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Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Vol.9 No.5

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  • 1BAA Journal - Vol.9 (IX) No.5 - March 1899
  • 27In Memoriam.
  • 5REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION HELD ON FEBRUARY 22, 1899.
  • 13Reports of the Branches
  • 13NORTH-WESTERN BRANCH (MANCHESTER).
  • 13WEST OF SCOTLAND BRANCH (GLASGOW).
  • 14EAST OF SCOTLAND BRANCH (EDINBURGH).
  • 14NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH (SYDNEY).
  • 17Papers communicated to the Association,
  • 17The Weather Prospects for the Total Solar Eclipse of May 28, 1900, in Spain, Portugal, and Algiers. By A. C. D. CROMMELIN
  • 18Tidal Friction. By PROF. T. H. CORE
  • 27ELIZABETH BROWN, F.R.Met.Soc.
  • 20How Big does the Moon Look?
  • 20Meteor Observation.
  • 22Lunar Notes.
  • 22The Double Star Section.
  • 24New Books and Memoirs
  • 24Eclipses of the Moon in India (continuation of the " Indian Calendar"). By Robert Sewell
  • 24Text-book on Navigation and Nautical Astronomy. By J. Gill
  • 24Remarkable Comets, by W. T. Lynn
  • 24Astronomical Observations made at the University Observatory, Oxford
  • 38TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF MAY 28, 1900
  • 1Contents
  • 29Notices of the Association.
  • 29Important Notice.
  • 29Conversazione.
  • 31The Lantern Slide Loan Collection.
  • 31Report of Eclipse Expedition.
  • 31Total Solar Eclipse of 1900, May 28.
  • 31Editorial.
  • 31Errata. "Journal," Vol. IX., No. 2.
  • 31The Library.
  • 32The Observatory Fund.
  • 32New Members of the Association. Elected February 22, 1899
  • 32North-Western Branch. New Member of the Association, Elected March 1, 1899.
  • 32West of Scotland Branch. New Member of the Association, Elected 17th February 1899.
  • 32East of Scotland Branch. New Member of the Association, Elected 15th February 1899.
  • 32Candidates for Election as Members of the Association. MARCH 29, 1899.
  • 32Queries.
  • 32"Query" Box.
  • 38Notes.
  • 38Comets
  • 20Correspondence
  • 40THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
  • 42THE ORIGIN OF THE PRINCIPAL LINE IN THE AURORA SPECTRUM. W. N. Campbell
  • 47THE ROTATION OF THE SURFACE OF THE PLANET JUPITER. G. W. Hough
  • 42THE GOLD MEDAL OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY.
  • 42MEMORIAL TO M. TISSERAND.
  • 42LADY ASTRONOMERS
  • 42A NEW SATELLITE OF SATURN.
  • 42Astronomical Publications.
  • 42THE GREAT SUN-SPOT OF SEPTEMBER 1898. W. H. Robinson
  • 42NOTES ON A PRELIMINARY AND UNSUCCESSFUL ATTEMPT TO PHOTOGRAPH THE CORONA WITHOUT AN ECLIPSE. Rev. C. D. P. Davies
  • 42RELATIVE MEASURES OF GRAVITY AT KOPENHAGEN AND KRISTIANIA.—Dr. R. Schumann
  • 42LONGITUDE OF THE EARTH'S PERIHELION.
  • 47SUMMARY OF PLANETARY WORK AT THE LOWELL OBSER-VATORY, AND THE CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH IT HAS BEEN PERFORMED. A. E. Douglass
  • 42THE AURORA OF 1898, SEPTEMBER 9. Chas. W. Purnell
  • 42SUNSET ON THE MARE CRISIUM. E. Walter Maunder
  • 44CLIPSE OF THE MOON, 1898, DECEMBER 27. Rev. W. Sid-greaves
  • 44COMPARATIVE MEASURES OF THE CHEMICAL INTENSITY OF THE MOON IN TOTAL ECLIPSE, 1898, DECEMBER 27.— M. Th. Moreux
  • 44EROS (MINOR PLANET, 433, D.Q.).—In "Harvard Circular,"
  • 44EROS (MINOR PLANET, 433 D.Q.). E. C. Pickering
  • 44ROS (MINOR PLANET, 433 D.Q.) Thos. W. Kingsmill
  • 44Is MARS'S AXIAL VELOCITY CHANGING ? A.M. Mattoon.
  • 47THE SOUTH POLAR REGION OF JUPITER. A. Stanley Williams.
  • 40ASTRONOMISCHE RUNDSCHAU
  • 40THE 3-FOOT CROSSLEY REFLECTOR AT THE LICK OBSERVA-TORY. J. E. Keeler
  • 47THE PERSEIDS.
  • 47NOVEMBER METEORS. W. A. Cogshall
  • 47AN ANCIENT METEOR SHOWER.—M. D. Eginitis
  • 48A SUGGESTION FOR THE EXPLANATION OF STATIONARY RADIANT POINTS OF METEORS. H. H. Turner
  • 48THE SPECTRUM OF α. AQUILAE. H. C. Vogel
  • 48THE SPECTRUM OF Ο CETI. W. W. Campbell
  • 48THE VELOCITY OF η PEGASI IN THE LINE OF SIGHT.—Prof. Campbell
  • 48THE ORIGINS OF THE LINES OF α CYGNI, Sir Norman Lockyer
  • 48Σ 1263. T. Lewis
  • 50RELATION OF PHOTOGRAPHIC AND VISUAL MAGNITUDES OF STARS.—Prof. Newcomb
  • 50NOTE ON DR. GILL'S PAPER, " ON A NEW INSTRUMENT FOR MEASURING ASTROGRAPHIC PLATES." H. H. Turner
  • 50THE CENTRAL CONDENSATION OF THE ANDROMEDA NEBULA.— Profs. Hussey and Campbell
  • 50THE EXTERIOR NEBULOSITIES OF THE PLEIADES. H. C. Wilson
  • 50NEW NEBULAE
  • 50USE OF THE TELEPHOTO LENS IN ASTRONOMY.—Dr. Rudolf Steinheil
  • 50ON A METHOD ON OBTAINING PERFECTLY CIRCULAR DOTS UNAFFECTED BY PHASE, AND THEIR EMPLOYMENT IN DETER-MINING THE PIVOT ERRORS OF THE CAPE TRANSIT CIRCLE. David. Gill
  • 50ATLAS OF VARIABLE STARS. J. G. Hagen
  • 50NOTE ON POGSON'S MANUSCRIPTS, RELATING TO HIS PRO-POSED " ATLAS OF VARIABLE STARS. J. G. Hagen
  • 53Variable Stars.
  • 55COUNCIL
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