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Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Vol.7 No.9

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  • 1BAA Journal - Vol.7 (VII) No.9 - aUGUST 1897
  • 14The Umbral Protrusion of Sun-spots. By FRANCIS K. MCDONALL.
  • 7REPORTS OF THE BRANCHES
  • 7NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH
  • 8REPORTS OF THE SECTIONS
  • 8Jupiter Section.
  • 9Interim Report of the Jupiter Section of the New South Wales Branch.
  • 10Solar Section.
  • 10SUMMARY OF SUN-SPOTS.
  • 12Aurorae
  • 13PAPERS
  • 13On a Coincidence in Double Star Observing.
  • 22UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY, OXFORD
  • 22LIVERPOOL OBSERVATORY, BIDSTON
  • 17CORRESPONDENCE
  • 17Lunar " Clefts " on the Earth.
  • 18The Limits of the Universe
  • 18NOTES
  • 18JUBILEE HONOURS
  • 19PERSONAL NOTES
  • 20DEATHS
  • 20REV. ALEXANDER FREEMAN
  • 20Hon. Ralph Abercrombie
  • 20 Prof. A. Nobile
  • 21ROYAL OBSERVATORY, CAPE OF GOOD HOPE
  • 21CAMBRIDGE OBSERVATORY
  • 32SPECTROGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS OV MARS. J. E. Keeler
  • 1REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION, HELD IN ESSEX HALL, ESSEX STREET, STRAND, ON JUNE 3o, 1897
  • 22NATAL OBSERVATORY.
  • 22YERKES OBSERVATORY
  • 24ACCIDENT AT THE YERKES OBSERVATORY
  • 24THE FLOWER OBSERVATORY
  • 24PARIS OBSERVATORY
  • 25ATHENS OBSERVATORY
  • 25THE SPECTRUM OF CALCIUM
  • 26THE CONSTANT OF PRECESSION
  • 27THE ROTATION OF JUPITER'S SATELLITES
  • 27THE LICK ECLIPSE EXPEDITION TO INDIA
  • 27THE VARIABLE STAR ETA AQUILAE
  • 28AUSTRALIAN WEATHER
  • 28NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH (SYDNEY)
  • 28CENTRALSTELLE TELEGRAMS
  • 29NOTICES
  • 29New Members of the Association. ELECTED JUNE 3O, 1897.
  • 29Candidates for Election as Members of the Association. OCTOBER 27, 1897
  • 30Candidates for Election as Members of the Association in connexion with the proposed New Melbourne Branch. OCTOBER 27, 1897
  • 30Errata.
  • 31ASTRONOMICAL PUBLICATIONS
  • 31OBSERVATIONS OF VENUS. Ε. E. Barnard
  • 31METHOD OF DETERMINING FOCUS. H. C. Lord
  • 31THE YERKES OBSERVATORY. G. E. Hale
  • 31AUTOMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY OF THE CORONA. D. P. Todd
  • 31NOTES ON THE SPECTROHELIOGRAPH. W. H. Wright
  • 17Canals on Venus.
  • 32RADIATION IN A MAGNETIC FIELD. P. Zeeman
  • 38ORGANISED OR SECTIONAL WORK IN ASTRONOMY. W. F. Denning
  • 37THE ASTRONOMER'S GLOBE. A. E. Douglass
  • 33SYSTEMATIC ERRORS OF MERIDIAN CIRCLES AT ALBANY, L. Boss
  • 33ERRORS IN THE LUNAR THEORY AND TABLES OF THE MOON'S MOTION. Stockwell, J. N.
  • 34AN ATLAS OF VARIABLE STARS IN PREPARATION. Rev. J. C. Hagen
  • 34MIRAGE. C. M. Charroppin, S. J.
  • 34THE STORY OF A SPECULUM. Alden W. Quimby
  • 34ARISTARCHUS AND THE SINUS IRIDUM. E. Walter Maunder
  • 35MEASUREMENT OF THE EARTH. A. Fowler, F.R.A.S.
  • 36DR. CROLL'S THEORY OF GLACIATION. W. H. S. Monck
  • 36AY VIEWS OF VENUS. P. N. Ryves
  • 37PROF. NEWCOMB ON THE DISTANCES OF THE STARS
  • 43REMARKS RE BD + 23˚·699 and — 2˚.5842. W. Villiger
  • 43THE SUN'S ROTATION. Paul Harzer
  • 38LATITUDE OF THE ROYAL CATANIA OBSERVATORY
  • 38A SKETCH OF THEORETICAL ASTRONOMY. Asaph Hall
  • 39PARALLAX OF 61' CYGNI. H. S. Davis
  • 39MOTION OF THE EARTH'S POLE. S. C. Chandler
  • 39MARS AND HIS SATELLITES. Ε, E. Barnard
  • 39AN EMPIRICAL LAW CONNECTING THE MEAN DISTANCE, MASS, AND GRAVITATION OF THE PLANETS. P. Berthot
  • 39NOTES ON OBSERVATORIES. O. Callandreau
  • 40VARIABLE STARS.
  • 41THE INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHIC CATALOGUE AND CHART.
  • 42THE COLLECTED PAPERS OF PROF. ADAMS
  • 43THE NEBULA OP ORION
  • 43ORIENTATION OF GREEK TEMPLES. F. C. Penrose
  • 32ATMOSPHERE, TELESCOPE, AND OBSERVER. A. E. Douglass
  • 33CONSTANT OF ABERRATION AND VARIATION OF LATITUDE AT NEW YORK.—J. K. Rees, H. Jacoby, and H. S. Davis
  • 43THE PERSEIDS, 1896. Observed at the Utrecht Observatory by Prof. J. A. C. Oudemans. A. A. Nyland
  • 44ANNUAIRE DU BUREAU DES LONGITUDES. Thirion
  • 44THE GREAT METEORIC SHOWER OF NOVEMBER {continued). W. F. Denning
  • 44WHO IS A DISCOVERER? William Noble
  • 44THE ANNULAR ECLIPSE OF MARCH 15, 1858. W.T. Lynn
  • 44A PECULIAR SPOT ON JUPITER. Leo Brenner
  • 44NEBUL.E, UNRECORDED IN THE CATALOGUES, FOUND ON PHOTOGRAPHS TAKEN AT STARFIELD, CROVVBOROUGH. Isaac Roberts
  • 45OBSERVATIONS OP THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN MADE AT NOVAYA ZEMLYA, 8 AUGUST, 1896. Communicated by O. Backlund
  • 45REMARKS ABOUT THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE CORONA TAKEN DURING THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, 1896, AUGUST 8, AT NOVAYA ZEMLYA. S. Kostinsky
  • 45EXPEDITION OF THE RUSSIAN ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY TO OBSERVE THE TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN, 8 AUGUST, 1896
  • 46MEASUREMENTS OF THE SUN'S DIAMETER IN DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS. J. Sycora
  • 46CHANGES ON MARS, 1896. Leo Brenner
  • 46REMARKS ON PROF. SCHUR'S PAPER ON SYSTEMATIC ERRORS IN Α.Ν., 3399. F. Cohn
  • 46CORRECTIONS IN THE TREATISE ON THE DETERMINATION OF THE MASS OF JUPITER, &C. IN THE NOVA-ACTA OF THE LEOP. CAR. ACADEMY, HALLE, 1882. W. Schur
  • 47OBITUARY. Edward Freiherr von Haerdtl
  • 47UNPUBLISHED OBSERVATIONS OF COMET 1652
  • 48ON THE ORBIT OF δ Cygni
  • 48ON THE ORBIT OF Sirius
  • 48A NEW QUADRUPLE STELLAR SYSTEM
  • 48ON EYE ESTIMATES OF STELLAR MAGNITUDES, AND THE EELATIVE POSITION OF THE STARS IN THE FIELD
  • 49PROPER MOTION OF L CARINAE AND Κ PAVONIS
  • 49AN IMPROVEMENT IN WINDING EQUATORIAL CLOCKS
  • 49COMETS
  • 50MINOR PLANETS
  • 47THE GREENWICH TRANSIT CIRCLE HORIZONTAL WIRE
  • 50INDEX
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