INDEX TO VOLUMES I-X. 
123 
Page. 
Astronomy, List oi papers on—Cont’d. 
a pile of balls. M. H. Doolittle. Abstract, 
ill 70 
on the solar corona. \V. Harkness. Ab¬ 
stract .... ili 116 
review of B. A. Gould’s Uranometria Ar¬ 
gentina. E. S. Holden. Reference, 
iii 119, 122 
remarks on the total solar eclipse of Jan¬ 
uary nth, 1880. E. Frisby. Abstract, 
iii 121 
on a mechanical attachment for equatorial 
mountings to facilitate sweeping in 
right ascension. D. P. Todd. Abstract 
and reference . iii 142 
on a simple method of deriving some equa¬ 
tions used in the theory of the moon 
and of the planets. W. F. McK. Ritter. 
In fall . iv 57 
on the orbit of Swift’s comet. E. Frisby. 
Abstract . iv 59 
the solar parallax as derived from the 
American photographs of the transit 
of Venus, 1874, December 8-9. D. P. 
Todd. Abstract and reference . iv 168 
the relative accuracy of different methods 
of determining the solar parallax. W. 
Harkness. Reference . v 39 
on the total lunar eclipse of June 11,1881. 
W. B. Taylor. Abstract . v 90 
the Florida expedition for observation of 
the transit of Venus [1882]. J. R. East¬ 
man. Abstract . vi 21 
note on the rings of Saturn. W. B. Taylor. 
Abstract . vi 41 
the determination of the mass of a planet 
from observation of two satellites. A. 
Hall. Abstract ... vi 132 
certain possible abbreviations in the com¬ 
putation of the long-period perturba¬ 
tions of the moon’s motion due to the 
direct action of the planets. G. W. 
Hill. Abstract and reference .vi 136 
a now meteorite. J. R. Eastman. Ab¬ 
stract .vii 32 
the formulae for computing the position of 
a satellite. A. Hall. In full. \ figure. 
vii 93 
a ease of discontinuity in elliptic orbits. 
W. B. Taylor. Abstract.... 
variations of latitude. A. Hall. Abstract 
and reference . 
.viii 
10 
comets II and III, 1884. W. 
C. Winlock. 
Title only .. 
.viii 
16 
the asteroids. G. L. Raven 6 . 
Title only. 
viii 18, 
54 
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Astronomy, List of papers on—Cont’d. 
flexures of transit instruments. W. Hark¬ 
ness. Abstract .viii 27 
physical observations of Wolf’s comet 
(1884 III). W. C. Winlock. Abstract, 
viii 37 
the theory of Mercury. G. L. Ravens. 
Abstract .viii 41 
secular perturbations of Polyhymnia by 
Jupiter. W. F. McK. Ritter. Abstract, 
viii 54 
the new star in the nebula of Andromeda. 
A. Hall. Reference .ix 14 
the images of stars. A. Hall. Reference..ix. 15 
a comparison of the Boss and Auwers’ de¬ 
clination standards. H. Farquhar. 
Abstract and reference .ix 55 
on a device for viewing the sun by light of 
any desired wave length. W. Hark¬ 
ness. Abstract .x 15 
on the representation of comet orbits by 
models. W. Harkness. Reference .x 28 
The motion of Hyperion. G. W. Hill. Ab¬ 
stract and reference .x 95 
the parallax of aTauri. A. Hall. Ab¬ 
stract .X 91 
the most probable value of the latitude 
and its theoretical weight from en¬ 
tangled observations occurring in the 
use of Talcott’s method. Abstract .x 91 
Euler’s theorem (generally called Lam¬ 
bert’s). A. Hall. Abstract .x 101 
the orbit of Hyperion. O. Stone. Abstract 
and reference .x 104 
Atmospheric temperature determination..vi 24 
Atomic motions.v 143 
philosophy, physical and metaphysical, 
vii xxix 
volume curve.vii 15 
volumes of crystallized and double salts..i 103 
weights..vii xlvii 
Atoms. vii 45 
and molecules. v 141 
molecules and waves.i 66 
Attracting centre, Motion of a particle to¬ 
ward.i 88 , ii 19, vii 122 
Attraction,Infinite, of a finite mass..ii 19, viii 58 
Auditing Committee. See Committee. 
Audition, Binaural.iii 69 
Aurora, Height of . iv 21 
of February 4th, 1872. ..i 47 
Theories of.i 43 
Auwers’ declination standards..ix 53 
Avicenna, cited on mineralogy.i 77 
Avogadro, Law of. ..v 139 
