. B. H. 

 Wade, 590 ; Observations of Eros, G. Van Biesbroeck, 

 590; Variable Radial Velocily ul t/ Virginis, W. E. 

 Harper, 590; the Children's Book of Stars, G. E. 

 Mitton, 605: a New Star-finder, C. Baker, 616; the 

 Systematic Motions of the Stars, Prof. Dyson, 616; 

 Determination of the Errors of the Paris Observatory 

 Rfeeaux, Jules Baillaud, 617; the Herschel's Nebulae, 

 Madame Dorothea Isaac-Roberts, 617; Horizon and 

 Prime-vertical Curves for Latitudes 4-30° to -1-60°, H. H. 

 Kritzinger, 617 



Astrophysics : Death of Dr. Janssen, 178 



Athanasiadis (M.), Singing Flames and Tubes with Flames 

 of several Notes, 167 



Athens, the Annual of the British School at, H. R. Hall, 

 129 



Atlas of the World's Commerce, 506 



Atmosphere, Helium in the. Dr. J. W. Evans, 535 



Atmosphere, the Isothermal Layer of, V\'. H. Dines, 

 F.R.S., 390, 462, 486; Dr. Charles Chree, F.R.S., 437; 

 C. E. Stromeyer, 485 



Atmospheric Electricity and Fog, Dr. Charles Chree, 

 F.R.S., 343 



Atomic Theory, on the Physical Aspect of the, Wilde Lec- 

 ture of Manchester Literary and Philosophical Society, 

 Prof. J. Larmor, Sec.R.S., 450 



.Atomic Theory, Mosaic Origin of the. Dr. John Knott, 

 486 



.Atomic Weights, Re-calculation of, H. E. Watson, 7 



Atoms, an Alleged Originator of the Theory of. Dr. 

 J. L. E. Dreyer, 368 



Atoms, Poseidonius on the Originator of the Theory of, 

 Dr. T. J. J. See, 345 



jAudiffren (M.), the .Audiffren Refrigerator, 215 



Auger (V.), a Colloidal Solution of .Arsenic, 23 ; .Action 

 of Amorphous Arsenic on the .Alkyl Halides, 95 ; Pre- 

 paration of the Cyanides of Methyl and Ethyl, 215 



Auld (S. J. M.), Occurrence of Cyanogenetic Glucosides in 

 Feeding Stuffs, 598 



Aurora Borealis, the Spectrum of the. Dr. W. Marshall 

 W'atts, 421 



Auroral Characteristics of Clouds, George C. Simpson, 344 



Ausgreichungsrechnung nach der Methode der kicinstcn 

 Quadrate, Dr. F. R. Helmert, 52 



Austin (L. W.), Conditions which Influence the Production 

 of Rapid Electrical Oscillations bv Means of the .Arc, 41 

 <J-N 3 



Austin (P. C), .Attempted Synthesis of I -dinaphth- 



8-CH-/3 

 acridine, 238 



Australia : die F"auna Siidwest-.Australiens, Ergebnisse der 

 Hamburger siidwest-australischen Forschungsreise, 1905, 

 Prof. W. Michaelson and Dr. R. Hartmeyer, 51 ; Nests 

 and Eggs of Birds found Breeding in Australia and 

 Tasmania, A. J. North, 76: Literature relating to the 

 Australian .Aborigines, Dr. A. W. Howitt, 80 : R. H 

 Mathews, 8i ; die Vegetation der Erde, VII., die 

 Pflanzenwelt von West .Australien siidlich des Wende- 

 kreises, Dr. L. Diels, 171 ; a Guide to the .Study of 

 .Australian Butterflies, W. J. Rainbow, 411 



.Austrian Science, 304 



Avebury Circles, Orientation of the, Riy. Ed. H. Goddard, 

 320 



Avifauna Italica, Enrico Hillyer Giglioli, 25 



