the Lunar Theory. Also Discussion of (Month. Not.)
a Result deduced by Mr D'Abbadie from
Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse
of 1860, July 18.
1861 Nov. 16 Instructions for observing the Total Eclipse
of the Sun on December 31.
1861 Dec. On a Projection by Balance of Errors for Phil. Mag.
Maps.
1861 Dec. 28 On the Circularity of the Sun's Disk. R. Astr. Soc.
Also Table of Comparative Number of (Month. Not.)
Observations of Small Planets.
1862 Jan. On the Direction of the Joints in the Phil. Mag.
Faces of Oblique Arches.
1862 Mar. 15 Review of "An Historical Survey of the Athenaeum.
Astronomy of the Ancients" by the Rt
Hon. Sir G. Cornewall Lewis.
1862 Apr. 24 Notes for the Committee on Weights and
Measures, 1862.
1862 May 15 On the Magnetic Properties of Hot-Rolled Phil. Trans.
and Cold-Rolled Malleable Iron.
1862 June 7 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1862 June 24 Evidence given before the Select
Committee on Weights and Measures.
1862 Oct. 4 Biography of G.B. Airy (probably in part London Review.
based upon data supplied by himself).
1862 Oct. 11 Abstract of Paper "On the Strains in the Athenaeum.
Interior of Beams and Tubular Bridges."
1862 Oct. 11 Translation of a Letter from Prof. Lament Phil. Mag.
on Dalton's Theory of Vapour, &c.
1862 Nov. 6 On the Strains in the Interior of Beams. Phil. Trans.
1862 Nov. Correspondence with Sabine concerning
his attack on the Greenwich Magnetic
Observations. (Confidentially
communicated to the Board of Visitors.)
1862 Nov. 21 Evidence given before the Public Schools
Commission.
1862 Nov. Abstract of M. Auwers's Paper on the R. Astr. Soc.
proper motion of Procyon, and Note on (Month. Not.)
same.
1862 Dec. Abstract of Mr Safford's Paper on the R. Astr. Soc.
Proper Motion of Sirius. Also on the (Month. Not.)
Forms of Lenses proper for the Negative
Eye-pieces of Telescopes. Also on the
measurements of the Earth, and the
dimensions of the Solar System. Also
on Fringes of Light in Solar Eclipses.
1863 Jan. Address to the Board of Visitors on a
further attack by Sabine on the Greenwich
Magnetic Observations (confidential).
1863 Jan. 9 On the Observations of Saturn made at R. Astr. Soc.
Pulkowa and Greenwich. (Month. Not.)
1863 Feb. 24 Report to the Board of Trade on the
Proposed Lines of Railway through
Greenwich Park.
1863 Mar. 2 Determination of the Longitude of Valencia
in Ireland by Galvanic Signals in the
summer of 1862 (App. III. to the Gr.
Astr. Obsns. 1862).
1863 Mar. 13 On the Movement of the Solar System in R. Astr. Soc.
Space, deduced from the Proper Motions (Memoirs.)
of 1167 Stars. By Edwin Dunkin (for
G.B.A.).
1863 Mar. 13 On the Visibility of Stars in the Pleiades R. Astr. Soc.
to the unarmed eye. (Month. Not.)
1863 Mar. 21 On Marriage Odes. Athenaeum.
1863 Apr. 9 Further Report as to the Probable Effects
of the London, Chatham and Dover
Railway on the Royal Observatory in
Greenwich Park.
1863 Apr. 10 Determination of the Sun's Parallax from R. Astr. Soc.
observations of Mars during the (Month. Not.)
Opposition of 1862. By E.J. Stone (for
G.B.A.). Also Remarks on Struve's
account of a Local deviation in the
direction of Gravity, near Moscow. Also
an Account of an apparatus for the
observation of the spectra of stars, and
results obtained.
1863 Apr. 23 On the Diurnal Inequalities of Phil. Trans.
Terrestrial Magnetism, as deduced from
observations made at the Royal
Observatory, Greenwich, from 1841
to 1857.
1863 May 8 On the Discordance between the Results R. Astr. Soc.
for Zenith-Distances obtained by Direct (Memoirs.)
Observation, and those obtained by
Observation by Reflection from the
Surface of Quicksilver.
1863 June 6 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1863 July 2 On the Amount of Light given by the R. Astr. Soc.
Moon at the greatest stage in the (Month. Not.)
Excentrically-total Eclipse, 1863,
June 1.
1863 Aug. Plan of the Buildings and Grounds of the
Royal Observatory, Greenwich, with
Explanation and History.
1863 Sept. 5 On the origin of the apparent luminous R. Astr. Soc.
band which, in partial eclipses of the (Month. Not.)
Sun, has been seen to surround the
visible portion of the Moon's limb.
1863 Sept. 5 On the Invasions of Britain by Julius Athenaeum.
1863 Oct. 3 Caesar.
1863 Oct. 17 The Earthquake as observed from Greenwich. Athenaeum.
1863 Nov. On the Numerical Expression of the Phil. Mag.
Destructive Energy in the Explosions
of Steam-Boilers, &c.
1863 Nov. 13 Convention arranged between M. Le Verrier R. Astr. Soc.
and the Astronomer Royal for meridional (Month. Not.)
observations of the small Planets, &c.
1863 Nov. 13 Translation of Hansen's Paper R. Astr. Soc.
"Calculation of the Sun's Parallax (Month. Not.)
from the Lunar Theory," with Notes by
G.B.A.
1863 Dec. 17 First Analysis of 177 Magnetic Storms, Phil. Trans.
registered by the Magnetic Instruments
in the Royal Observatory, Greenwich,
from 1841 to 1857.
1864 Jan. 8 Pontécoulant's Paper "Sur le Coefficiant R. Astr. Soc.
de l'Équation Parallactique déduit de la (Month. Not.)
Théorie," with Notes by G.B.A.
1864 Jan. 26 Remarks on Redman's Paper on the East Inst. C. E.
Coast (Chesil Bank, &c.). (Minutes.)
1864 Mar. 10 Note on a Passage in Capt. R. Astr. Soc.
Jacob's "Measures of Jupiter," &c. (Month. Not.)
1864 Mar. 11 Notes for the Committee on Weights and Ho. of Comm.
Measures, 1862. (Parly. Paper.)
1864 Mar. 17 On a Method of Slewing a Ship without Inst. Nav. Arch.
the aid of the Rudder.
1864 Apr. 5 Comparison of the Chinese Record of Solar R. Astr. Soc.
Eclipses in the Chun Tsew with the (Month. Not.)
Computations of Modern Theory.
1864 June 4 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1864 June 10 On the Transit of Venus, 1882, Dec. 6. R. Astr. Soc.
(Month. Not.)
1864 June 10 On the bright band bordering the Moon's R. Astr. Soc.
Limb in Photographs of Eclipses. (Month. Not.)
1864 Notes on Methods of Reduction
applicable to the Indian Survey.
1864 Sept. 3 A Visit to the Corryvreckan. Athenaeum.
1864 Sept. 29 Examination Paper for the Sheepshanks
Scholarship.
1865 Jan. 13 Comparison of the Transit-Instrument in R. Astr. Soc.
its ordinary or reversible form with the (Month. Not.)
Transit-Instrument in its
non-reversible form, as adopted at
Greenwich, the Cape of Good Hope, and
other Observatories.
1865 Mar. 9 Syllabus of a course of three Lectures
on "Magnetical Errors, &c., with special
reference to Iron Ships and their
Compasses," delivered at the South
Kensington Museum.
1865 Apr. 1 Remarks on Mr Ellis's Lecture on the Horolog. Journ.
Greenwich System of Time Signals.
1865 Apr. 1 Free Translation of some lines of Virgil, Athenaeum.
"Citharâ crinitus Iopas," &c.
1865 June 3 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1865 June 17 Note on my Recommendation (in 1839) Athenaeum.
of Government Superintendence of the
Compasses of Iron Ships. Also Note on
the birthplace of Thomas Clarkson.
1865 July On Hemiopsy. Phil. Mag.
1865 Aug. 22 On the Value of the Moon's Semidiameter R. Astr. Soc.
as obtained by the Investigations of (Month. Not.)
Hugh Breen, Esq., from Occultations
observed at Cambridge and Greenwich.
1865 Sept. 16 On "The Land of Goshen"--Reply to "A Athenaeum.
Suffolk Incumbent."
1865 Oct. 21 Address of the Astronomer Royal to the
individual members of the Board of
Visitors. (On improved Collimators.)
1865 Oct. 23 Note on an Error of Expression in two R. Astr. Soc.
previous Memoirs. Also Description and (Month. Not.)
History of a Quadrant made by Abraham
Sharp.
1865 Nov. 11 On the Possible Derivation of the National Athenaeum.
Name "Welsh."
1865 Essays on the Invasion of Britain by Julius Private.
Caesar; The Invasion of Britain by
Plautius, and by Claudius Caesar; The Early
Military Policy of the Romans in Britain;
The Battle of Hastings. (With corr.)
1866 Mar. 10 On "The Compass in Iron Ships." Objections Athenaeum.
to passages in a Lecture by Archibald
Smith.
1866 Apr. 13 On the Supposed Possible Effect of R. Astr. Soc.
Friction in the Tides, in influencing the (Month. Not.)
Apparent Acceleration of the Moon's Mean
Motion in Longitude. Also on a Method
of Computing Interpolations to the
Second Order without Changes of
Algebraic Sign.
1866 June 2 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1866 July 17 Papers relating to Time Signals on the Ho. of Comm.
Start Point. (Parly. Paper.)
1866 Sept. 1 On the Campaign of Aulus Plautius in Athenaeum.
Britain. (Reply to Dr Guest.)
1866 Nov. 19 On the Continued Change in an Eye Camb. Phil. Soc.
affected with a peculiar malformation.
1866 Dec. On the Simultaneous Disappearance of R. Astr. Soc.
Jupiter's Satellites in the year 1867. (Month. Not.)
Also Inference from the observed Movement
of the Meteors in the appearance of 1866,
Nov. 13-14.
1867 Jan. 1 Memorandum for the consideration of the
Commission on Standards. (Policy of
introducing Metrical Standards.)
1867 Jan. 12 On Decimal Weights and Measures. Athenaeum.
1867 Feb. 19 On the use of the Suspension Bridge with Inst. C.E.
Stiffened Roadway for Railway and other (Minutes.)
Bridges of Great Span.
1867 Mar. 21 Computation of the Lengths of the Waves Phil. Trans.
of Light corresponding to the Lines in
the Dispersion Spectrum measured by
Kirchhoff.
1867 Mar. Corresponding Numbers of Elevation in R. Obs. (Also
English Feet, and of Readings of Aneroid Meteor. Soc.
or Corrected Barometer in English Apr. 17, 1867.)
Inches.
1867 Apr. 16 Remarks on Sir W. Denison's Paper on Inst. C.E.
"The Suez Canal." (Minutes.)
1867 May 3 Statement of the History and Position of Private.
the Blue-coat Girls' School, Greenwich.
1867 June 1 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1867 June 14 On Certain Appearances of the Telescopic R. Astr. Soc.
Images of Stars described by the Rev. (Month. Not.)
W.R. Dawes.
1867 Dec. 13 Note on the Total Solar Eclipse of 1868, R. Astr. Soc.
Aug. 17-18. (Month. Not.)
1868 Biography of G.B. Airy. (Probably corrected
by himself.)
1868 Jan. 4 Biography (with portrait) of G.B. Airy. Ill. Lond. News.
(Probably corrected by himself.)
1868 Feb. 6 Comparison of Magnetic Disturbances Phil. Trans.
recorded by the Self-registering
Magnetometers at the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich, with Magnetic Disturbances
deduced from the corresponding Terrestrial
Galvanic Currents recorded by the
Self-registering Galvanometers of the Royal
Observatory.
1868 Mar. 13 Address of the Astronomer Royal to the
Individual Members of the Board of Visitors.
(Number of Copies of Observations.)
1868 June 6 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1868 July 24 First Report of the Commissioners appointed Parly. Paper.
to enquire into The Condition of
the Exchequer Standards.
1868 Sept. 19 The Inundation at Visp. Athenaeum.
1868 Nov. 9 On the Factorial Resolution of the Trinomial Camb. Phil. Soc.
x^n - 2cos n. a. + 1/x^n.
1868 Dec. 10 On the Diurnal and Annual Inequalities Phil. Trans.
of Terrestrial Magnetism, as deduced
from Observations made at the Royal
Observatory from 1858 to 1863, &c.
1868 Dec.11 On the Preparatory Arrangements for the R. Astr. Soc.
Observation of The Transits of Venus (Month. Not.)
1874 and 1882.
1868 Dec. 12 On the Migrations of the Welsh Nations. Athenaeum.
1869 Mar. 8 Memorandum by the Chairman (on the
use of the Troy Weight) for the
consideration of the Members of the
Standards Commission.
1869 Apr. 3 Second Report of the Commissioners appointed Parly. Paper.
to enquire into the condition of
the Exchequer (now Board of Trade)
Standards.--The Metric System.
1869 April Syllabus of Lectures on Magnetism to be
delivered in the University of Cambridge.
1869 Apr. 27 Remarks on Shelford's Paper "On the Inst. C.E.
Outfall of the River Humber." (Minutes.)
1869 June 1 Memorandum for the consideration of the
Standards Commission, on the state of
the Question now before them regarding
the suggested Abolition of Troy Weight.
1869 June 5 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1869 Supplementary Memorandum by the Astronomer
Royal on the proposed Abolition
of Troy Weight.
1869 July 6 Correspondence between the Treasury, the Ho. of Comm.
Admiralty, and the Astronomer Royal, (Parly. Paper.)
respecting the arrangements to be made
for Observing the Transits of Venus,
which will take place in the years 1874
and 1882.
1869 Aug. 7 Note on Atmospheric Chromatic Dispersion R. Astr. Soc.
as affecting Telescopic Observation, and (Month. Not.)
on the Mode of Correcting it.
1869 Oct. 19 Description of the Great Equatoreal of
the Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
Greenwich Observations, 1868. App.
1870 Feb. 3 Note on an Extension of the Comparison Phil. Trans.
of Magnetic Disturbances with Magnetic
Effects inferred from observed Terrestrial
Galvanic Currents; &c. &c.
1870 Apr. 8 On the question of a Royal Commission Journ. Soc. Arts.
for Science.
1870 May 2 Letters to the First Lord of the Admiralty
enclosing Application of the Assistants
for an increase of Salaries.
1870 May 13 On Decimal and Metrical Systems. Journ. Soc. Arts.
1870 June 4 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1870 Aug. 27 On the meaning of the word "Whippultree." Athenaeum.
1870 Oct. 22 On the Locality of "Paradise." Athenaeum.
1870 Nov. 12 On the Locality of the Roman Gesoriacum. Athenaeum.
1870 Nov. 30 Recommendation of Prof. Miller for a R. Soc.(Proc.)
Royal Medal of the Royal Society.
(Quoted by the President.)
1870 Revised Edition of "Astronomy." Man. Naut. Sci.
1871 Jan. 21 The Burial of Sir John Moore. Athenaeum.
1871 Mar. 14 Letter to the Hydrographer of the
Admiralty on the qualifications and
claims of the Assistants of the Royal
Observatory.
1871 Apr. 5 Remarks on the Determination of a Ship's R. Soc. (Proc.)
Place at Sea.
1871 May 2 Remarks on Samuelson's Paper "Description Inst. C.E.
of two Blast Furnaces," &c. (Minutes.)
1871 May 3 Note on Barometric Compensation of the Phil. Mag.
Pendulum.
1871 June 3 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1871 June 9 Remarks on Mr Abbott's observations on R. Astr. Soc.
eta Argûs. Also on A.S. Herschel's and (Month. Not.)
J. Herschel's Mechanism for measuring
Time automatically in taking Transits.
1871 Erratum in Results of Greenwich R. Astr. Soc.
Observations of the Solar Eclipse of 1860, (Month. Not.)
July 18. Also Observations of the Solar
Eclipse of 1870, Dec. 21-22, made at the
Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
1871 Aug. Investigation of the Law of the Progress Phil. Mag.
of Accuracy in the usual process for
Forming a Plane Surface.
1871 Nov.16 Corrections to the Computed Lengths of Phil. Trans.
Waves of Light for Kirchhoff's Spectral
Lines.
1871 On a supposed alteration in the amount R. Soc. (Proc.)
of Astronomical Aberration of Light,
produced by the passage of the Light
through a considerable thickness of
Refracting Medium.
1871 Nov. 29 Biography of G.B. Airy. (Probably Daily Telegraph.
corrected by himself.)
1871 Dec. 8 Note on a special point in the R. Astr. Soc.
determination of the Elements of the (Month. Not.)
Moon's Orbit from Meridional Observations
of the Moon.
1871 Dec. 26 Proposed devotion of an Observatory to R. Astr. Soc.
observation of the phenomena of Jupiter's (Month. Not.)
Satellites.
1872 Jan. Address to the Council of the Royal Society
on the propriety of continuing the Grant
to the Kew Observatory for meteorological
observations.
1872 Feb. 8 Experiments on the Directive Power of Phil. Trans.
large Steel Magnets, of Bars of
magnetized Soft Iron, and of Galvanic
Coils, in their Action on external small
Magnets--with Appendix by James Stuart.
1872 Feb. 12 Further Observations on the state of an Camb. Phil. Soc.
Eye affected with a peculiar malformation.
1872 Mar. 20 Notes on Scientific Education, submitted
to the Royal Commission on Scientific
Instruction and the Advancement of
Science.
1872 May 9 On a Supposed Periodicity in the R. Soc. (Proc.)
Elements of Terrestrial Magnetism, with a
period of 26-1/4 days.
1872 Nov. 30 Address (as President) delivered at the
Anniversary Meeting of the Royal Society.
1872 Dec. 19 Magnetical Observations in the Phil. Trans.
Britannia and Conway Tubular Iron
Bridges.
1873 Feb. 25 Remarks on Mr Thornton's Paper on Inst. C.E.
"The State Railways of (Minutes.)
India"--chiefly in reference to the
proposed break of gauge.
1873 Mar. 12 Note on the want of Observations of R. Astr. Soc.
Eclipses of Jupiter's First Satellite (Month. Not.)
from 1868 to 1872.
1873 Mar. 14 Letter to the Secretary of the R. Astr. Soc.
Admiralty on certain Articles which (Month. Not.)
had appeared in the Public Newspapers
in regard to the approaching Transit
of Venus.
1873 Additional Note to the Paper on a R. Soc. (Proc.)
supposed Alteration in the Amount of
Astronomical Aberration of Light
produced by the passage of the Light
through a considerable thickness of
Refracting Medium.
1873 Apr. 10 List of Candidates for election into the
Royal Society--classified.
1873 On the Topography of the "Lady of Private.
the Lake."
1873 June 7 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1873 Nov. 14 On the rejection, in the Lunar R. Astr. Soc.
Theory, of the term of Longitude (Month. Not.)
depending for argument on eight times
the mean longitude of Venus minus
thirteen times the mean longitude of
the Earth, introduced by Prof.
Hansen; &c.
1873 Dec. 1 Address (as President) delivered at
the Anniversary Meeting of the Royal
Society.
1874 Jan. On a Proposed New Method of treating R. Astr. Soc.
the Lunar Theory. (Month. Not.)
1874 May 4 British Expeditions for the
Observation of the Transit of Venus,
1874, December 8. Instructions to
Observers.
1874 June 6 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1874 Aug. 6 Regulations of the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich. Appendix to the Greenwich
Observations, 1873.
1874 Oct. 3 Science and Art. The Moon as carved Athenaeum.
on Lee church.
1874 Nov. 13 Preparations for the Observation of the R. Astr. Soc.
Transit of Venus 1874, December 8-9. (Month. Not.)
1874 Nov. 17 Remarks on the Paper "On the Nagpur Inst. C.E.
Waterworks." (Minutes.)
1874 Dec. Telegrams relating to the Observations R. Astr. Soc.
of the Transit of Venus 1874, Dec. 9. (Month. Not.)
1875 Feb. 2 Remarks on Mr Prestwich's Paper on the Inst. C.E.
Origin of the Chesil Bank. (Minutes.)
1875 Feb 25 Letter to the Rev. N. M. Ferrers, on the
subject of the Smith's Prizes.
1875 Mar. 12 On the Method to be used in Reducing R. Astr. Soc.
the Observations of the Transit of (Month. Not.)
Venus 1874, Dec. 8.
1875 Mar. Report on the Progress made in the R. Astr. Soc.
Calculations for a New Method of (Month. Not.)
treating the Lunar Theory.
1875 June 5 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1875 June 7 Apparatus for Final Adjustment of the Horolog. Journ.
Thermal Compensation of Chronometers,
by the Astronomer Royal.
1875 Nov. Chart of the Apparent Path of Mars, 1877, R. Astr. Soc.
with neighbouring Stars. Also (Month. Not.)
Spectroscopic Observations made at the
Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Also
Observations of the Solar Eclipse of
1875, September 28-29, made at the Royal
Observatory, Greenwich.
1876 Jan. Report by the Astronomer Royal on the R. Astr. Soc.
present state of the Calculations in his (Month. Not.)
New Lunar Theory.
1876 Jan. 27 Note on a point in the life of Sir William Athenaeum.
Herschel.
1876 Mar. 15 Evidence given before the Government
Committee on the Meteorological
Committee.
1876 May 20 On Toasting at Public Dinners. Public Opinion.
1876 June 3 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors,
1876 Aug. 7 On a Speech attributed to Nelson. Athenaeum.
1876 Dec. Spectroscopic Results for the Rotation of R. Astr. Soc.
Jupiter and of the Sun, obtained at the (Month. Not.)
Royal Observatory, Greenwich.
1877 Jan. Stars to be compared in R.A. with Mars, R. Astr. Soc.
1877, for Determination of the Parallax (Month. Not.)
of Mars.
1877 Mar. Note by the Astronomer Royal on the R. Astr. Soc.
Numerical Lunar Theory. Also Remarks (Month. Not.)
on Le Verrier's intra-Mercurial Planet.
Also on Observations for the Parallax of
Mars.
1877 Mar. 27 Remarks on a Paper on "The River Inst. C.E.
Thames." (Minutes.)
1877 Apr. On observing for Le Verrier's intra-Mercurial R. Astr. Soc.
Planet. Also on the Parallax of (Month. Not.)
Mars, and Mr Gill's proposed expedition.
1877 May On the vulgar notion that the Sun or Moon The Observatory
is smallest when overhead. (No. 2).
1877 June 2 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.
1877 July 16 Report on the Telescopic Observations of Ho. of Commons
the Transit of Venus 1874, made in the Parly. Paper.
Expedition of the British Government,
and on the Conclusion derived from
those Observations.
1877 Sept. 13 On Spurious Discs of Stars produced by The Observatory
oval object-glasses. (No. 7).
1877 Sept. 24 Obituary Notice of the work of Le Daily News.
Verrier--died Sept. 23, 1877.
1877 Nov. 20 On the Value of the Mean Solar Parallax The Observatory
&c. from the British telescopic Observations (No. 8).
of the Transit of Venus 1874.
Also Remarks on Prof. Adams's Lunar
Theory.
1877 Nov. On the Inferences for the Value of Mean R. Astr. Soc.
Solar Parallax &c. from the Telescopic (Month. Not.)
Observations of the Transit of Venus
1874, which were made in the British
Expedition for the Observation of that
Transit.
1877 Numerical Lunar Theory: Appendix to
Greenwich Astronomical Observations
1875.
1877 Dec. 6 On the Tides at Malta. Phil. Trans.
1878 Correspondence with Le Verrier on his The Observatory
Planetary Tables in 1876. (No. 10).
1878 On the Proposal of the French Committee The Observatory
to erect a Statue to Le Verrier. Also (No. 13).
on the Observation of the approaching
Transit of Mercury.
1878 Mar. 11 On the Correction of the Compass in Phil. Mag.
Iron Ships without use of a Fixed
Mark.
1878 Mar. 30 On the Standards of Length in the The Times.
Guildhall, London.
1878 Apr. 27 Report of Lecture on "The probable W. Cumberland
condition of the Interior of the Times.
Earth."
On the probable condition of the Trans. of the
Interior of the Earth--Revised Cumberland
Edition of above Lecture. Assoc., &c.
1878 June 1 Discussion of the Observations of The Observatory
the Transit of Mercury on May 6. (No. 14).
1878 Abstract of Lecture delivered at The Observatory
Cockermouth on "The Interior of the (No. 14).
Earth."
1978 June 1 Report of the Astronomer Royal to
the Board of Visitors.
1878 July 1 Remarks on the measurement of the The Observatory
photographs taken in the Transit of (No. 15).
Venus Observations.
1878 July 13 On the Variable Star R. Scuti: The Observatory
distortion in the Photo-heliograph. (No. 16).
1878 Remarks on Mr Gill's Heliometric The Observatory
Observations of Mars. (No. 20).
1878 Dec. Note on a Determination of the Mass R. Astr. Soc.
of Mars, and reference to his own (Month. Not.)
determination in 1828. Also Note on
the Conjunction of Mars and Saturn,
1879, June 30.
1879 Jan. 1 On the remarkable conjunction of The Observatory
the Planets Mars and Saturn which (No. 21).
will occur on 1879, June 30.
1879 Feb. 15 On the names "Cabul" and "Malek." Athenaeum
1879 Feb. 25 On Faggot Votes in Cornwall in 1828. Athenaeum
1879 Mar. 13 Letter on the Examination Papers for
the Smith's Prizes.
1879 Apr. 7 Drafts of Resolutions proposed
concerning Sadler's Notes on the
late Admiral Smyth's "Cycle of
Celestial Objects."
1879 June 1 Letter to Le Verrier, dated 1875, The Observatory
Feb. 5, in support of the Method (No. 26).
of Least Squares.
1879 June 1 Remarks in debate on Sadler's The Observatory
"Notes" above-mentioned. (No. 26).
1879 June 7 Report of the Astronomer Royal to
the Board of Visitors.
1879 July 29 Index to the Records of occasional R. Astr. Soc.
Observations and Calculations made (Month. Not.
at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, supplementary.)
and to other miscellaneous Papers
connected with that Institution.
1879 Biography of G. B. Airy (perhaps
corrected by himself) in French,
published at Geneva.
1879 Sept. On the Construction and Use of a Phil. Mag.
Scale for Gauging Cylindrical
Measures of Capacity.
1880 On the Theoretical Value of the The Observatory
Acceleration of the Moon's Mean (No. 37).
Motion.
1880 On the Secular Acceleration of The Observatory
the Moon--additional note. (No. 37).
1880 Apr. 27 Memoranda for the Commission appointed
to consider the Tay Bridge casualty.
1880 Apr. On the Theoretical Value of the R. Astr. Soc.
Acceleration of the Moon's Mean (Month. Not.)
Motion in Longitude produced by
the Change of Eccentricity of the
Earth's Orbit.
1880 May On the Preparations to be made for R. Astr. Soc.
Observation of the Transit of Venus (Month. Not.)
1882, Dec. 6.
1880 On the present Proximity of Jupiter The Observatory
to the Earth, and on the Intervals of (No. 42).
Recurrence of the same Phaenomena.
1880 June 5 Report of the Astronomer Royal to
the Board of Visitors.
1880 Sept. 4 On the _e muet_ in French. Athenaeum.
1880 Sept. 4 Excursions in the Keswick Keswick
District. Guardian.
1880 Dec. 1 Description of Flamsteed's The Observatory
Equatoreal Sextant, and Remarks on (No. 44).
Graham.
1880 Addition to a Paper entitled "On R. Astr. Soc.
the Theoretical Value of the Moon's (Month. Not.
Mean Motion in Longitude," &c. supplementary.)
1881 Mar. Effect on the Moon's Movement in R. Astr. Soc.
Latitude, produced by the slow (Month. Not.)
change of Position of the Plane of
the Ecliptic.
1881 June 4 Report of the Astronomer Royal to
the Board of Visitors.
1881 Logarithms of the Values of all Inst. C. E.
Vulgar Fractions with Numerator and (Minutes.)
Denominator not exceeding 100: arranged in
order of magnitude.
1881 July 6 A New Method of Clearing the Lunar
Distance.--Admiralty.
1881 Aug. 4 On a Systematic Interruption in the order Phil. Mag.
of numerical values of Vulgar Fractions,
when arranged in a series of consecutive
magnitudes.
1882 Sept. 15 Monthly Means of the Highest and R. Soc. (Proc.)
Lowest Diurnal Temperatures of the
Water of the Thames, and Comparison
with the corresponding Temperatures of
the Air at the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich.
1882 Oct. 19 On the Proposed Forth Bridge. Nature.
1882 Dec. 7 On the Proposed Forth Bridge. Nature.
1883 Jan. 21 On the Ossianic Poems. Athenaeum.
1883 Mar. 12 On the proposed Braithwaite and Daily News.
Buttermere Railway. Times.
Standard.
1883 Apr. 28 Memorandum on the progress of the
Numerical Lunar Theory, addressed to the
Board of Visitors of the Royal
Observatory, Greenwich.
1883 Letter on The Apparent Inequality in the The Observatory
Mean Motion of the Moon. (No. 74).
1883 Aug. 18 On a Singular Morning Dream. Nature.
1883 Sept. 10 Power of organization of the common Nature.
mouse.
1883 Nov. 17 On Chepstow Railway Bridge, with general Nature.
remarks suggested by that Structure.
1884 Mar. 8 On the Erroneous Usage of the term Athenaeum.
"arterial drainage."
1884 On the Comparison of Reversible and The Observatory
Non-reversible Transit Instruments. (No. 85).
1884 Nov. 10 On an obscure passage in the Koran. Nature. (?)
1885 May 28 An Incident in the History of Trinity Athenaeum.
College, Cambridge.
1885 June 8 Incident No. 2 in the History of Trinity Athenaeum.
College, Cambridge.
1885 Nov. 26 Results deduced from the Measure of Phil. Trans.
Terrestrial Magnetic Force in the Horizontal
Plane, at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich,
from 1841 to 1876.
1886 Apr. 6 Integer Members of the First Centenary Nature.
satisfying the Equation
A² = B² + C².
1887 Feb. 12 On the earlier Tripos of the University of Nature. (?)
Cambridge: in MSS.
1887 Apr. 14 On the Establishment of the Roman Dominion Nature.
in South-East Britain.
1887 July 23 On a special Algebraic function, and its Camb. Phil. Soc.
application to the solution of (?)
some Equations: in MSS.
BOOKS WRITTEN BY G. B. AIRY.
Mathematical Tracts on Physical Astronomy, the Figure of the Earth,
Precession and Nutation, and The Calculus of Variations. This was
published in 1826. In a 2nd Edition published in 1831 the Undulatory
Theory of Optics was added to the above list. Four Editions of this
work have been published, the last in 1858. The Undulatory Theory of
Optics was published separately in 1877.
Gravitation: an Elementary Explanation of the Principal Perturbations
in the Solar System. Written for the Penny Cyclopaedia, and published
previously as a book in 1834. There was a 2nd Edition in 1884.
Trigonometry. This was written for the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana
about 1825, and was published as a separate book in 1855 under the
Title of "A Treatise on Trigonometry."
Six Lectures on Astronomy delivered at the meetings of the friends of
the Ipswich Museum at the Temperance Hall, Ipswich, in the month of
March 1848. These Lectures under the above Title, and that of "Popular
Astronomy, a series of Lectures," have run through twelve editions.
On the Algebraical and Numerical Theory of Errors of Observations and
the Combination of Observations, 1st Edition in 1861, 2nd in 1875, 3rd
in 1879.
Essays on the Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar; The Invasion of
Britain by Plautius, and by Claudius Caesar; The Early Military Policy
of the Romans in Britain; The Battle of Hastings, with Correspondence.
Collected and printed for private distribution in 1865.
An Elementary Treatise on Partial Differential Equations. 1866.
On Sound and Atmospheric Vibrations, with the Mathematical Elements of
Music. The 1st Edition in 1868, the 2nd in 1871.
A Treatise on Magnetism, published in 1870.
Notes on the Earlier Hebrew Scriptures, published in 1876.
Numerical Lunar Theory, published in 1886.
INDEX.
Accidents (see also Illnesses)
Accounts
Acts and Opponencies
Adams, Prof. J.C.
Adams, John Quincey
Agrarian fires
Aiken
Airy, William, father of G.B.A.
Airy, Ann, mother of G.B.A.
Airy, William, brother of G.B.A., and Basil R. Airy, his son
Airy, Arthur, brother of G.B.A.
Airy, Elizabeth, sister of G.B.A.
Airy, Richarda, wife of G.B.A.
Airy, children of G.B.A.
George Richard
Elizabeth
Arthur
Wilfrid
Hubert
Hilda
Christabel
Annot
Osmund
Allsop
Alnwick
Altazimuth instrument
Althorp, Lord
American Observatories
American method of recording Observations (see Galvanic Registration)
Ampère
Ancient eclipses
Anderson, lessee of Harton Colliery
Anemometer (see Meteorology)
Anniversary parties
Antiquarian researches and notes
Arago
Architecture (see Cathedrals, &c.)
Astronomical Society (see Royal Astr. Soc.)
Astronomische Gesellschaft
Athenaeum newspaper
Athenaeum Club
Atkinson, Senior Wrangler 1821
Atlantic cable
Atmospheric railway (see Railways)
Auckland, Lord
Aurora Borealis
Australian Observatories (see also Observatories)
Auwers, Dr
Babbage, Charles
Baily, Francis
Bakhuysen, of Leyden
Balance (Public Balance)
Baldock, Commander
Baldrey, assistant
Banks, optician
Baring, Sir T.
Barlow, Prof.
Barlow, W.H.
Barnard, Proctor
Barnes, Miss
Barnes, Gorell
Barometers
Barry, Sir C.
Barton, Bernard
Baxter, secretary to the Admiralty
Beacons, floating
Beaufort, Captain
Beaumont's Observatory
Bedingfield, pupil
Bell Scholarships (see Examinations)
Bessell, astronomer
Biddell, Arthur, uncle of G.B.A.
Biddell, George, uncle of G.B.A.
Biddell, William, uncle of G.B.A.
Biddell, George Arthur, son of Arthur Biddell
Biographical notes
Bissett, pupil
Blackwood, Captain
Blakesley, Canon
Blasting
Bliss's observations
Blomfield, G.B., pupil
Bloomfield, Lord
Board of Longitude
Boileau
Bond, G.P.
Books, written by G.B.A., Appendix
Book Society, Cambr.
Bosanquet
Bouch, T. Civ. Eng.
Boundary of Canada (see Canada)
Bouvard, E.
Bowstead
Bradley's observations
Brazil, Emperor of
Breakwaters (see Harbours)
Breen, assistant
Brewster, Sir D.
Bridges
Brinkley, Dr
Bristow, Miss
Britannia Bridge (see Bridges)
Brooke, Charles
British Association
Brougham, Lord
Browne, G.A.
Brunel, Civ. Eng.
Buck
Buckland, Dr
Buckle, pupil
Burgoyne, Sir J.
Burlington, Lord
Burton
Busts (see Portraits)
Calculating machines
Calvert
Cambridge Observatory:
Assistants
Instruments
Printed observations
General
Cambridge University
Cambridge Observatory, U.S.A.
Canada boundary
Cankrein, pupil
Canning, Lord
Cape of Good Hope, Observatory and Survey
Carpenter, assistant
Cartmell, Dr
Case
Catalogues of stars (see Stars)
Cathedrals and churches
Catton
Cavendish experiment
Cayley, Prof.
Challis, Prof.
Chalmers, Dr
Cherbourg (see Harbours)
Chesil Bank
Childers
Childers, First Lord of Admiralty
Christchurch
Christie, Prof.
Christie, Astronomer Royal
Chronographic barrel (see Galvanic Registration)
Chronometers
Churches (see Cathedrals)
Church service
Cincinnati Observatory
Clarendon, Lord
Clark, Latimer
Clarkson, Thomas, and Mrs Clarkson
Cleasby, pupil
Clegg
Clinton, pupil
Clocks
Cockburn, Sir G.
Coinage (see Decimal Coinage)
Colby, Col.
Colchester
Colenso, Bishop
College Hall
Collorado, Count
Colonial Observatories (see Observatories)
Comets
Commissions
Compass corrections
Cookson, Dr
Cooper, pupil
Cooper's telescope (see Telescopes)
Copying press
Corbaux, Miss
Corryvreckan whirlpool
Courtney, Rev. J.
Cowper, First Commissioner of Works
Crawford, pupil
Criswick, assistant
Cropley,
Crosse, Rev. E.
Cubitt, Sir W.
Daguerrotypes
Dalhousie, Lord
Davy, Sir Humphrey
Davy, Dr
Daynou, Lieut.
Deal time ball
De Berg
Decimal coinage and decimal subdividing
Dee navigation (see Rivers)
Degrees (see also Orders and Elections to Societies)
Deighton, publisher
De La Rive
De La Rue
De Launay
Deluge, The
De Morgan, A.
Denison, E.B.
Denison, Sir W.
Denison, H.
Denmark, King of
Dent, clockmaker
Dent-dale
Devonshire, Duke of
Dobbs, pupil
Dobree, lecturer
Docks (see Harbours)
Dolcoath experiments
Dollond, instrument maker
Drainage
Drinkwater, Bethune
Double-image micrometer
Douglas, Sir H.
Dover (see Harbours)
Dublin professorship (see Professorships)
Dublin Observatory (see Observatories)
Duë, Baron
Dundas, Admiral
Dundonald, Lord
Dunkin, assistant
Dunlop, astronomer
Durham observatory
Earnshaw
Earth currents
Eastons, manufacturers
Eclipses (see also Ancient Eclipses)
Edinburgh Observatory
Edmonston, Dr
Education (see University Education)
Egyptian Astronomical Tablets
Elections to societies, &c. (see also Degrees and Orders)
Electricity, atmospheric
Ellenborough, Lord
Ellis, W., assistant
Elphinstone
Encke and Encke's Comet
Encyclopaedia Metropolitana
Engines (see Steam-engines)
Equatoreal, large
Estcourt, Col.
Evans, lecturer
Examinations
Exhibitions and prizes
Exodus of the Israelites
Eye, defects of
Eye, estate at
Fallows, astronomer
Faraday
Farish
Farr
Fellowship
Field
Fisher
Fishmongers' Company
Fletcher, Isaac, M.P.
Floating Island, Derwentwater
Fluid telescope, Barlow's
Foley
Forbes, Prof. J.D.
Foster, Messrs
Fox, Alfred
Freedom of the City of London
Freemantle, Sir T.
French, Dr
Friends, Personal friends at Cambridge
Fries, Prof.
Galbraith
Galle
Galvanic communication, Time-signals, Clocks, and Registration
(see also Earth currents)
Gambard
Gas Act
Gauss
Gautier
Geodesy
Geology
Geological Society
Germany
Gibson, pupil
Gilbert, Messrs
Gilbert, Davies
Gill, astronomer
Gladstone, W.E.
Glaisher, assistant
Glasgow Observatory
Gordon
Gosset
Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Gould, Dr B.A.
Goussel
Graduation of circles
Grant, of Glenmoriston
Great Circle sailing (see Navigation)
Great Eastern (see Ships)
Great Exhibition
Great Gable
Green, Commander U.S.N.
Greenwich
Greenwich Observatory, before his appointment as Astronomer Royal
Greenwich Observatory:
Appointment as Astronomer Royal, and subsequently as Visitor
Buildings and grounds in,
Instruments
Assistants
Computations
Papers and manuscripts (arrangement of)
Estimates
Printed Observations
Visitations and Reports
General
Gresswell
Groombridge's Catalogue (see Stars)
Guest, Caius College
Haarlem
Hall, Col.
Halley and Halley's Comet
Hamilton
Hamilton, Sir W.R.
Hamilton, Admiral
Hansard
Hansen, Prof.
Hansteen
Harbours
Harcourt, Rev. W. Vernon
Hartnup, astronomer
Harton Colliery experiments
Haviland, Dr
Hawkes, Trinity College
Hebrew Scriptures
Heliograph
Hencke
Henderson, astronomer
Henslow, Prof.
Herbert, G.
Hereford
Herschel, Sir John
Herschel, Miss Caroline
Herschel, Col. J.
Hervey, pupil
Higman, Tutor, Trinity College
Hilgard, U.S.A.
Himalaya Expedition
Hind, Moderator
Hind, Superintendent Nautical Almanac
Hopkins
Hovenden, pupil
Hudson
Huggins, Dr
Humboldt, Baron A.
Humphreys
Hussey, Dr
Hustler, Tutor, Trinity College
Hyde Parker, Admiral
Hygrometers
Ibbotson, pupil
Iliff
Illnesses
Inequality, Venus and Earth
Inglis, Sir R.
Institut de France
Institution of Civil Engineers
Inverness, Northern Institution of
Ipswich Lectures
Ireland, notes of
Ivory
Jackson
Jackson, John
James, Sir H.
Janus (see Steam-engines)
Jarrow (see Harbours)
Jeffries
Jerrard, Dr
Jervis, Major
Jeune, Dr, V.C. of Oxford
Johnson, Capt.
Johnson, astronomer
Jones, instrument-makers
Jones, R.
Journeys:
Scotland and Cumberland; Swansea;
Derbyshire, &c.; Wales; Keswick, &c.; Cornwall,
&c.; Orléans; Lake District, &c.; Continent,
Observatories, &c.; Cornwall, &c.; Derbyshire; Oxford
&c.; Cumberland; Ireland; Scotland; Derbyshire, &c.;
Cumberland, &c.; Ireland; Kent; S. Wales;
Luddington and Yorkshire; Border of Scotland;
S. Wales; Cumberland and Yorkshire; South of Ireland;
Ireland; France; Cornwall; Germany; Petersburg, &c.;
Ireland; Shetland; Scotland;
Sweden; Madeira; Cumberland; Cumberland; Oban, &c.; Italy and
Sicily; West Highlands; Switzerland; Central France; Spain
(eclipse); Cumberland; West Highlands;
West Highlands; Cumberland; Norway; Cumberland; Switzerland;
Cumberland; Cumberland; Cumberland; Scotland; Scotland; N.
of Scotland; Ireland; Scotland, &c.;
Cumberland; Cumberland;
Cumberland; Cumberland; S. Wales; Cumberland 358; Cumberland
Julius Caesar, landing of
Jupiter (see Planets)
Keeling
Kennedy
King, Joshua
Kingstown
Knight, publisher
Knighthood, offers of
Lagarde
Laing
Landman, Engineer
Langton
Lardner, Dr
Lassell, and Lassell's telescope
Latitude determinations
Lax, Prof.
Lectures:
College
Professorial
Miscellaneous
Lefevre, J.G.S.
Leitch, Dr
Le Verrier
Lewis, H.
Lewis, Sir G.C.
Lightfoot, Rev. Dr
Lighthouses
Lightning
Lillingstone
Lindsay, Lord
Listing, Prof.
Liverpool Observatory
Livingstone, Dr
Lloyd, Dr
Lloyd, Prof.
Lockyer
Lodge
London University
London, Freedom of the City
Long vacations, with pupils
Longitude determinations
Longitude, Board of (see Board of Longitude)
Lowe, Chancellor of the Exchequer
Lubbock, Sir John
Lucas (computer)
Lucasian Professorship (see Professorships)
Lunar Reductions
Lunar Theory and Tables (see also Numerical Lunar Theory)
Lyndhurst, Lord
Lyons, Sir E.
Macaulay, T.B.
Macdonnell, Dr
Maclean, of Loch Buy
Maclear, Astronomer
Madras Observatory 101
Magnetic Observatory and Magnetism
(see also Meteorology, Compass corrections, and Earth currents)
Main, Robert
Maine Boundary (see Canada)
Maiden, Prof.
Malkin
Malta
Man-Engines (see Mines)
Manuscripts (see Papers)
Mars (see Planets)
Marshman, pupil
Marth, A.
Martin, Trin. Coll.
Maskelyne, astronomer
Mason
Mathematical Investigations (see also Appendix "Printed Papers")
Mathematical Tracts
Mathematical subjects in
Maudslays and Field
May, Ransomes and May
Medals
Melbourne University
Melville, Lord
Mercury (see Planets)
Merivale, Dr
Meteorology
Meteors
Middleton, Sir W.
Milaud
Military researches
Miller, Prof.
Mines
Minto, Lord
Mitchell, astronomer
Mitchell Miss
Molesworth, Sir W.
Monteagle, Lord
Monument in Playford church
Moon:
Observations of
Theory and Tables of (see Lunar Theory and Tables)
Reductions of Observations of (see Lunar Reductions)
Mass of
Morpeth, Lord
Morton, Pierce, pupil
Murchison, Sir R.
Murray, publisher
Musgrave, Charles
Musgrave, T. Archbishop
Myers
Nasmyth
Nautical Almanac
Navigation
Neate, pupil
Neptune and Uranus
Newall
Newcombe, Prof.
New Forest
Northampton, Lord
Northumberland Telescope
Numerical Lunar Theory
Observatories: see American, Australian, Beaumont's,
Cambridge, Cambridge U.S.A.,
Cape of Good Hope, Cincinnati,
Colonial, Dublin, Durham,
Edinburgh, Glasgow, Greenwich,
Liverpool, Madras, Oxford, Paris,
Paramatta, Pulkowa, St Helena,
Williamstown
Occultations
O'Connell
Ogilby, pupil
Oppolzer, Prof.
Opponencies (see Acts and Opponencies)
Optics
Orders (see also Degrees and Elections to Societies)
Ouvaroff, Count
Oxford Observatory
Oxford, Miscellaneous
Packington, Sir J.
Palmerston, Lord
Papers (see Appendix "Printed Papers")
Papers, Arrangement of
Parachute, Fall of
Parallax (see Sun)
Paramatta Observatory
Parker, Charles
Parker, Vice-Chancellor
Paris, Dr
Paris Observatory
Paris Exhibition
Parliamentary Elections
Pasley
Paul
Peacock, George
Pearson, Dr
Peel, Sir Robert
Pendulum Investigations and Experiments
Penny Cyclopaedia
Pension
Pentland
Percy, Bishop
Personal sketch
Philosophical Society, Cambridge
Philpott, Dr
Photography
Piers (see Harbours)
Pinheiro, Lieut.
Pipon, Lieut.
Plana, astronomer
Planetary influences
Planetary Reductions
Planets (see also Transits of Venus)
Plantamour
Playford
Plumian Professorship (see Professorships)
Pocket-books for Observations
Pogson, astronomer
Pond, astronomer
Portlock, Capt.
Portraits, busts, &c.
Post Office, (clocks, &c.)
Post Office, stamps and envelopes
Pouillet
Prince Albert
Pritchard, Rev. C.
Prizes (see Exhibitions)
Probable errors
Professorships:
Dublin; Lucasian; Plumian
Public Schools Commission
Pulkowa Observatory
Pupils:
Bedingfield; Bissett; Blomfield;
Buckle; Cankrein; Cleasby;
Clinton; Cooper; Crawford; Dobbs;
Gibson; Guest; Hervey;
Hovenden; Ibbotson; Lewis;
Marshman; Morton; Neate;
Ogilby; Parker; Rosser;
Smith; Tinkler; Tottenham;
Turner; Wigram; Williamson
Pym, Engineer
Queen, H.M. the Queen,
Quéroualle, Mdlle de
Quetelet
Railways, near Observatory
Railway Gauge Commission
Railways, miscellaneous
Rain (see Meteorology)
Rainbows
Ransomes, also Ransomes and May 17,
Reach
Reflex zenith tube
Religious tests and views
Repsold
Rhodes
Richardson, assistant
Rigaud, Prof.
Rivers
Robinson, Dr
Robinson, Capt.
Rogers, Rev.
Rogers, school assistant
Romilly, Lord
Ronalds
Rose, Rev. H.J.
Rosse, Lord, and Rosse's Telescope
Rosser, pupil
Rothery
Rothman
Round Down Cliff, blasting of
Rouse, Rev. R.C. M.
Routh, Dr E.J.
Royal Astronomical Society (see also
Appendix "Printed Papers")
Royal Exchange clock
Royal Institution
Royal Society (see also Appendix "Printed Papers")
Royal Society of Edinburgh
Rüncker, Paramatta
Rüncker
Rundell
Rusby
Russell, Lord John
Sabine, Col.
Sadler, H.
Saint Helena Observatory
Samuda
Saturn (see Planets)
Saunders, G.W. By
Saw-mills (see Ship timbers)
Schehallien, mountain
Scholarship
Scholefield
Schumacher
Scientific Manual
Scoop-wheels
Scoresby, Dr
Scriptural Researches (see Hebrew Scriptures)
Sedgwick, Adam
Selwyn, Prof.
Senate House Examination (see also University Education)
Sewers Commission
Sheepshanks, Rev. Richard, and Miss
Sheepshanks
Sheepshanks Fund and Scholarship
Shepherd, clock-maker
Ship-timbers, Machinery for sawing,
Shirreff, Capt.
Simmons
Simms, F.W.
Simms (see Troughton and Simms)
Skeleton forms
Sly, draughtsman
Smith, Rev. R. Smith, father-in-law of G.B.A., and Mrs Smith,
Smith, the Misses Smith, sisters of
Richarda Airy, Susanna;
Elizabeth; Georgiana;
Florence; Caroline
Smith, Archibald
Smith, M., pupil
Smith's Prizes
Smyth, Capt. W.H.
Smyth, Piazzi
Societies, &c., Elections to (see Elections)
Solar Eclipses (see Eclipses)
Solar Inequality (see Sun)
Solar System (see Sun)
Solar Tables (see Sun)
South, Sir James
South's Telescope
South-Eastern Railway
Southampton
Southey (Poet)
Spectroscopy
Spottiswoode
Spring-Rice, Lord Monteagle
Standards of Length and Weight, and
Standards Commission
Stars
Start Point
Steam-engines
Stephenson, George
Stephenson, Robert
Steventon
Stewart, Prof. Balfour
Stjerneld, Baron
Stokes, Prof.
Stone, Astronomer
Stratford, Lieut.
Stroganoff, Count
Strutt, Lord Belper
Strutt, Jedediah
Struve, Otto
Stuart, Prof. J.
Sun:
Miscellaneous
Parallax of (see also Transits of Venus)
Eclipses of (see Eclipses)
Inequality, Venus and Earth
Tables of
Surveys (see Trigonometrical Surveys)
Sussex, Duke of,
Sutcliffe
Sutcliffe, Miss
Sydney University
Sylvester
Sweden, King of
Tate
Taylor, architect
Taylor, First Assistant to Pond,
Taylor, H.
Telegraphs (see Galvanic communications)
Telescopes (see also Cambridge Observatory Instruments,
and Greenwich Observatory Instruments)
Teneriffe Experiment
Thames, the River,
Theology (see also Hebrew Scriptures and Colenso)
Thermometers
Thermo-multiplier
Thirlwall, Bishop
Thomas, assistant
Thompson, Master Trin. Coll.
Thomson, Sir W.
Tidal Harbour Commission
Tides,
Time-signals and Time (see also Galvanic communication, &c.)
Time balls (see Time signals)
Tinkler, pupil
Tottenham, pupil
Traill, Dr
Transit Circle,
Transits of Venus
Trigonometrical Survey
Trinity College, Cambridge
Trinity House Tripos Examination (see Senate-House Examination)
Troughton and Simms
Tulley, optician
Tupman, Capt
Turner, pupil
Turton, Prof.
Tutorship
Ulrich, J.G.
Universities (see Cambridge, Dublin, Edinburgh, London, Melbourne,
Oxford, Sydney)
University Education (see also Smith's Prizes and Senate-House Examination)
University Press,
Uranus (see Neptune)
Valencia (see also Longitude Determinations)
Venus (see Planets, and Transits of Venus)
Venus and Earth inequality (see Inequality)
Vernon Harcourt (see Harcourt)
Vetch, Capt.
Vibrations of ground
Vignoles, C.B., engineer
Vulliamy, clockmaker
Wales, Prince of
Walker, Byatt
Walker, James, engineer
Walker, Sydney,
Warburton, H.
Washington, Capt.
Water telescope (see also Fluid telescope)
Watson
Waves (see Tides)
Webster, M.P. for Aberdeen
Western
Westminster clock (see also Clocks)
Wexford harbour (see Harbours)
Wheatstone
Whewell, William
White House, the,
Wigram, pupil
Williams, John
Williamson, pupil
Williamstown Observatory
Wilson, Prof.
Winchester
Winds (see Meteorology)
Winning
Wood, Sir Charles
Wood, Dr
Woodbridge, Suffolk
Woodhouse, Prof.
Woolwich Academy (see Examinations)
Wordsworth, Dr, Master of Trin. Coll.
Wordsworth, poet
Wrede, Baron
Wynter, Vice-Chancellor, Oxford
Yolland, Col.
York Cathedral
Young, Dr