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CONTENTS.

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On the Determination of Personal Equation by Observations of the
Projected Image of the Sun, Letter from C. Ragoonatha Charey,
of the Madras Observatory, to Captain W. S. Jacob

Note in reference to the preceding Communication, by Capt. W. S. Jacob 339

Note from the Astronomer Royal, on the account of the Occultation of
Saturn on May 8, as observed at Wimbledon by Mr. Pollock

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List of Star-Magnitudes which remain for insertion in Baily's Edition
of Lalande's Histoire Céleste, in a Letter from M. Hencke, of
Driesen, to the Astronomer Royal

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Note from Captain W. S. Jacob to the Editor

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Corrections of the Elements of the Moon's Orbit deduced from the
Lunar Observations made at the Royal Observatory of Greenwich
from 1750 to 1851, by the Astronomer Royal
Suggestions as to the Structure of the Tails of Comets, by the Rev.
T. W. Webb

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INDEX.

ADAMS, J. C., appointed Lowndean Professor of Astronomy at Cambridge 114
on the secular variation of the excentricity and inclination
of the moon's orbit ...

Airy, G. B., note on the variable star No. 83 of the Greenwich Catalogue

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of 1576 Stars

Council report of his operations at the Royal Observatory

during the past year

on the movement of the solar system in space.
note on a conjunction of Venus and Jupiter

207

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132

173

186

on the projection of stars on the moon's disk in occultations 208
remarks on a comparison of the Lunar Tables of Burckhardt
and Hansen with recent Greenwich Observations.. 211
note on the phenomenon of the projection of stars on the
moon's disk

340

Corrections of the Elements of the Lunar Orbit, from obser-
vations made at the Royal Observatory during the
period 1750-1851

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Alexandra, observations of.

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Balfour, Capt., sextant observations of Comet V., 1858.

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Bate, Capt. W. T., biographical notice of...

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Bellona, observations of

238, 278

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Berlin Academy, notice of the conclusion of the series of Star-Charts

published by the

Birt, W. R., note on a group of solar spots.

on the successive illuminations of the lunar crater Geminus 280
Burdon, Commander William, biographical notice of....
Burr, T. W., observations of Comet V., 1858..

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181

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Cambridge Observatory, accounts of operations at the, during the past

Cambridge University, donation to the, by the representatives of the late
Mr. Sheepshanks....

Carrington, R. C., on the distribution of the solar spots

on certain phenomena in the motions of solar spots 81
notice of his labours at the Redhill Observatory
during the past year

141

Cayley, Arthur, on the disturbing function in the lunar theory
Challis, Prof., physical observations of...

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-, report of the Council on his operations at the Cambridge
Observatory during the past year
occultation of Saturn by the moon, observed by.

Clarke, Capt., note on the figure of the earth

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133

265
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notice of his labours in connexion with the "Account of
the Principal Triangulation of the British Isles” 150,194
Clark, Alvan, new micrometer for measuring large distances..
Comet, D'Arrest's, observations of

V., 1858, observations of...

324
45

12, 21-29, 54, 88, 185, 305

-, physical observations of
-, on the visibility of..

Comet I., 1859, discovery of .

elements of

16

86

228

296

Comets, Council report respecting the discovery of, during the past year 155
Criswick, Mr., occultation of Saturn observed by

Dawes, Rev. W. R., observations of Comet V., 1858 ..

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note on Saturn's ring

occultation of Saturn, observed by

De La Rue, Warren, drawing of Comet V., 1858, by

-, stereoscopic photographs of the moon

239

88

184

241

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40

notice of his labours in celestial photography.. 138, 353
, on the silvering of glass specula

Dunkin, R., occultation of Saturn observed by

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Eclipse of the sun, total, Sept. 7, 1858, observed in Brazil

by Major Lang.

Edmondson, N. M'N., observations of Comet V. by
Edinburgh observatory, account of operations at the, during the past
year

Egeria, observations of

Ellery, R. L. G., observations of Comet V., 1858
Ellis, Mr., occultation of Saturn observed by

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Encke, Prof., notices of his researches on the theory of the comet which

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Thomas Slater, Esq.

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William Radcliff Birt, Esq.

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Francis Thos. Selby, Esq.

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Foucault, Leon, description of an improvement in the making of large

reflecting telescopes

description of processes for finding out the configuration
of optical surfaces..

Glaisher, James, occultation of Saturn observed by
Goldschmidt, Dr., discovery of a new planet by
Gray, W., observations of Comet V., 1858

Grove, W. R., note on Comet V., 1858..

occultation of Saturn observed by.

186

284

239

93

27

28

243

Haile, J. C., observations of Comet V., 1858

25

Harmonia, observations of

Hartnup, John, observations of Comet V., 1858

account of his labours at the Liverpool Observatory
during the past year.

Hencke, M., rectification of magnitudes in Baily's edition of Lalande's

Histoire Céleste

Herschel, Sir J. F. W., note from...

Hind, J. R., note on the nomenclature of the minor planets

Hodgson, R., on the visibility of Comet V., 1858

173, 206

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340

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ib.

86

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note on the triplicity of Scorpii..

correction of a statement relative to Airy's re-
searches on Jupiter's mass

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Lang, Major, observation of the solar eclipse, Sept. 7, 1858

Lassell, William, observation of Comet V., 1858.

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9, 50, 85

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21, 78

138

243

120

201

10

151

Leucothea, observations of..

Liais, M., sur les réfractions anormales dans les éclipses de soleil et la
détermination des longitudes par les éclipses
Liverpool Observatory, account of operations at the, during the past

year

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Lubbock, Sir John, on the development of the disturbing function in
the lunar theory.

Lunar theory, on the development of the disturbing function in the
--, note on the disturbing function in the

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Lunars, on a new method of clearing...

Lynn, Mr., occultation of Saturn observed by.

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account of the results of the trigonometrical survey in
the Cape Colony

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Madras Observatory, account of operations at the

Main, Rev. R., on the proper motions of the stars of the Greenwich

Catalogue of 1576 stars..

address on presenting the Gold Medal of the Society to
Mr. Carrington..

remarks on the physical peculiarities of comets
occultation of Saturn observed by

135

61

161

224

238

on the present state of the controversy respecting the
amount of acceleration of the moon's mean motion 268

Melpomene, observations of

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Memoirs, notice of the publication of vol. xxvii. of the
Metis, observations of ....

Minor planets, magnitudes of the...

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list of institutions and individuals entitled by the
authority of the Council to receive the Monthly
Notices as they are published..

proposal by the Council for incorporating the Monthly
Notices in the volume of Memoirs..

Müller, Dr., on the silvering of glass specula

Murray, Sir W. K., occultation of Saturn, observed by..

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Occultations of stars by the moon, phenomena observed during

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of Saturn, May 8, 1859, observations of.... 238–244, 265, 279

Owen, Vice-Admiral, W. F., biographical notice of

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Peacock, George, Dean of Ely, biographical notice of..

125

Peters, Dr. C. H. F., on the drift in latitude of the solar spots.
Planets, new, discovery of

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93, 327

Planets, minor, observations of

8-12, 49-50, 84-85, 172-173, 205, 206,

237-238, 244-250, 277-278, 306

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