Memoirs

BAAVSS Memoirs
Variable star memoirs published in the first half of the 20th century
Compiled by Bob Marriott

Vol. 1  No. 4
Director J E Gore
1st report 1892
Introduction, 53;
Observations of variable stars in 1891, 54;
Observations of variable stars in 1890-91, 63;
Observations of variable stars in 1891, 65.

Vol. 3  No. 2
Director J E Gore
2nd report 1894
Introduction, 29;
Observations of variable stars in 1893, 30;
Observations of variable stars in 1892, 32;
Observations of variable stars from May 1892 to January 1894, 37.

Vol. 5  No. 2
Director J E Gore
3rd report 1896
Introduction, 19;
Observations of variable stars from January 1894 to January 1896, 20;
Observations of variable and suspected variable stars, 28;
Observations of variable stars, 30;
Observations of variable stars 1894, 32;
Observations of variable stars 1895, 35;
Report on variable star work 1893-96; Remarks by the Director, 49.

Vol. 5  No. 2
Director J E Gore
3rd report 1896
Introduction, 19;
Observations of variable stars from January 1894 to January 1896, 20;
Observations of variable and suspected variable stars, 28;
Observations of variable stars, 30;
Observations of variable stars 1894, 32;
Observations of variable stars 1895, 35;
Report on variable star work 1893-96; Remarks by the Director, 49.

Vol. 10  No. 3
Director E E Markwick
4th report 1902
Nova Persei 1901, 61.

Vol. 11 No. 4
Director E E Markwick
5th report 1903
Prolegomena, 153; Plan of work, 144;
Summary of observations 1900-1902, 148;
Algol type stars, 153; Short period stars, 156;
Results, 158; Long period variables, 162;
Light-curves of the long period variables, 165;
Irregular variables, 169; Light-curves, 171.

Vol. 15
Director E E Markwick
6th report 1906
Observations of twenty-six long-period variables and
two irregular variables, 1900-1904

Vol. 18
Director E E Markwick
7th report 1912
Observations of twenty-one long-period variables 1905-1909, 1;
Differences in estimates of different observers in the case
of T Cephei, 6.

Vol. 19 No. 4
Directors C L Brook (VSS) & C P Butler (Spectroscopic Section).
Joint report on Nova Geminorum (2) 1912, 74;
Observations of the visual spectrum of Nova Geminorum (2) 1912, 1008

Vol. 22
Director C L Brook
8th report 1918
Observations of variable stars 1910-1914.

Vol. 25
Director C L Brook
9th report 1924
Observations of variable stars 1915-1919.
Director C L Brook
9th report 1924
Observations of variable stars 1915-1919

Vol. 28
Director F De Roy
10th report 1929ol.28
Director F De Roy
10th report 1929

Vol. 31
Director F De Roy
11th report 1934
Observations of variable stars 1925-1929.

Vol. 33
Light-curve of U Cygni between JD2418000 and 2428000 derived from
observations made by 25 members of the variable star section.
Author J Van der Bilt, 1937
Comparison stars and a first approximation to the light curve, 14;
Observations of the other 23 observers, 21; Discussion of the reduction
curves, 39; Light-curve, 45; Maxima and minima, elements of the light
variation, 53; Special features of the light curve, 55; Colour and
spectrum, 60; Table of Julian Day numbers, 65; Observations, 67.

Vol. 38
Director W M Lindley
12th report 1958
Observations of variable stars 1930-1934 (Summary only with the observations recorded on Microfilm).

Issued without numbers;
Appendix to the 6th and 7th reports [boxed set of Light Curves]
Appendix to the 8th and 9th reports [boxed set of Light Curves]

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