Plates:- Photo-visual lenses, W. J. S. Lockyer Photographs of spectrographs, G. E. Hale.. .... Comet d 1907 (Daniel), Max Wolf 654 671 Illumination of field of transit instrument, Sir W. H. M. and H. A. Christie.. Saturn, 1907, E. E. Barnard..... Planetary nebula, N. G. C. 7662, E. E. Barnard Captain Gadsden's "Spanner" horizon, H. H. Turner Jupiter's satellites VI, VII, and VIII, Royal Observatory, Greenwich Refraction, astronomical, an empirical law of, H. H. Turner note to the above paper, H. H. Turner. Robson, Thomas, obituary notice of...... of determining the absolute dimensions of an Algol variable note on Father Stein's paper "On Dr. Roberts's method 492 536 Routh, E. J., obituary notice of 238 Rugby, Temple Observatory, report of the proceedings of 239 275 241 Saturn, disappearance of the ring-system of, R. T. A. Innes .32, 209 a few observations of, made in 1897-1904, E. E. Barnard additional observations of the disappearances and reappearances Saturn's ninth satellite, Phoebe, observations from photographs of, taken diagram showing the positions of, 1907, Saunder, S. A., proposals respecting lunar nomenclature... Scheiner, J., researches on the solar constant and the temperature of the Scott, J. L., measures of southern double stars in 1907 See, T. J. J., on the orbit of the binary star 8 80... on the orbit of B 513-48 Cassiopeia on the orbit of 8 552=11 Orionis note on the comparative eccentricities of visual and spectroscopic binary stars. note on the condition for the passage of the Earth through the 372 460 ....127, 211 671 144 279 662 484 192 195 198 201 See, T. J, J., orbital elements of double stars....... Solar Research, International Union for, papers of the computing bureau, PAGE 565 98,609, 656 · Council note on the meeting of Royal College of Science, report of the proceed- Carrington's catalogue for 1855, comparison with the Greenwich Star colours and spectra, the relation between, W. S. Franks Star images, on the relative numbers of, photographed in different parts Star places, photographic, construction of a standard catalogue of, Stars, distribution of, Council note on researches in 1907 Stars, double :- Results of micrometer measures made at the Royal Observatory, B 80, orbit of, T. J. J. See..... B 513-48 Cassiopeia, orbit of, T. J. J. See B 552 11 Orionis, orbit of, T. J. J. See.... 295 275 277 48 672 588 397 82 303 39, 525 192 195 198 201 Note on the comparative eccentricities of visual and spectroscopic Micrometrical measures of double stars (fifth series) Rev. T. E. Measures of southern binary stars in 1907, J. Tebbutt..... Orbital elements of 2, 8524, 483, 8883, 8 581, AC 5, Proper motions of 1186 Carrington stars, Royal Observatory, The proper motion of small stars, S. W. Burnham The parallax and proper motion of Krueger 60, E. E. Barnard Relation between star colours and spectra, W. S. Franks 672 Stars, variable:- Council note on 302 Corrections to Professor Turner's paper on the classification of long- period variable stars, Rev. J. Stein.... 482 On Dr. Roberts's method of determining the absolute dimensions 490 note to the above paper, H. H. Turner Example of Prof. K. Pearson's calculation of correlation in the Stein, Rev. J., corrections to Professor Turner's paper "On the classi- on Dr. Roberts's method of determining the absolute dimensions note to the above paper, H. H. Turner Stellar characters, further considerations on the correlations of, Karl Stonyhurst College Observatory, report of the proceedings of.... Sun, eclipses: :- Note on the ancient solar eclipses discussed by Mr. Cowell, On ancient eclipses, P. H. Cowell The total eclipse of 1910 May 8, A. M. W. Downing Sun, rotation of, note on the position of the Sun's axis, H. H. Turner Sun-spots and faculæ, etc. :- PAGE 482 490 536 415 277 2 18 109 664 82 294 observed at Kodaikanal Observatory, J. 515 98, 609 296 12 293 295 Observations of helium D, absorption in the neighbourhood of sun- 620 656 Sun, temperature of, and the solar constant, J. Scheiner 662 285 Sydney and Melbourne Observatories, joint report on the measurement 284 The ultra-violet region in sun-spot spectra, J. Evershed Council note on researches on sun-spot spectra and spectrohelio- Taylor, H. Dennis, notes on Dr. Wm. Lockyer's paper on the permanency Tebbutt, John, report of his Observatory measures of southern binary stars in 1907 Tomkins, H. G., the lunar bright rays Transit instrument, on an improved method of illuminating the field in, 28 287 396 571 181 222 252 224 Turner, H. H., note on the position of the Sun's axis of rotation, as 98 on possible periodic inequalities in the epoch of the sun- further note on the position of the Sun's axis of rota- 609 656 on the relative numbers of star images photographed in 397 note on the condition for the passage of the Earth 460 Turner, H. H., note on the period of variation of Barnard's variable corrections to his paper on the classification of long- note on Father Stein's paper (on Dr Roberts's method an empirical law of astronomical refraction note on "the Spanner," Captain Gadsden's artificial - an example of Professor Karl Pearson's calculation of PAGE 481 482 492 496 535 544 677 560 Uranus, occultations of, by the Moon in 1908, A. M. W. Downing...... 127 Vogel, H. C., obituary notice of Voute, J., on the orbit of 8 416 254 503 Whitelow, E. T., observations of the transit of Mercury, 1907 Novem- ber 14 130 Wilson, W. E., report of his Observatory 279 Wolf, Max, the nebula H IV. 74 Cephei 30 photographs of Comet d 1907 Daniel) 180 lengths of axes and position angles of 52 oval nebulæ.. H. F. NEWALL, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., PRESIDENT, in the Chair. Harold A. H. Christie, M.A., Royal Observatory, Greenwich, S.E.; Bertram Francis Eardley Keeling, The Observatory, Helwân, near Cairo, Egypt; and Frederick Alexander Lindemann, Sidholm, Sidmouth, Devon, were balloted for and duly elected Fellows of the Society. The following candidates were proposed for election as Fellows of the Society, the names of the proposers from personal knowledge being appended: Henry Boase Austin, J.P., Government Buildings, Bloemfontein, Orange River Colony, South Africa (proposed by R. T. A. Innes); W. Geoffrey Duffield, Physical Laboratory, Manchester University (proposed by Arthur Schuster); W. Earnshaw Etzel, B.S., Litt. L., M.S.M.F., Professor of Science, St Bernard's, Rochester, N.Y., U.S.A. (proposed by William R. Brooks); John M. Field, 1 Hart Street, Edinburgh (proposed by William Peck); James D. Maddrill, Ph.D., International Latitude Observatory, Ukiah, California, U.S.A. (proposed by H. C. Plummer); William Henry Rees, B.Sc., Mathematical Master, County School, Pontypridd, 2 Graigeven Place, Pontypridd, South Wales (proposed by Richard Kerr); Thomas James Forrester Smith, Newstead, Wavertree, near Liverpool (proposed by F. W. Longbottom); and Captain James Weir, F.R.G.S., Examiner of Masters and Mates in Navigation and Seamanship to the Board of Trade, 5 Clive Crescent, Penarth, Glamorgan, South Wales (proposed by Albert Taylor). |