VENUS, Beauty and brilliancy of, 145. Period &c., 146. As a telescopic object, 146. Surface-markings, 147. Rotation-period, 149. Faintness of the markings, 150. Twilight, 151. Alleged satellite, 152. Further observations, 152. Transits, 153. Occultations, 153. Vesta, 168; Occultation of, 169. Visibility of Mercury, 138. Vision, 70. Vulcan, Supposed planet, 137, 348. Wargentin describes a Lunar Eclipse, 119. Warner’s Comet-Prizes, 259. Washington Refractor, The great, 25, 36. Weather and Comet-seeking, English, 251. Webb, Lunar observations, 127, 130, 131. ——, Markings on Mercury, 143. Williams, Observations of canals of Mars, 160. ——, —— of Jupiter, 175, 177. ——, —— of Jupiter’s satellites, 191. ——, —— of Plato, 126. “Willow-Leaves,” The Solar, 101. Wind, Its influence on definition, 69. With of Hereford, Maker of glass specula, 15. Wolf on large and small Telescopes, 25, 35. Working-lists, 68. Young, Performance of 23-inch refractor, 26. —— observes belts on Uranus, 217. —— on the successes of small instruments, 34. PRINTED BY TAYLOR AND FRANCIS, RED LION COURT, FLEET STREET. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of Telescopic Work for Starlight Evenings, by William F. Denning