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Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Vol.7 No.6

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  • 1BAA Journal - Vol.7 (VII) No.6 - May 1897
  • 16The Rotation of Venus.
  • 8REPORTS OF THE SECTIONS
  • 8Jupiter Section.
  • 8THE NORTH EQUATORIAL BELT OF JUPITER. Rev. Τ. H. Foulkes,
  • 8PAPERS
  • 8On the Determination of the Orbit of a Comet or Planet from three Observations made at Intervals of a few Days. By A. C. D. CROMMELIN
  • 15CORRESPONDENCE
  • 15Change of Colour in a Star.
  • 23DEATH OE MR. ADAM HILGER, F.R.A.S.
  • 23NEW PRIZES.—Mr. Η .Wilde
  • 16Solar Eclipses seen from Jupiter's Satellites.
  • 19NEW BOOKS AND MEMOIRS
  • 19Hindu Astronomy, by W. Brennand
  • 19The Indian Calendar, by Bobert Sewell and Sankara Balkrishna Dikshit.
  • 20Navigation and Nautical Astronomy, by F. C. Stebbing
  • 20NOTES
  • 20ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
  • 21PROF. JAMES JOSEPH SYLVESTER. P. A. Mahon
  • 22M. ANTOINE THOMSON D'ABBADIE
  • 30GENERAL PROBLEMS OF CELESTIAL MECHANICS
  • 1REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION, HELD ON MARCH 31, 1897.
  • 26ABSORPTION OF LIGHT BY ASTRONOMICAL OBJECTIVES. J. Wilsing
  • 24NOTICES
  • 24New Members of the Association. ELECTED MARCH 3I, 1897.
  • 24Candidates for Election as Members of the Association. APRIL 28, 1897.
  • 24Candidates for Election as Members of the Association. In connexion with proposed new Branch in Melbourne, Victoria. APRIL 28, 1897
  • 25North-Western Branch (Manchester). NEW MEMBERS ELECTED APRIL 7, 1897.
  • 25The Album of the Norway Eclipse Cruise.
  • 26ASTRONOMICAL PUBLICATIONS
  • 23PERSONAL NOTES.—Dr. Karl Bohlin
  • 26ALTERATION OF THE PREVIOUSLY ACCEPTED VALUE OF A DIVISION OF THE OBJECTIVE SCALES FOR THE REPSOLP HELIOMETER IN GOTTINGEN. Prof. W. Schur
  • 26OBSERVATIONS OF JUPITER WITH THE UTRECHT REFRACTOR
  • 26DETERMINATION OF THE DIAMETER AND POLAR DEPRESSION OF MARS. Prof. W. Schur
  • 26OBSERVATIONS OF THE DOUBLE-STAR 70 OPHIUCHI. Prof. W. Schur
  • 26ORIGIN OF CRATERS IN THE MOON. V. Wellman
  • 27VARIABLE STARS.
  • 29SOME PROBLEMS IN ASTRONOMY OF PRECISION. George C. Comstock
  • 29THE LOWELL OBSERVATORY IN MEXICO. A. E. Douglas
  • 30PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE STUDY OF ASTRONOMY. Wm. W. Payne
  • 18Eclipse of the Sun, February 1897.
  • 32THE BRUCE PHOTOGRAPHIC TELESCOPE. Edward C. Pickering
  • 36SATELLITES OF MARS DURING 1896 OPPOSITION. J. M. Schaeberle
  • 36VARIATIONS IN THE DECLINATION SYSTEM OF THE BERLINER JAHRBUCH. R. H. Tucker
  • 33NOTE ON MR. MILLER'S ARTICLE, " WHERE DID MARS GET ITS MOONS ?"
  • 33COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY'S PUBLICATIONS
  • 34THE CHEMISTRY OF THE STARS.—Mr. Fowler
  • 34STAR SYSTEMS. T. W. Backhouse
  • 35PHOTOGRAPH OF THE GREAT NEBULA IN ORION. Dr. Isaac Roberts
  • 35CONSTANT OF ABERRATION. M. Nyren
  • 35SECULAR PERTURBATIONS OF MERCURY. E. Doolittle
  • 37THE APRIL METEORS. W. F. Denning
  • 37BALL'S SUPPOSED DISCOVERY OF THE DUPLICITY OF SATURN'S RING. W. T. Lynn
  • 36JUPITER'S FIFTH SATELLITE. J. M. Schaeberle
  • 36SUN-SPOTS. L. O. Tilson and F. J. H. Mansfield
  • 36ANNALS OF THE OBSERVATORY OF BORDEAUX, VOL. 6. M. Loewy
  • 36FORMATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM. M. du Ligondes
  • 36SOLAR OBSERVATIONS AT LYON, OCTOBER—DECEMBER, 1896. J. Guillaume
  • 36PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VISUAL OBSERVATIONS.—M. Radau
  • 37IRON LINES IN ΤΠΕ HOTTEST STARS. J. Norman Lockyer
  • 37THE ROTATION PERIODS OF VENUS AND MERCURY
  • 37COMET TEWFIK. W. T. Lynn
  • 32THE PHYSICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ROTATION PERIODS OF MERCURY AND VENUS ESTABLISHED BY MR. LOWELL'S RECENT OBSERVATIONS. T. J. J. See
  • 33THE STUDY OF PLANETARY DETAIL. T. J. J. See
  • 40ON THE MODE OF PRINTING MAPS OF SPECTRA
  • 38OXYGEN IN THE SUN. Arthur Schuster
  • 38A NEW FORMULA FOR THE WAVE-LENGTHS OF SPECTRAL LINES J. J. Balmer
  • 39THE YERKES OBSERVATORY. George E. Hale
  • 39SOLAR OBSERVATIONS MADE AT THE ROMAN COLLEGE. P. Tacchini
  • 39SPECTEOHELIOGRAPH. George E. Hale
  • 40TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, APRIL 16, 18g3. G. E. Hale
  • 40CAUSE FOR THE SHIFT OF SPECTRAL LINES. George F. Fitzgerald
  • 38MEETING OF THE ASTRONOMISCHE GESELLSCHAFT
  • 41PUBLICATIONS OF OBSERVATORIES. — Dr. W. Valentiner
  • 40SEARCH FOR LONG ELECTRO-MAGNETIC WAVES IN THE SOLAR RADIATION
  • 42COMETS
  • 43MINOR PLANETS.
  • 43THE LARGEST SPECTROSCOPE IN THE WORLD.—-Prof. Βrashear
  • 43PHOTOGRAPHS OF VENUS TO DETECT ITS ROTATION.—W. F. Stanley
  • 43METEOR RADIANTS.—Mr. W. H. Wood
  • 44SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1896
  • 44CLOUD PROBABILITIES FOR THE SOLAR ECLIPSE OF 1898
  • 45INDEX
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