Flamsteed, John, his report on Saint-Pierre's proposal, 23, 32; appointed first Astronomer Royal, 23, 34; his autobiography, 26; his studies, 29; his almanac, 29; sent to London, 30; enters Jesus College, Cambridge, 31; completes his observatory, 31; acquaintance with Newton, 31; takes his degree, 32; his work, 34; warrant for his salary, 39; position of, 42; his ordination, 45; his pupils, 45; his trouble with Newton, 46, _et seq._; his catalogue, 53; his letter to Sharp, 54; his death, 56; his labours, 57 Flamsteed House, 126 Fraunhofer mounting, 310 French time, 155 Galileo, his discovery of Jupiter's satellites, 19 Gamma Draconis, 75, 304 ---- Virginis, 306 Gascoigne, William, 31 Gemma Frisius, plan of, 22 George of Denmark, Prince, 50 German mounting, 276, 310 Gould, Dr., 287 Graham, 166 Gravitation, the bond of the universe, 313 Great comet of 1882, the, 280, 288 Greatrackes, Valentine, 29 Green, Charles, 91 Greenwich time, 153; distribution of, 163 Halley, Edmund, his life, 60; his early work, 60; his catalogue of stars, 63; elected F.R.S., 63; his work on Kepler's laws, 64; becomes captain, 65; Savilian Professor of Geometry, 66; Astronomer Royal, 66; observations on saros of the moon, 67; pressed by Newton, 68; his death, 68; his services to science, 68; his pay, 70; nominates his successor, 73; his transit instrument, 73 Halley's comet, 225 Harrison, James, timekeepers of, 86, 91, 93, 165 Heineken, Rev. N. S., 59 Heineken quadrant, 59 Heliographic Department, 251, _et seq._ Herschel, Caroline, 57 Hipparchus, catalogue of, 185 Hodgson, Mr., 50 Hooke, Robert, 75, 206 Horrox, Jeremiah, 31 Huggins, Sir W., his use of spectroscope, 268 Inscription, an, 126 International Photographic Survey, 296 Ireis, 224 Iron quadrant, 73 Isobars, 237 Jupiter, satellites of, 19, 296; atmosphere of, 279 Keill, John, 74 Kendall, Larcum, 166 Kepler, laws of, 64 Kew, photo-heliograph, the, 252 Kinnebrook, David, 176 Kirchhoff's use of spectroscope, 267 Latitude, finding the, 18 Ledgers, chronometer, romance of, 176 Leverrier, his discovery of Neptune, 217 Libraries, 132 Linacre, G., 28 Lindsay, Thomas, quoted, 204 Litchford, W., 28 Local apparent time, 22 Longitude, finding the, 18; at sea, problem of, 86; determination of, 173 Longitude nought, 148 Lower computing room, 128 Lunars, method of, 86 Magnetic Department, work of, 133; description of, 228, _et seq._ Magnetic inclination and declination, 246 ---- needles, movements of, 247, 262 ---- observatory, 132 ---- pavilion, 245 ---- storms, 248, 262 Mars, distance of, 223; atmosphere of, 279; satellites of, 296