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Journal of the British Astronomical Association. Vol.9 No.8

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  • 7BAA Journal - Vol.9 (IX) No.9 - August 1899
  • 30Jupiter apparently Moonless. By C. T. WHITMELL
  • 40REFLECTORS v. REFRACTORS
  • 10REPORT OF THE MEETING OF THE ASSOCIATION HELD ON JUNE 28, 1899.
  • 20Reports of the Branches
  • 20NEW SOUTH WALES BRANCH (SYDNEY).
  • 20VICTORIA BRANCH (MELBOURNE).
  • 20Reports of the Directors of the Observing Sections.
  • 20Mars Section.
  • 24Meteoric Section.
  • 28Solar Section.
  • 30Papers Communicated to the Association.
  • 32The Huyghenian Eye-piece. By E. M. NELSON
  • 50VOLUNTEER RESEARCH ASSISTANTS
  • 40ZODIACAL LIGHT
  • 34Bibliography.
  • 36A Graphic Method of Computing a Search Ephemeris for a Periodic Comet.
  • 38Correspondence.
  • 38Comparative Brightness of Jupiter's Satellites.
  • 38The Moons of Mars. A Correction.
  • 38New Books and Memoirs
  • 38Introduction to Stellar Astronomy. W. H. S. Monck
  • 38The Elements of Practical Astronomy. W. W. Campbell
  • 38Observations taken at Dumraon, Behar, India, during the eclipse of 22nd January 1898, by a party of Jesuit Fathers of the Western Bengal Mission. Rev. V. de Campigneulles, S.J.
  • 40Researches into the Origin of the Primitive Constellations of the Greeks, Phoenicians, and Babylonians. By Robert Brown,
  • 42THE MOON'S ATMOSPHERE.
  • 47THE LATE MR. H. WOLLASTON BLAKE
  • 34Who First suggested the Periodical Return of Comets?
  • 47Notes.
  • 42TIME OF SUN'S SEMIDIAMETER PASSING THE MERIDIAN.
  • 42JOVICENTRIC LATITUDE OF MERCURY
  • 42CORRECTIONS FOR PRECESSION
  • 42NEWTON'S PRINCIPIA
  • 42SUNSPOTS.
  • 42FOUCAULT'S PENDULUM EXPERIMENT
  • 42SILVERING MIRRORS
  • 44PHOTOGRAPHIC CHART of THE HEAVENS
  • 44TABILITY OF AN OBSERVATORY ON HOUSE TOP.
  • 44PASSAGE OF SOLAR LIGHT THROUGH SPACE.
  • 42POSITION FOR AN EQUATORIAL
  • 50TOTAL SOLAR ECLIPSE OF MAY 28, 1900.
  • 47THE LATE MR. CHARLES LEESON PRINCE
  • 47THE LATE LIEUTENANT-COLONEL GEORGE D. BEAZLEY
  • 47THE LATE MR. W. J. HARDING
  • 47DEATH or WILHELM JORDAN
  • 47THE ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH
  • 49OXFORD UNIVERSITY OBSERVATORY
  • 49CAMBRIDGE OBSERVATORY
  • 49THE LEEDS ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY.
  • 49THE CAMBRIAN NATURAL OBSERVER.
  • 49A POPULAR ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY, I.—George E. Lumsden
  • 49COMET NOTES. Swift's Comet (1899 A).
  • 40Queries.
  • 7Contents
  • 55VENUS. G. Fournier
  • 52THE PARIS PHOTOGRAPHIC ATLAS OF THE MOON. — MM. Loewy and Puiseux
  • 50SUNSPOTS AND LAVA STREAMS
  • 52Notices of the Association.
  • 52New Members of the Association. ELECTED 28TH JUNE 1899.
  • 52Candidate for Election as a Member of the Association. 25TH OCTOBER 1899.
  • 52Victoria Branch. NEW MEMBERS OF THE ASSOCIATION. ELECTED 7TH APRIL 1899.
  • 52ELECTED 4TH MAY 1899.
  • 52List of Members, 1899.
  • 52Additions to the Library.
  • 52Astronomical Publications.
  • 52CYCLONIC MOTION IN A SUN-SPOT. Rose O'Halloran
  • 57THE PARALLAX OF THE GEGENSCHEIN. J. Evershed
  • 58THE PARALLAX OF THE GEGENSCHEIN. J. Evershed
  • 55REMARKS ON THE VALUE OF ANCIENT ECLIPSES OF THE SUN FOR THE MOON THEORY.—Herr Ginzel
  • 55MEASURES OF THE DIAMETER AND FLATTENING OF MARS.— Herr Wilhelm Schur
  • 55MEASURES OF BRIGHTNESS OF THE PLANET MARS.—F. von Prittwitz
  • 55THE CANALS OF MARS. W. H. Pickering.—
  • 55REMARKS ON THE PAPER OF PROF. W. SCHUR TOGETHER WITH DETERMINATION OF THE DIAMETER AND POLAR COM-PRESSION OF THE PLANET MARS. Ernst Hartwig.
  • 55THE RED SPOT ON JUPITER. W F. Denning
  • 55WHITE SPOTS ON JUPITER.—Herr Fauth
  • 55NOTE ON TIIE CONSTITUTION OF SATURN'S "CRAPE RING." E. M. Antoniadi
  • 57THE SPHERES OF ACTIVITY OF THE PLANETS. F. R. Moulton.
  • 57OBSERVATIONS OF SWIFT'S COMET 1899, MADE AT GRAHAMS-TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA. L. A. Eddie
  • 57METEOR PHOTOGRAPHY.—Herr Walter Wislicenus and Herr J. F. Fric
  • 57OBSERVATIONS OF SHOOTING STARS AT ATHENS. — M. Eginitis
  • 50VIENNA MAGNETIC OBSERVATORY
  • 50THE FIFTH SATELLITE OF JUPITER.—Prof. Barnard
  • 61A COMPARISON OF THE SPECTRA OF THE ORION NEBULA, AND OF A GEISSLER TUBE
  • 50MEMOIRS OF THE ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY, VOL. LIII.
  • 58THE P.M. OF τ VIRGINIS.
  • 58ON THE PRESENCE OF OXYGEN IN THE ATMOSPHERES OF CERTAIN FIXED STARS. David Gill,
  • 58OXYGEN IN HELIUM STARS.—Sir William Huggins
  • 58DISTRIBUTION OF STARS IN SPACE. Gavin J. Burns.
  • 61ON THE MOTION OF ζ GEMINORUM IN THE LINE OF SIGHT.— Prof. Belopolsky
  • 61NOTES ON THE SPECTRA OF γ CASSIOPEIA AND Ο CETI. Rev. W. Sidgreaves
  • 61DETERMINATION OF POSITIONS OF OBJECTS NEAR THE BORDERS OF A LARGE PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE. S. C. Chandler.
  • 61ON THE ERRORS OF STAR PHOTOGRAPHS DUE TO OPTICAL DISTORTION OF THE OBJECT-GLASS WITH WHICH THE PHOTO-GRAPH IS TAKEN. H. H. Turner
  • 61ON THE ERRORS OF STAR PHOTOGRAPHS DUE TO OPTICAL DISTORTION OF THE OBJECT-GLASS WITH WHICH THE PHOTO-GRAPH IS TAKEN. (Second Paper.) H. H. Turner.
  • 61ON THE CURVATURE OF STAR-TRAILS ON A PHOTOGRAPHIC PLATE AS A MEANS OF INVESTIGATING OPTICAL DISTORTION. H. H. Turner.
  • 58THE ZODIACAL LIGHT.—Dr. W. Doberek
  • 61THE GREAT TELESCOPE OF THE MEUDON OBSERVATORY.— M. Deslandres
  • 61ON THE DETERMINATION OF STANDARD POINTS IN SPECTRA.
  • 61THE NICE OBSERVATORY. C. Flammarion
  • 61IMAGES REFLECTED FROM THE MERCURY BATH. — M. Bigourdan
  • 62THE PART PLAYED BY WOMAN IN THE PROGRESS OF ASTRONOMY. Mdlle. D. Klumpke
  • 62WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. A. Broca
  • 62THE ZODIACAL COINS OF THE EMPEROR JEHANGIR. E. Walter Maunder
  • 62LONGITUDE FROM MOON CULMINATIONS. D. A. Pio
  • 64Variable Stars.
  • 66TIIE 1898 MAXIMUM OF Omicron CETI
  • 66OBSERVATIONS OF RZ CYGNI.— Mr. Parkhurst
  • 58SEISMICAL OBSERVATIONS IN GREECE.—M. Eginitis
  • 66COUNCIL
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