A Century's Progress in Astronomy

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

Macpherson, Hector

Astronomy -- History

L
  Lalande, 23, 152.
  Lambert, J. H., 34.
  Lamont, J., 44.
  Langley, S. P., 77.
  Laplace, P. S., 20, 33, 34, 77, 109, 148, 152, 195, 227, 228, 229.
  Lassell, W., 112, 115, 117, 120.
  Latitude, variation of, 88, 89.
  Leipzig Observatory, 173.
  Leonid meteors, 139, 140, 142.
  Leonis (β), 183.
  Lescarbault, 80.
  Le Verrier, U. J. J., 61, 80, 81, 118, 119, 120, 142, 164.
  Leyden Observatory, 91.
  Libræ (δ), 180.
  Lick Observatory, 93, 107, 166, 168, 191, 213.
  Light, extinction of, 40, 215, 216, 224, 225.
  Lindsay, Lord, 157.
  Linné, 71, 72.
  Lockyer, Sir J. N., 52, 53, 54, 55, 58, 149, 174, 191, 193, 195,
          208, 209, 231, 232.
  Lockyer, W. J. S., 210.
  Loewy, M., 75.
  Lohrmann, W. G., 68, 71.
  Lohse, W. O., 88, 105.
  Loomis, 188.
  Lowell, P., 83, 84, 86, 87, 91, 92, 93, 94, 122, 236, 237.
  Lowell Observatory, 92, 94, 106, 114.
  Lund Observatory, 59.
  Lupus, 221.
  Luther, R., 100.
  Lyra, 221.
  Lyra (β), 178, 182, 185.
  Lyrid meteors, 122.


                                   M
  Maclaurin, C., 9.
  Maclear, Sir T., 155.
  Mädler, J. H., 27, 68, 69, 71, 96, 104, 202, 203, 216, 217, 218.
  Magellanic clouds, 219.
  Magnetism, 44, 60.
  Mars, 18, 19, 90-97, 101, 144, 236.
  Maunder, E. W., 59, 60, 94, 95, 134, 145, 166, 224.
  Mascari, A., 86.
  Mayer, C., 164.
  Mayer, J. R., 229.
  Mazapil meteorite, 149.
  Méchain, 127.
  Mee, A., 68.
  Melloni, 76.
  Mercury, 18, 80, 81-84, 97, 236.
  Messier, C., 30.
  Meteorites, 147, 148, 149, 229, 231.
  ‘Meteoritic Hypothesis,’ 231, 232.
  Meteors, 138-149.
  Meudon Observatory, 59.
  Milan Observatory, 82, 202, 224.
  Milky Way. See Galaxy.
  Miller, W. A., 50, 172.
  Mira Ceti, 11, 182, 186, 187.
  Mitchel, O. M., 31.
  Mizar (ζ Ursæ Majoris), 204.
  Möller, A., 129.
  Moon, the, 10, 24, 65-79, 90, 95, 148, 228.
  Moscow Observatory, 132.
  Mouchez, A., 161.
  Müller, G., 175, 181.
  Munich Observatory, 44, 224.


                                   N
  Napoleon, 67, 127.
  Nasmyth, J., 73, 103.
  Nebulæ, 30, 31, 207-213, 228.
  Nebular Hypothesis, 33, 195, 227, 228, 229, 230, 233.
  Neison (Nevill), E., 73.
  Neisten, 86, 105.
  Neptune, 120, 121, 135, 229, 230.
  Newall, H. F., 205.
  Newcomb, S., 27, 64, 78, 89, 94, 162, 168, 220, 222, 223, 224,
          232.
  Newton, H. A., 140, 141.
  Newton, Sir I., 2, 17, 29, 77.
  Nichol, J. P., 31, 207.
  Nordvig, L., 192.


                                   O
  Olbers, H. W. M., 19, 20, 69, 98, 99, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127,
          129, 130, 139, 148, 152, 153.
  Olbers’ comet, 125.
  Olmsted, D., 138, 207.
  Ophiuchi (α), 183.
  Orion, 221.
  Orion nebula, 10, 33, 207, 208, 209, 213.
  Orion stars, 174, 193, 209, 232.
  Orionis (κ), 209.
  Orionis (η), 209.
  Orionis (θ), 209.
  Orionis (U), 181, 182, 186, 187.

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