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Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Vol.1 No.5

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  • -1BAA Journal - Vol. 1 No. 5 - February 1891
  • 23Comparative Selenology.
  • 42BABYLONIAN ASTRONOMY AND CHRONOLOGY
  • 1REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION HELD FEBRUARY 25, 1891.
  • 9Rules of the British Astronomical Association.
  • 9XX.—LOCAL BRANCHES.
  • 11REPORTS OF THE OBSERVING SECTIONS
  • 11Coloured star section
  • 13PAPERS
  • 13Photographic and Meteoric Astronomy
  • 15Observations of Variable Stars in 1890
  • 21Nassmyth's 20-inch Reflector
  • 28The Red Spot on Jupiter
  • 52INFLUENCE OF THE WIND ON THE DIRECTION OF BIRDS OF PASSAGE. P. J. De Ridder
  • 43TEMPERATURE IN THE GLACIAL EPOCH. T. G. Bonney
  • 31Note on a Nebula surrounding zeta Orionis discovered by Photography
  • 35Notes re Mars
  • 38Astronomical Publications.
  • 38 Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society." Vol. LI., No. 4. February 1891.
  • 41The Observatory
  • 41THE ORIGIN OF THE STELLAR SYSTEMS. T. J. J. See
  • 41JOHN HARRISON. James U. Poole.
  • 42SELENOGRAPHICAL NOTES. Thos. Gwyn Elger.
  • 42THE WINTER OF 1890-1891. W. Ellis
  • 42 Nature
  • 43RECENT PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ANNULAR NEBULA IN LYRA. Miss A. M. Clerke.
  • 46The Astronomical Journal
  • 34The Algol Variables
  • 45PHENOMENA OBSERVED UPON SATURN AT THE TIME OF PASSAGE OF THE SUN AND OF THE EARTH THROUGH THE PLANE OF ITS RINGS in 1877 AND 1878. E. L. Trouvelot.
  • 44Huygens and his correspondents
  • 44February sunshine
  • 44Knowledge
  • 44On the form of the Milky Way
  • 44Milky Way on the southern hemisphere
  • 45VARIABLE STARS OF THE ALGOL TYPE. Miss A. M. Clerke
  • 45 The Sidereal Messenger
  • 45On WOLF AND RAYET'S BRIGHT-LINE STARS IN CYGNUS. William Huggins and Mrs. Huggins
  • 45How TO MAKE A LENS. George S. Jones
  • 45NOTE ON THE DOUBLE STAR sigma 186. S. W. Burnham
  • 43THE SUNSHINE OF LONDON. Fredk. J. Brodie
  • 52THE CLOSING OF THE SCHELDE
  • 46New Bookmark
  • 48Comptes Rendus
  • 49Bulletin Astronomique
  • 50 L'Astronomie
  • 50 LAST WORD ABOUT THE WINTER. HOW THE COLD LEFT EUROPE. C. Flammarion.
  • 50PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE COLOURS OF THE SOLAR SPECTRUM. G. Lippmann.
  • 50SOME CHANGES OBSERVED ON THE PLANET MARS. C. Flammarion.
  • 51Ciel et Terre
  • 51SNOW AND WEATHER-CHARTS. Louis Decamps.
  • 51THE FUTURE OF THE SOLID LAND. A. de L
  • 52MONTHLY METEOROLOGICAL REVIEW FOR DECEMBER 1890, and the ANNUAL METEOROLOGICAL REVIEW, 1890. A. Lancaster.
  • 42STEREOSCOPIC ASTRONOMY. W. Le Conte Stevens.
  • -1Contents
  • 58NOTE ON AN APPARATUS WHICH MIGHT FURNISH THE AMOUNT OF THE VARIATIONS OF LATITUDE. A. Nobile
  • 55Sirius
  • 53VARIABLE STARS.
  • 53TORSION OF PLANETARY GLOBES. W. Prinz
  • 53THE SOLAR CORONA.
  • 53Himmel und Erde
  • 53NEW SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS ON MOUNT HAMILTON. The motion of Nebulae in the line of sight as observed by Mr. J. Keeler. Edward S. Holden.
  • 54OBITUARY NOTICE OF DR. C. H. F. PETERS, DIRECTOR OF THE LITCHFIELD OBSERVATORY IN CLINTON (with portrait).
  • 54SOME RESULTS OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN ITS APPLICATION TO THE HEAVENS. F. Koerber
  • 54ON THE ORIGIN OF THE CIRCULAR MOUNTAINS ON THE MOON
  • 54SOME REMARKS (descriptive) ON THE SOURCES OF ICELAND SPAR. Th. Thoroldson of Reykjavik
  • 54A VISIT TO THE METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE AT BERLIN AND ITS STATIONS NEAR POTSDAM. Ernst Wagner.
  • 59A catalogue of binary stars
  • 60Report of the Superintendent of the US Coast survey 1888
  • 55Astronomische Nachrichten
  • 58EPHEMERIS OF WINNECKE'S COMET FOR 1891. A. Krueger
  • 58CORRECTIONS OF ARGELANDER'S SOUTHERN ZONES, AND OF THEIR CATALOGUE BY OELTZEN. E. Weiss
  • 58ON THE FOUNDATIONS OF THE STAR-CATALOGUES IN THE BONN OBSERVATIONS, VOL. VI., AND THEIR RELATION TO SCHJELLERUP'S CATALOGUE. Wilhelm Schur.
  • 58ON THE MUNICH STARS IN THE SOUTHERN BONN DURCH­MUSTERUNG. I. Bauschinger.
  • 58ON TWO LONG PERIOD VARIABLES IN PYXIS AND PISCIS AUSTRINUS. J. Holetschek.
  • 58A NEW VARIABLE STAR IN AURIGA. T. E. Espin.
  • 58ON THE YEARLY VARIATION OF LATITUDE. Norbert Herz
  • 58ON A PROBLEM OF THE INTEGRAL CALCULUS. I de Ball
  • 58OBITUARY NOTICE OF DR. G. L. CAMPHAUSEN (died 1890, December 3). H. C. Vogel.
  • 59New Books and Memoirs
  • 59Discussion of observations of the Transit of Venus in 1761
  • 52RELATIVE TO A RECENT WORK OF M. W. PRINZ ON THE LIKENESS BETWEEN TERRESTRIAL AND PLANETARY MAPS. Ch. Lagrange
  • 52CI.IMATOI.OGICAL ELEMENTS DETERMINED BY NATURAL PHENOMENA. Cl. Buvé.
  • 63Life and letters of the Rev S.W. Webb
  • 52REPLY TO THE CRITICISMS OF M. W. PRINZ CONCERNING MY LUNAR DRAWINGS. L. Weinek, followed by a further REPLY from W. Prinz.
  • 60The chief nebular line
  • 61Occultations of a star by Neptune
  • 61Wolsingham observatory
  • 61New variable stars
  • 61Minor Planets
  • 62The rotation of Venue
  • 62Pulkowa Observatory
  • 62Melbourne Observatory
  • 62CORRESPONDENCE
  • 62Radiant point of the August meteors
  • 60NOTES
  • 65On the visibility of the disk of Titan with a power of 150
  • 64The Connexion between Comets and Meteors
  • 65The next total solar eclipse in England
  • 66The inferior planets
  • 66Rime frost on mirrors
  • 67Inquiries.
  • 68Notices of the Association
  • 69Papers received for the Meeting. March 25th.
  • 70Lunar Section
  • 70Candidates for Election
  • 72New Members Elected 25 February 1891
  • 73Committee of Advice.
  • 73General Notices.
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