Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Vol.2 No.1

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  • 1BAA JOURNAL - VOL. 2 (II). OCTOBER, 1891. No. 1.
  • 64THE LAST MINIMUM OF SUN-SPOTS
  • 2Drawing: SPECTROSCOPE FOR THE HALSTED OBSERVATORY, U.S.A.
  • 8OFFICERS AND COUNCIL FOR THE YEAR, OCT. 1891 Tο OCT. 1892
  • 9ASTRONOMICAL PROGRESS
  • 9REPORT OF THE COUNCIL ON THE PROGRESS OF ASTRONOMY DURING THE YEAR ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1891
  • 18On the Rotation of the Planet Venus
  • 23CHART OF VENUS.
  • 26TABLE I. OBSERVATIONS ON THE PHYSICAL ASPECT OF VENUS FROM 1881 ΤΟ 1890.
  • 27TABLE II.
  • 28REPORTS OF THE OBSERVING SECTIONS
  • 28Jupiter Section.
  • 31Solar Spectroscopic Section.
  • 34Coloured Star Section.
  • 37PAPERS
  • 65THEORY OF THE UNIVERSE AMONG THE OLD EGYPTIANS. Bonomi
  • 42The Disappearance of Saturn's Ring.
  • 44The Lunar Seas.
  • 46All Night with a Lunar Eclipse.
  • 47ASTRONOMICAL PUBLICATIONS
  • 59The Sidereal Messenger
  • 59STANDARDIZING PHOTOGRAPHIC FILMS WITHOUT THE USE OP STANDARDIZED LIGHT. Frank H. Bigelow.
  • 60SOME TELESCOPES IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. Wm H. Knight
  • 60CHAMBERLAIN OBSERVATORY. H. A. hOWE
  • 64L'Astronomie.
  • 64SPOTS DISCOTERED ON SATURN
  • 64ASTROLOGY AND THE METALS. A. Daubree
  • 64THE FALL OF TEMPERATURE IN EUROPE.
  • 64THE GREAT SCOURGES OF NATURE
  • 54LUNAR PHOTO­GRAPHY AT MOUNT HAMILTON,
  • 1REPORT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION HELD OCTOBER 28, 1891.
  • 61Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences
  • 65INVISIBLE DOUBLE STARS. C. Flammarion
  • 66Astronomische Nachrichten
  • 66 THE PHOTOCHRONOGRAPH APPLIED TO THE MEASURE­MENT OF DOUBLE STARS. J. G. Hagen
  • 66SUN-SPOT COUNTINGS MADE AT VIENNA OBSERVATORY. A. Kalbmayer.
  • 67ELEMENTS AND EPHEMERIS OF PLANET (143) ADKIA. E, von Haerdtl
  • 67AN UNUSUAL PHENOMENON ON THE SOLAR SURFACE
  • 67ON AN EASY METHOD OF DETERMINING AN ORBIT BASED ON THE PRINCIPLE OF GIBBS
  • 67 LIST OF STARS WHICH WILL BE OCCULTED DURING THE TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE ON 15 NOVEMBER 1891
  • 67TWO PROBABLE VARIABLE AND SEVEN POSSIBLY VARIABLE STARS IN CYGNUS. T. E. Espin
  • 68Himmel und Erde
  • 68PICTURES OUT OF THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY FROM COPER­NICUS TO NEVTON.—(Conclusion). F. Koerber
  • 68THE THEORY OF THE AURORA BOREALIS
  • 65FALL OF A SOLAR PROTUBERANCE INTO THE APERTURE OF A SPOT. E. L. Trouvelot.
  • 58publications of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific
  • 61OBSERVATIONS OF COMET WOLF, 1884111., MADE WITH THE EQUATOREAL COUDÉ OF THE LYONS OBSERVATORY. G. Le Cadet.
  • 58OBSERVATIONS OF JUPITER AND OP HIS SATELLITES WITH THE 36 INCH EQUATORIAL OF THE LICK OBSERVATORY, 1888-1890.
  • 56 The Astronomical Journal
  • 56ORBIT OF THE DOUBLE STAR Sigma 186
  • 62Bulletin Astronomique.
  • 62ON THE TRANSFORMATION OF MERIDIAN MARKS. M. Gruey.
  • 54English Mechanic.
  • 54ROTATION PERIOD OF VENUS, the DUPLICATION OF THE CANALS OF MARS
  • 54 STONEHENGE AND SUN-WORSHIP
  • 54LOST FIXED STARS,
  • 54fAINT COMPANIONS TO β Lyrae
  • 54GREAT CLUSTER IN PERSEUs
  • 54DOUBLE STARS in the ASTRONOMICAL NOTES
  • 37Stars of the First and Second Types of Spectrum.
  • 54DARK TRANSIT OF JUPITER'S SATELLITE iv
  • 49NOTES ON SOME RECENT SOLAR DISTURBANCES, (1) THE BRIGHT SOLAR PROMINENCE OF 1891, SEPTEMBER 10TH. W. Sidgreaves.
  • 47OBSERVATIONS OF THE PLANET JUPITER AND HIS SATELLITES DURING 1890 WITH THE 12-INCH EQUATOREAL OF THE LICK OBSERVATORY. Ε. E. Barnard.
  • 54SOLAR ECLIPSE of DECEMBER 1889
  • 54PLACES OF THE RISING AND SETTING SUN,
  • 54 VARIABLE STAR in Sagittarius
  • 54JUPITER seen without satellites
  • 54SUNDIALS
  • 55PARALLAX OF Ρ URSAE. MAJORIS
  • 55SUN-SPOTS AND WEATHER
  • 52Knowledge.
  • 52ON THE DISTANCE AND STRUCTURE OF THE MILKY WAY IN CYGNUS. A. C. Ranyard
  • 53ON SOME PECULIARITIES OF VARIABLE STARS. J. E Gore
  • 53ON THE MASS AND BRIGHTNESS OP BINARY STARS. J. E. Gore
  • 48The Observatory
  • 48ASTRONOMICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY. J. L. E. Dreyer
  • 47NOTE ON THE FIRST SATELLITE OF JUPITER. Ε. E. Barnard
  • 49THE DISTURBANCE OF 1891, JUNE 17TH.
  • 49NOTES ON JUPITER. W. F. Denning
  • 49OBSERVATIONS AT MORRISON OBSERVATORY ON THE SURFACE MARKINGS OF JUPITER FROM AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1890. C. TV. Pritchett.
  • 49AN ASTRONOMER'S WORK IN A MODERN OBSERVATORY. David Gill.
  • 49SPECTRUM OF β LYRAE. Ε. C. Pickering
  • 50SELENOGRAPHICAL NOTES. T. Gwyn Elger
  • 50OUTBURST OF SPOTS IN THE NORTHERN HEMISPHERE OP JUPITER. A. Stanley Williams.
  • 51LARGE SUN-SPOT GROUP OF AUGUST 21—OCTOBER 4, 1891. A. L. Cortie.
  • 51SATURN. W. F. Denning.
  • 51SOLAR DISTURBANCES OF JUNE 17, 1891. E. L. Trouvelot
  • 51DOUBLE STARS FOR NOVEMBER, J. E. Gore
  • 51SELENOGRAPHICAL NOTES. Thos. Givyn Elger.
  • 47Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society
  • 54MOON'S SURFACE
  • 54ERECTING EYEPIECES
  • 72NEW MINOR PLANETS.
  • 63Ciel et Terre
  • 63THE NEW METHODS OF OBSERVATION IN ASTRONOMY. W. Huggins.
  • 69CORRESPONDENCE
  • 69Ancient Chronology.
  • 69Sunspots and Aurorae.
  • 70Reappearance of Saturn's Ring.
  • 70Meteor Radiants.
  • 70Sinus Iridum.
  • 71Inquiries.
  • 71NOTES
  • 71THE NAUTICAL ALMANAC OFFICE.
  • 71THE ZODIACAL LIGHT.
  • 47ON THE PHENOMENA OF THE TRANSITS OF THE FIRST SATELLITE OF JUPITER. Ε. E. Barnard
  • 73EPHEMERIDES FOR COMETS WOLF AND TEMPEL-SWIFT
  • 72MEMORIAL TO JEREMIAH HORROX
  • 73ELEMENTS AND EPHEMERIS FOR COMET 1891e (BARNARD)
  • 73RUTHERFURD'S ASTRONOMICAL PHOTOGRAPHS
  • 73THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE MOON Nov 15
  • 74NEW BOOKS AND MEMOIRS
  • 74Annals of the Astronomical Observatory of Harvard College, Edward C. Pickering,
  • 74Lunar Radiant Heat, measured at Birr Castle Observatory, during the Total Eclipse of January 28, 1888. By Otto Boeddicker
  • 75Consideracioncs temperiei pro 7 annis, per Magistrem Wil-helmum Merle, socium domus de Merto
  • 75The Structure of the Sidereal Universe. By T. W. Backhouse
  • 76NOTICES
  • 76New Members, Elected October 28, 1891.
  • 77Candidates for Election as Members of the Association
  • 78Editorial.
  • 78A Correction.
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