Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Vol.9 No.6

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  • 7BAA Journal - Vol.9 (IX) No.6 - May 1899
  • 26NEW SOUTH AVALES BRANCH (SYDNEY).
  • 10REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION HELD ON MARCH 29, 1899.
  • 21The Conversazione
  • 22Reports of the Branches.
  • 22NORTH-WESTERN BRANCH (MANCHESTER).
  • 24WEST OF SCOTLAND BRANCH (GLASGOW).
  • 26EAST OF SCOTLAND BRANCH (EDINBURGH).
  • 42New Books and Memoirs
  • 42Corona and Coronet. By Mabel Loomis Todd.
  • 29Papers communicated to the Association.
  • 32Changes in the Spectra of Gaseous Bodies by J Turner
  • 34Observations of the Satellites of Jupiter. By Capt. P. B. MOLESWORTH
  • 38Correspondence
  • 38On some Subjective Phenomena (Observed on the Martian Canals.)
  • 40Mock-Moons.
  • 40How big does the Moon look?
  • 42The Vienna Observatory.
  • 54Notices of the Association.
  • 7Contents.
  • 42The Vault of Heaven. By R. A. Gregory
  • 42Recent Advances in Astronomy. By A. H. Fison.
  • 44A Short History of Astronomy. By Arthur Berry
  • 44The Aurora Borealis. By Alfred Angot
  • 44Science of the Stars. By A. J. Pearce
  • 44Notes
  • 44THE LATE MR. A. J. RAMSAY
  • 46THE LATE Miss ELIZA WIGRAM.
  • 46ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
  • 50ANNUAL REPORT OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
  • 50LEEDS ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY
  • 50COMET NOTES
  • 52MINOR PLANET NOTES
  • 52THE BOYLE MEDAL OF THE ROYAL DUBLIN SOCIETY
  • 52AWARD OF THE BRUCE GOLD MEDAL
  • 52SIMON NEWCOMB. M. Loewy
  • 54UNITED STATES' NAVAL OBSERVATORY
  • 29Report of the Rousdon Observatory, East Devon.
  • 54Total Solar Eclipse of 1900, May 28.
  • 58THE MOON.—Prof. Levitzky
  • 58HALO
  • 54Report of Eclipse Expedition.
  • 57Notice.
  • 58Candidates for Election as Members of the Association. 31 MAY 1899.
  • 58New Members of the Association. ELECTED MARCH 29, 1899.
  • 58Astronomical Publications
  • 58SUN-SPOTS AND RAINFALL. Alex. B. MacDowall
  • 63SATURN IN 1898. E. Antoniadi
  • 63COMET SWIFT IN 1899. W. T. Hussey
  • 58THE SUN.—M. J. Guillaume
  • 58THE TOTAL LUNAR ECLIPSE OF 1898, DECEMBER 27
  • 61MARS. A. E. Douglass
  • 61DETERMINATION OF THE DIAMETER AND COMPRESSION OF THE PLANET MARS, FROM OBSERVATIONS WITH THE REPSOLD HELIOMETER OF THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GÖTTINGEN. Prof. W. Schur
  • 61MARS 1898-1899. C. Flammarion and E. Antoniadi
  • 61MINOR PLANETS.
  • 61JUPITER'S SATELLITES.
  • 61SATURN'S NINTH SATELLITE.
  • 54Zodiacal Light Section
  • 57The Library.
  • 63PHOTOGRAPHS OF COMETS AND THE MILKY WAY. E. E. Barnard
  • 63COMET SEEKING. W. R. Brooks
  • 63THE ORBIT OF THE LEONID METEOR SWARM. G. Johnstone Stoney and A. M. W. Downing
  • 63THE RADIANT POINT OF THE APRIL METEORS (LYRIDS). W. P. Denning
  • 63REMARKS ON THE PAPER BY PROFESSOR TURNER, TOGETHER WITH ANOTHER SUGGESTED EXPLANATION OF STATIONARY RADIANT POINTS OF METEORS. Professor A. S. Herschel
  • 65THE LEONIDS, 1898. J. Gillaume
  • 65METEORS.—M. O. Callaudreau
  • 65METEORS.—Prof. G. Levitzky
  • 65THE GEGENSCHEIN OR ZODIACAL COUNTERGLOW. E. E. Barnard
  • 67THE CAUSES OF THE GEGENSCHEIN. T. W. Backhouse
  • 67THE PRESENT STANDPOINT IN SPECTRUM ANALYSIS. Sir Norman Lockyer
  • 67THE CHEMISTRY OF THE STARS IN RELATION TO TEMPERATURE. Sir Norman Lockyer
  • 67THE SPECTRUM OF MIRA CETI. A. M. Clerke
  • 67PHOTOGRAPHS OF THE ORION NEBULA TAKEN BY MEANS OF THE LESS RAFRANGIBLE RAYS OF ITS SPECTRUM. James E. Keeler
  • 69A NEW FORM OF PHOTOGRAPHIC TELESCOPE. Edward C. Pickering
  • 69WIDE ANGLE PHOTOGRAPHY IN ASTRONOMY. E. Walter Maunder
  • 71Variable Stars.
  • 75COUNCIL
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