A Century's Progress in Astronomy

Name: A Century's Progress in Astronomy
Author: Macpherson, Hector

Macpherson, Hector

Astronomy -- History

D
  Damoiseau, 78.
  D’Arrest, H. L., 96, 119, 142, 212.
  Dartmouth Observatory, 56.
  Darwin, Sir G. H., 233, 234, 235, 236.
  Dawes, W. R., 90, 117.
  De la Rue, W., 52, 75.
  Delaunay, C. E., 78, 79.
  Dembowski, E., 201.
  Deneb (α Cygni), 165.
  Denning, W. F., 84, 85, 91, 95, 105, 111, 112, 144, 145, 146.
  Deslandres, H., 110.
  Dick, T., 85, 238.
  Disc-theory, 32, 36, 38, 39, 214, 218.
  Di Vico, F., 85, 86, 170.
  Doberck, W., 201.
  Donati, G. B., 130, 131, 169.
  Donati’s comet, 130, 133, 136.
  Doppler, C., 57, 58.
  Doppler’s Principle, 58, 59, 87, 110, 165, 168, 203.
  Douglass, A. E., 92, 107.
  Draconis (λ), 182.
  Draper, H., 136, 172, 175.
  Dreyer, J. L. E., 206.
  Dunecht Observatory, 157.
  Dunér, N. C., 58, 59, 174, 175, 181, 184, 185, 201, 202, 233.
  Dunkin, E., 27, 167.
  Dunsink Observatory, 156.


                                   E
  Earth, 76, 97, 103, 104, 147, 148, 149, 153, 154, 156, 236.
  Earth-Moon system, 234, 235.
  Easton, C., 221.
  Eclipses, lunar, 77.
  Eclipses, solar, 56, 57, 80, 81.
  Edinburgh (Royal) Observatory, 195.
  Electrical repulsion theory, 126.
  Elger, T. G., 74.
  Elkin, W. L., 157.
  Encke, J. F., 30, 61, 119, 127, 128, 216.
  Encke’s comet, 127, 128, 137.
  Erman, 140.
  Eros, 62, 101.
  Ertborn, 85.
  Euler, L., 88, 89.
  Evolution, planetary, 228, 229, 230, 231.
  Evolution, stellar, 33, 34, 231, 232.


                                   F
  Faye, H., 60, 129, 230.
  Faye’s comet, 129, 137.
  Ferguson, J., 9, 178.
  Flammarion, C., 87, 91, 95, 121, 147, 164, 187, 195, 201, 202,
          226.
  Flamsteed, J., 5.
  Fleming, Mrs, 192, 195.
  Forbes, G., 122.
  Fraunhofer, J. 47, 48, 49, 50, 3, 151, 153, 169.
  Fraunhofer lines, 48, 49, 50, 51, 169, 172.
  Frost, E. B., 205.


                                   G
  Galactic poles, 35, 224.
  Galaxies, external, 32, 218, 225, 226.
  Galaxy, or Milky Way, 32, 36-42, 186, 211, 215, 216, 217, 219,
          220, 221, 224, 225.
  Galileo, 44, 107.
  Galle, J. G., 62, 108, 109, 119, 142.
  Galloway, T., 167.
  Gambart, 128.
  Gauss, C. F., 27, 98, 167.
  Gautier, A., 45.
  Gemini, 11, 194.
  Geminorum (Nova), 194.
  Geminorum (ζ), 180, 182, 185.
  George III., 11, 23.
  Gill, Sir D., 62, 136, 155, 157, 160, 161, 221.
  Glasgow Observatory, 216.
  Goodricke, J., 178, 183.
  Gore, J. E., 24, 38, 179, 181, 182, 183, 192, 202, 215, 220, 225,
          226.
  Gould, B. A., 135, 160, 163, 180, 220, 221.
  Grant, R., 216.
  Gravitation, law of, 29.
  Greenwich Observatory, 59, 117.
  Grimmler, 192.
  Groombridge (1830), 156, 162, 223.
  Groombridge (1618), 156.
  Gruithuisen, 87.

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