Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Vol.20 No.1

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  • 16BAA Journal - Vol.20 No.1 - November 1909
  • 60Correspondence
  • 18OFFICERS
  • 20REPORT OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION, HELD ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27
  • 39Reports of the Branches
  • 39WEST OF SCOTLAND BRANCH.
  • 40NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH.
  • 41Reports of the Observing Sections
  • 41Mars Section.
  • 44Third Interim Report for 1909, dealing ivith the Nature of the so-called " Canals " of Mars.
  • 48Papers communicated to the Association
  • 60Cometary Notes
  • 49REPORT ON MILL'S REEF, BRUNI ISLAND, TASMANIA, AS A SITE FOR OBSERVING ECLIPSE OF 9TH MAY 1910.
  • 52A Great Detonating Meteor. By W. F. GALE
  • 53The Mystery of α Crucis. By the Rev. THOMAS ROSEBY
  • 55A Remarkable Sun-dial. By G. F. CHAMBERS
  • 55The Double Star Lacaille 2145, (Brisbane 1137, Taylor 2325.) By J. NANGLE
  • 57Provisional Elements of the Double Star Lacaille 2145. By J. NANGLE
  • 57The Sun and Earthquakes. By ELLISON HAWKS
  • 58Notes on Morehouse's Comet, 1908 c. By SYDNEY B. H. MANNING
  • 59Aurora Australis. OBSERVATIONS by MAJOR L. A. EDDIE
  • 73Memoranda for Observers
  • 16Contents.
  • 61Note on Mr. Lowell's Drawings of Mars
  • 62The Colour of Arcturus
  • 63The August Meteors
  • 64Total Lunar Eclipse, June 1909
  • 65The Helium D3 Line
  • 65QUERIES
  • 66New Books and Memoirs
  • 66The Story of the Comets simply told for General Readers. By G. F. Chambers
  • 66The Sun and his Satellites. By Jay H. Thé
  • 67Der Galilei-Prozess (1632-1633) nach Ursprung, Verlauf und Folgen. By Adolf Müller
  • 68Cambrian Natural Observer, Vol. XI., No. 2.
  • 68Liverpool Astronomical Society : Annual Report, 1909.
  • 68How to Identify the Stars. By Willis I. Milham
  • 69Notes
  • 69ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
  • 70COMET NOTES
  • 72MINOR PLANET NOTES
  • 72CATALOGUE OF NEW SCIENTIFIC BOOKS
  • 72THE ASTRONOMISCHE GESELLSCHAFT PRIZE
  • 48Tasmania and the Eclipse. By G. F. CHAMBERS,
  • 73Ephemeris for Physical Observation of the Sun.
  • 76THE RECENT MAGNETIC STORM AND AURORA.—Mr. Rowswell
  • 78POSSIBILITY OF AN EXTRA-NEPTUNIAN PLANET
  • 74Astronomical Publications
  • 74PROMINENCE OBSERVATIONS.—Prof. Ricco
  • 75THE MAGNETIC FIELDS OF SUN-SPOTS.
  • 75ON ANCIENT ECLIPSES.—Mr. Cowell
  • 75ALLEGED ECLIPSES OF THE SUN
  • 75MAGNETIC STORMS AND SOLAR ERUPTIONS. Sir Oliver Lodge,
  • 76MAGNETIC STORMS AND SOLAR ERUPTIONS.—Dr. Chree
  • 76MAGNETIC STORMS.—Sir Oliver Lodge
  • 76MAGNETIC STORMS.—Sir Oliver Lodge
  • 78REMARKABLE METEORS.
  • 76MOON AND EARTHQUAKES.—M. Flammarion
  • 76WHY HAS THE MOON NO ATMOSPHERE ?—Prof. Alexander Johnson
  • 77MOVEMENTS OF THE EARTH'S SURFACE.—M. Ch. Lallemand's
  • 77MERCURY.— R. Jarry-Desloges
  • 77MARS.—M. Jarry-Desloges
  • 77WATER VAPOUR IN THE MARTIAN ATMOSPHERE
  • 77JUPITER'S SOUTH TROPICAL DARK AREA.—Mr. Scriven Bolton
  • 78RECENT OBSERVATIONS OF THE RINGS OF SATURN.—Prof. E. E. Barnard
  • 78SATURN
  • 73The Moon
  • 74Occultations
  • 78FIREBALL IN SUNSHINE.—Mr. Denning
  • 79THE METEOR IN SUNSHINE, OCTOBER 6.—Mr. Denning
  • 79METEOR OBSERVATIONS
  • 79THE PERSEIDS OF 1909.—Mr. W. F. Denning
  • 79THE RECENT PERSEID SHOWER
  • 79ON THE ERRONEOUS RESULTS OF A STEREOSCOPIC COM-BINATION OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF A COMET.—Prof. Ε. E. Barnard
  • 80THE NAME OF ε ORIONIS.—Sir Norman Lockyer
  • 80NEW SPECTROSCOPIC BINARIES
  • 80THE ORBITS OF CERTAIN SPECTROSCOPIC BINARIES.— Mr. R. H. Baker
  • 80POSITION-FINDING WITHOUT AN HORIZON.— Prof. C. V. Boys
  • 81MOLECULAR SCATTERING AND ATMOSPHERIC ABSORPTION. Prof. A. Schuster
  • 81TERRESTRIAL REFRACTION IN EGYPT
  • 82THE FUTURE OF ASTRONOMY.— Prof. E. C. Pickering
  • 82THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY AND ELECTRIC TRAMWAYS
  • 82AN ELECTRIC HEATER FOR USE IN A PLATEHOLDER ON DAMP NIGHTS
  • 83Notices of the Association
  • 83New Members of the Association. Elected 27th October 1909.
  • 83Candidates for Election as Members of the Association. 24th November 1909.
  • 84A NEW MAP OF THE MOON
  • 85Officers and Council
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