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Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Vol.14 No.1

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  • 14BAA Journal - Vol.14 No.1 - November 1903
  • 54Notes
  • 18COUNCIL
  • 20REPORT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION HELD ON OCTOBER 28, 1903,
  • 38Reports of the Branches.
  • 38WEST OF SCOTLAND BRANCH (GLASGOW).
  • 39VICTORIA BRANCH (MELBOURNE).
  • 40Reports of the directors of the Observing Sections
  • 40Solar Section.
  • 42Meteoric Section.
  • 44Papers communicated to the Association.
  • 44An Occultation Phenomenon. By EDWIN HOLMES
  • 47The Aurora of 1903, October 12th. By T. H. ASTBURY
  • 54THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
  • 48Correspondence
  • 48A simple form of Driving Clock for an Equatorial Telescope
  • 50The Lunar Eclipse of 1903, April 11-12.
  • 50Visibility of Jupiter's Satellites.
  • 50The Aurora of October 31st.
  • 51Queries
  • 51ANGULAR DISTANCE OF THE MOON FROM VENUS, &c
  • 51WHITAKER'S ALMANAC
  • 52New Books and Memoirs
  • 52Ancient Calendars and Constellations. By the Hon. Emmeline M. Plunket
  • 53The Moon : considered as a Planet, a World, and a Satellite. By James Nasmyth and James Carpenter
  • 60THE ROTATION PERIOD OF VENUS
  • 14Contents.
  • 54THE NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH.
  • 55THE LIVERPOOL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
  • 55MEMORIAL TO DR. J. P. NICHOLS
  • 55M. PROSPER HENRY
  • 55WEST OF SCOTLAND BRANCH.
  • 56THE GRESHAM COLLEGE LECTURES
  • 56MINOR PLANET NOTES
  • 57Astronomical Publications
  • 57RADIATION IN THE SOLAR SYSTEM : ITS EFFECT ON TEM-PERATURE AND ITS PRESSURE ON SMALL BODIES. J. H. Poynting
  • 57RADIUM AND SOLAR ENERGY.—Mr. W. E. Wilson
  • 58RADIUM AND THE SUN'S HEAT. R. J. Strutt
  • 58RADIUM AND THE SUN'S HEAT. J. Joly
  • 58RADIUM AND THE COSMICAL TIME SCALE. W. B. Hardy
  • 58ADI0.ACTIVITY OF THE SUN. G. H. Darwin
  • 58SUN-SPOTS.—Greenwich Observations, 1874 to 1902
  • 59SUN-SPOTS OF 1902 (Greenwich).
  • 59SUN-SPOTS AND PHENOLOGY. Alex. B. MacDowall
  • 59SPECTRA OF SUN-SPOTS (Stonyhurst).
  • 59AREAS OF FACULJE AND SUN-SPOTS (Greenwich)
  • 59PROBABLE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE SOLAR PROMINENCES AND THE CORONA. Dr. W. J. S. Lockyer
  • 60LUNAR THEORY. E. Nevill
  • 60THE MOON'S PHASES AND THUNDERSTORMS. Prof. W. H. Pickering
  • 60THE MASS OF MERCURY.—Prof. T. J. J. See
  • 46The Conjunction of the Moon with Venus. Observations by Major L. A. Eddie
  • 61RADIUM AND THE GEOLOGICAL AGE OF THE EARTH. J. Joly
  • 63GREAT NEBULA IN AURIGA. Dr. Max Wolf
  • 67VARIABLE STARS IN THE ORION NEBULA.—Prof. Max Wolf
  • 61THE TENTH EROS CIRCULAR. by H. H. Turner
  • 61DARK TRANSIT OF JUPITER'S THIRD SATELLITE
  • 62RETARDED MOTION OF THE GREAT RED SPOT ON JUPITER. W. F. Denning
  • 62WHITE SPOTS ON SATURN
  • 62WHITE SPOTS ON SATURN.—Mr. Denning
  • 62THE SATELLITES OF SATURN.—Mr. W. J. Hussey
  • 62THE COMPRESSION OF URANUS.— Dr. Bergstrand
  • 62THE DIAMETER OF NEPTUNE.—Dr. C. W. Wirtz
  • 63THE LYRIDS OF 1903. John R. Henry
  • 63SPECTRUM OF BORRELLY'S COMET C 1903.—M, Deslandres
  • 63PHOTOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS OF BORRELLI'S COMET AND EXPLANATION OF THE PHENOMENON OF THE TAIL ON JULY 24, 1903. E. E. Barnard
  • 67ALGOL VARIABLES. Dr. A. W. Roberts
  • 64MOTIONS OF CERTAIN STARS IN THE LINE OF SIGHT.—Prof. Vogel
  • 64THE PARALLAX OF β CASSIOPEIAE.—Herr Kostinsky
  • 64THE SPECTRUM OF MIRA CETI. Joel Stebbings
  • 64SPECTROSCOPIC OBSERVATIONS OF NOVA GEMINORUM
  • 65SPECTRUM OF NOVA GEMINORUM. H. D. Curtis
  • 65THE SPECTROSCOPIC BINARY β SCORPII. Mr. G. M. Slipher
  • 65(IN THE SPECTRUM AND RADIAI. VELOCITY OF χ CYGNI. G. Eberhard
  • 65CATALOGUE OF VARIABLE STARS
  • 65THE VARIABLE STAR 18.1903 URSAE MINORIS.—Herr Ε. Jost
  • 66SUSPECTED VARIABLES
  • 66NEW VARIABLES.—29.1903 Herculis.
  • 61MARS. W. F. Denning
  • 61EROS.—Prof. E. C. Pickering
  • 67NOVA AURIGAE
  • 67NOVA PERSEI
  • 68NOVA GEMINORUM
  • 68NOVA GEMINORUM. H. H. Turner
  • 68NEW STAR IN CYGNUS
  • 68ZENITH TELESCOPE RESULTS
  • 68AN APPLICATION OF THE CROSSLEY REFLECTOR OF THE LICK OBSERVATORY TO THE STUDY OF VERY FAINT SPECTRA. Harold King Palmer
  • 69FOCAL LENGTH OF TELESCOPES. F. L. O. Wadsworth
  • 69THE ARGENTINE OBSERVATORY. Dr. J. M. Thome
  • 69THE NEW OBSERVATORY FOR BULUWAYO
  • 70THE GODLEE OBSERVATORY
  • 70EFFECTS OF ABSORPTION ON THE RESOLVING POWER OF SPECTROSCOPES.-—Prof. Wadsworth
  • 70THE SECULAR VARIATION OF STARLIGHT. J. Ellard Gore
  • 70ON DOUBLE REVERSAL. W. J. Humphreys
  • 70HEIGHT OF THE ATMOSPHERE DETERMINED FROM THE TIME OF DISAPPEARANCE OF BLUE COLOUR OF THE SKY AFTER SUNSET. T. J. J. See
  • 71CATALOGUES
  • 71THE FAMILY OF HORREBOW. W. T. Lynn
  • 71SOME OBSERVATORIES AND OBSERVERS, PAST AND PRESENT. C. L. Doolittle
  • 72Officers and Council
  • 73Notices of the Association
  • 73Books for Sale
  • 74New Members of the Association. Elected 28th October 1903.
  • 74New South, Wales Branch. NEW MEMBER ELECTED 15TH SEPTEMBER 1903.
  • 74Candidates for Election as Members of the Association. 25th November 1903.
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