On the Influence of Carbonic Acid in the Air upon the Temperature of the Earth, by Professor S. ARREHNIUS; abstract by Dr. Planetary Phenomena for March and April, 1897, by Professor MAL- ww33 The WASHBURN Observatory, by GEORGE C. COMSTOCK, Director. 31 Some Luminous Appearances in the Sky, by W. H. S. MONCK.. Twenty-sixth Award of the DONOHOE Comet-Medal to Mr. C. D. Elements and Ephemeris of Comet g, 1896, by F. H. SEARES and List of Earthquakes in California for the year 1896, by C. D. Perrine Twenty-seventh Award of the DONOHOE Comet-Medal to Mr. C. D. Notices from the Lick Observatory. Photograph of the Solar Surface made at the Lick Observatory. . Discovery of Comet g, 1896 (PERRINE). C. D. P. Astronomische Gesellschaft Zone — 9° 50′ to 14° 10′. A. S. Relief-Map of the Lick Observatory Reservation. E. S. H. Meteors (November 15, 1896). Letter of MRS. F. K. UPHAM . Notice to Members of the Society. E. S. H. The Great Sun-Spot of January, 1897 . The Great Sun-Spot of January, 1897. A. L. C. The Great Sun-Spot of January, 1897. R. G. A. 4I * To the Binder; this should precede page 1, Volume IX. PAGE List of American Foreign Associates of the Royal Astronom- 45 List of Americans who have received the Medal of The Royal 45 Earthquake at Oakland, January 17, 1897. A. H. B. 45 1555 46 46 47 47 47 47 47 9, 1896... 47 48 Observations of the Companion to Procyon, and of the Com- Honor Conferred on Dr. Lewis Swift The LADD Observatory (Providence, R. I.) Measures of the Companion to Procyon. R. G. A. Astronomical Telegram. Observation of Same, December, Astronomical Telegram. Elements of Same, December 11, Astronomical Telegram. LoWELL. Martian North Polar Cap Astronomy and Astronomers in Their Relations to the Public. Ephemeris for Physical Observations of the Moon for Certain Dates Predictions for the Solar Eclipse of July 29, 1897, Lick Observatory to face page 89 89 Notices from the Lick Observatory. Erratum in No. 53 of the Publications A. S. P. Bright Fireball, January 26, 1897 (Mt. Hamilton). C. D. P.. Photographs of DONATI'S Comet in September, 1858. E. S. H. 89 89 90 90 90 HOËNE WRONSKI. E. S. H... Portrait of WILLIAM CRANCH BOND. E. S. H. Meteor of January 24, 1897 (Los Angeles). Letter of S. J. REESE First Results from the BRUCE Photographic Telescope at Elements of Descriptive Astronomy: a Text-book. By Dr. Portraits of Astronomers and Others Belonging to the Lick Light Absorption as a Determining Factor in the Selection Awards of the Comet-Medal of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific.. Memorials of WILLIAM CRANCH BOND, and of His Son, GEORGE Gift of Miss BRUCE to the Observatory of Prague Latitude of the Lick Observatory. R. H. T. 102 103 Weather at Mt. Hamilton in the Winter of 1896-97. R. G. A. Probable Error of a Single Observed Position in Some Fre- 104 105 105 106 107 108 Notice to Members. The Committee on Publication. 108 109 Minutes of the Meeting of the Directors, March 27, 1897 . Minutes of the Annual Meeting of the Society, March 27, 1897. Minutes of the Meeting of the Directors, March 27, 1897 . 114 115 116 118 . 119 Publications No. 56, June 1, August 1, 1897. A New Observatory (Valkenburg, Holland), by Rev. JOHN G. The Spectra and Proper Motion of Stars, by W. H. S. MONCK, Supplemental Note to the Same, by W. H. S. MONCK LITTLE.. PAGE 121 123 128 130 Total Solar Eclipse, January 22, 1898. English Preparations, by 131 Earthquake of June 20, 1897 (Oakland), by ALLEN H. BABCOCK. MALCOLM MCNEILL Double Star Measures, by D. A. LEHMAN Photograph of the Moon, Paris Observatory, March 14, 1894 cut to face page Notices from the Lick Observatory. A New Celestial Atlas. Notice by E. S. H. Stability of the Great Equatorial. E. S. H. . 135 135 136 141 145 145 145 146 147 147 Reflector and Portrait Lens in Celestial Photography. Abstract 147 148 148 Record of Experiments with the Moving Floor of the 75-foot Dome of the Lick Observatory. E. S. H. . . . Eye-End of the 30-inch Equatorial of the Pulkowa Observatory cut to face page 149 Statistics of the Library of the Lick Observatory. R. G. A.. 150 Apparatus for Measuring Photographic Plates (REPSOLD) cut to face page 151 151 Royal Observatory, Greenwich, 1896-97. Extract from the 152 Expedition from the Lick Observatory to Observe the Eclipse |