Minutes of the Meeting of the Directors, June 13, 1891.

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Members elected

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Resignations, appointments, etc.

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Minutes of the Meeting of the Society, June 13, 1891 .

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Minutes of the Fifth and Sixth Meetings of the Chicago Section,

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A. S. P. (April 7 and May 5, 1891) .

Observation of Jupiter and of his Satellites with the 36-inch Equa-

torial of the Lick Observatory (1888–1890).

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The Observatory of the U. S. Military Academy at West Point, by

Lieut. F. S. HARLOW.

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Measurement of Jupiter's Satellites by Interference, by A. A.

MICHELSON

Full page diagram.

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to face page 275

Notices from the Lick Observatory.

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The University Observatory of Strassburg, by EDWARD S.

HOLDEN

Cuts of the Observatory and of various instruments made by

the REPSOLDS.

to face pages 279, 280, 281, 282, 283

Observations of the Solar Eclipse of June 6, 1891, at Ogden,

Utah, by W. C. PARMLEY.

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Scientific Visitors to the Lick Observatory (Prof. MENDENHALL,

Mr. FREMONT MORSE).

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Special Students at Mount Hamilton (Professors TREAT and

TAYLOR)..

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Appointment of Dr. KIRKWOOD to the STANFORD University . . 283

Observations of the planet Uranus with the 36-inch Equatorial, by

EDWARD S. HOLDEN, J. M. SCHAEBERLE and JAMES E. KEELER 283

Full page diagram.

to face page 284

History of Scientific Societies.

284

Examination of Uranus for the detection of new Satellites, by

EDWARD S. HOLDEN and J. M. SCHAEBERLE.

285

Discovery of a new Crater on the Moon Negatives of the Lick

Observatory, by Professor WEINEK .

285

Appointment of Dr. HENRY CREW as Astronomer in the Lick

Observatory.

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Permanent Improvements at Mount Hamilton.

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Erratum in NEISON'S Moon

287

On the Determination of Stellar Magnitudes by Means of Pho-

tography (translation of a letter by Dr. C. V. L. CHARLIER). 288

Note on the above by J. M. SCHAEBERLE .

Errata in the Second Armagh Catalogue of Stars, communicated

by Dr. J. L. E. DREYER.

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Forest fires at Mount Hamilton, July, 1891 (letter of EDWARD S.

HOLDEN).

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Scientific Visitors to the Lick Observatory (Dr. David Starr

JORDAN, Prof. George ChrySTAL, F. R. S., Prof. MICHELSON) 296

Atmospheric Absorption of the Photographic Rays, by J. M.

SCHAEBERLE

Minutes of the Meeting of the Directors, September 5, 1891

Members elected

Committee appointed

Minutes of the Meeting of the Society, September 5, 1891 . .

Minutes of the Seventh and Eighth Meetings of the Chicago Section,

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Catalogue of the Library of the Astronomical Society of the Pacific,

prepared by Otto von Geldern.

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Part I.

Catalogue of Bound Books

305

Part II. Catalogue of Unbound Books and Pamphlets .

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Publications No. 19, November 28, 1891.

Enlarged Drawings from Lunar Photographs taken at the Lick Ob-

servatory, by Professor Dr. L. WEINEK, of Prague..

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Two Lithographs of the Lunar Crater Archimedes, by Professor

WEINEK . .
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Note to Professor WEINER'S Paper, by EDWARD S. HOLDEN..

Estrellas Fugaces, Bólidos, y Aerolitos, estudio por el Dr. JESUS

MUÑOZ TÉBAR [Abstract].

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Bestimmung von Parallaxen durch Registrir-Beobachtungen am

Meridian Kreise, von Dr. J. C. KAPTEYN (Review by Professor

LEWIS BOSS)

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Observations of the Dark Transit of Jupiter's Third Satellite on

August 20, 1891, at Windsor, N. S.W., by JOHN Tebbutt, F.R.A.S. 353

(Seventh) Award of the DONOHOE Comet-Medal (to E. E. BARNARD) 354 The Forms of Jupiter's Satellites, by J. M. SCHaeberle and W. W. CAMPBELL..

Path of a Shooting Star, by TORVALD KÖHL .

Observations of Markings on Jupiter's Third Satellite, by J. M.

SCHAEBERLE and W. W. CAMPBELL

Plates of Jupiter's Satellite III .

Notices from the Lick Observatory.

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359

to face pages 359 and 361

FRANZ FRIEDRICH ERNST BRUENNOW, translated from the
German of Professor A. KRUEGER, by J. M. SCHAEBERLE. . 367
Portrait of Professor BRUENNOW.
to face page 367
Experiments on the Effectiveness of Photographic Telescopes of

Different Focal Lengths [by Professor N. C. Dunér]. . Elevations at Mount Hamilton.

Meteor Fall in Arizona (Sept. 7, 1891). .

The Milky Way is a Separate System of Stars [by Dr. David
GILL] . .

Dr. RUTHERFURD'S Negatives of the Moon, etc. .

Characteristic Forms within the Cluster in Hercules, by EDWARD
S. HOLDEN..

Diagram of the Cluster in Hercules ..

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Gift to the Lick Observatory [by WALTER W. Law, esq.] .
Proposed Dissolution of the firm of ALVAN CLARK & SONS. . 377
The Great Red Spot on Jupiter [by W. F. DENNING, F. R. A. S.] 377
Elements and Ephemeris of Comet e, 1891 (BARNARD, October 2)
by W. W. CAMPBELL.

378

The LADD Observatory (Providence, R. I.).

378

Scientific Visitors to the Lick Observatory (Professor SWAIN). 379

Comparative Brevity of the English, French and German Languages in Scientific Writings.

379

Errata in Publications No. 17

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Additional Corrections to Watson's Theoretical Astronomy, by
W. W. CAMPBELL. (See, also, Vol. III, pp. 87, 223). .
Unusual Phenomenon observed on Jupiter, Sept. 29, 1891, by
H. S. HURLBERT

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Minutes of the Meetings of the Directors, November 16 and 28, 1891. 381

Members elected

381

Rules governing the distribution of extra copies of the Publica-
tions, of reprints, etc.

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Minutes of the Meeting of the Society, November 28, 1891

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Officers of the Society . .

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Officers of the Chicago Section

Notice to Members

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CHAS. BURCKHALTER (Chabot Observatory, Oakland),

J. M. SCHAEBERLE (Lick Observatory),

E. J. MOLERA (850 Van Ness Avenue, S. F.),

President

Vice Presidents

Secretaries

Treasurer

Board of Directors-Messrs. ALVORD, BURCKHALTER, GRANT, HILL, Holden,

MOLERA, PIERSon, Schaeberle, SOULÉ, WYTHE, ZIEL.

Finance Committee-Messrs. PIERSON, MOLERA, HILI.

Committee on Publication-Messrs. HOLDEN, Keeler, Yale.

Library Committee-Messrs. MOLERA, BURCKHALTER, PIERson.

Committee on the Comet Medal-Messrs. HOLDEN (ex-officio), SCHAEBERLE, BURCKHALTER.

A star signifies Life-Membership. Addresses in italics are not within the Postal Union.