Chapter XVIII: Appendix: List of Printed Papers by G.b. Airy (2)

1877 Nov. On the Inferences for the Value of Mean R. Astr. Soc.
Solar Parallax &c. from the Telescopic (Month. Not.)
Observations of the Transit of Venus
1874, which were made in the British
Expedition for the Observation of that
Transit.

1877 Numerical Lunar Theory: Appendix to
Greenwich Astronomical Observations
1875.

1877 Dec. 6 On the Tides at Malta. Phil. Trans.

1878 Correspondence with Le Verrier on his The Observatory
Planetary Tables in 1876. (No. 10).

1878 On the Proposal of the French Committee The Observatory
to erect a Statue to Le Verrier. Also (No. 13).
on the Observation of the approaching
Transit of Mercury.

1878 Mar. 11 On the Correction of the Compass in Phil. Mag.
Iron Ships without use of a Fixed
Mark.

1878 Mar. 30 On the Standards of Length in the The Times.
Guildhall, London.

1878 Apr. 27 Report of Lecture on "The probable W. Cumberland
condition of the Interior of the Times.
Earth."
On the probable condition of the Trans. of the
Interior of the Earth--Revised Cumberland
Edition of above Lecture. Assoc., &c.

1878 June 1 Discussion of the Observations of The Observatory
the Transit of Mercury on May 6. (No. 14).

1878 Abstract of Lecture delivered at The Observatory
Cockermouth on "The Interior of the (No. 14).
Earth."

1978 June 1 Report of the Astronomer Royal to
the Board of Visitors.

1878 July 1 Remarks on the measurement of the The Observatory
photographs taken in the Transit of (No. 15).
Venus Observations.

1878 July 13 On the Variable Star R. Scuti: The Observatory
distortion in the Photo-heliograph. (No. 16).

1878 Remarks on Mr Gill's Heliometric The Observatory
Observations of Mars. (No. 20).

1878 Dec. Note on a Determination of the Mass R. Astr. Soc.
of Mars, and reference to his own (Month. Not.)
determination in 1828. Also Note on
the Conjunction of Mars and Saturn,
1879, June 30.

1879 Jan. 1 On the remarkable conjunction of The Observatory
the Planets Mars and Saturn which (No. 21).
will occur on 1879, June 30.

1879 Feb. 15 On the names "Cabul" and "Malek." Athenaeum

1879 Feb. 25 On Faggot Votes in Cornwall in 1828. Athenaeum

1879 Mar. 13 Letter on the Examination Papers for
the Smith's Prizes.

1879 Apr. 7 Drafts of Resolutions proposed
concerning Sadler's Notes on the
late Admiral Smyth's "Cycle of
Celestial Objects."

1879 June 1 Letter to Le Verrier, dated 1875, The Observatory
Feb. 5, in support of the Method (No. 26).
of Least Squares.

1879 June 1 Remarks in debate on Sadler's The Observatory
"Notes" above-mentioned. (No. 26).

1879 June 7 Report of the Astronomer Royal to
the Board of Visitors.

1879 July 29 Index to the Records of occasional R. Astr. Soc.
Observations and Calculations made (Month. Not.
at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, supplementary.)
and to other miscellaneous Papers
connected with that Institution.

1879 Biography of G. B. Airy (perhaps
corrected by himself) in French,
published at Geneva.

1879 Sept. On the Construction and Use of a Phil. Mag.
Scale for Gauging Cylindrical
Measures of Capacity.

1880 On the Theoretical Value of the The Observatory
Acceleration of the Moon's Mean (No. 37).
Motion.

1880 On the Secular Acceleration of The Observatory
the Moon--additional note. (No. 37).

1880 Apr. 27 Memoranda for the Commission appointed
to consider the Tay Bridge casualty.

1880 Apr. On the Theoretical Value of the R. Astr. Soc.
Acceleration of the Moon's Mean (Month. Not.)
Motion in Longitude produced by
the Change of Eccentricity of the
Earth's Orbit.

1880 May On the Preparations to be made for R. Astr. Soc.
Observation of the Transit of Venus (Month. Not.)
1882, Dec. 6.

1880 On the present Proximity of Jupiter The Observatory
to the Earth, and on the Intervals of (No. 42).
Recurrence of the same Phaenomena.

1880 June 5 Report of the Astronomer Royal to
the Board of Visitors.

1880 Sept. 4 On the _e muet_ in French. Athenaeum.

1880 Sept. 4 Excursions in the Keswick Keswick
District. Guardian.

1880 Dec. 1 Description of Flamsteed's The Observatory
Equatoreal Sextant, and Remarks on (No. 44).
Graham.

1880 Addition to a Paper entitled "On R. Astr. Soc.
the Theoretical Value of the Moon's (Month. Not.
Mean Motion in Longitude," &c. supplementary.)

1881 Mar. Effect on the Moon's Movement in R. Astr. Soc.
Latitude, produced by the slow (Month. Not.)
change of Position of the Plane of
the Ecliptic.

1881 June 4 Report of the Astronomer Royal to
the Board of Visitors.

1881 Logarithms of the Values of all Inst. C. E.
Vulgar Fractions with Numerator and (Minutes.)
Denominator not exceeding 100: arranged in
order of magnitude.

1881 July 6 A New Method of Clearing the Lunar
Distance.--Admiralty.

1881 Aug. 4 On a Systematic Interruption in the order Phil. Mag.
of numerical values of Vulgar Fractions,
when arranged in a series of consecutive
magnitudes.

1882 Sept. 15 Monthly Means of the Highest and R. Soc. (Proc.)
Lowest Diurnal Temperatures of the
Water of the Thames, and Comparison
with the corresponding Temperatures of
the Air at the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich.

1882 Oct. 19 On the Proposed Forth Bridge. Nature.

1882 Dec. 7 On the Proposed Forth Bridge. Nature.

1883 Jan. 21 On the Ossianic Poems. Athenaeum.

1883 Mar. 12 On the proposed Braithwaite and Daily News.
Buttermere Railway. Times.
Standard.

1883 Apr. 28 Memorandum on the progress of the
Numerical Lunar Theory, addressed to the
Board of Visitors of the Royal
Observatory, Greenwich.

1883 Letter on The Apparent Inequality in the The Observatory
Mean Motion of the Moon. (No. 74).

1883 Aug. 18 On a Singular Morning Dream. Nature.

1883 Sept. 10 Power of organization of the common Nature.
mouse.

1883 Nov. 17 On Chepstow Railway Bridge, with general Nature.
remarks suggested by that Structure.

1884 Mar. 8 On the Erroneous Usage of the term Athenaeum.
"arterial drainage."

1884 On the Comparison of Reversible and The Observatory
Non-reversible Transit Instruments. (No. 85).

1884 Nov. 10 On an obscure passage in the Koran. Nature. (?)

1885 May 28 An Incident in the History of Trinity Athenaeum.
College, Cambridge.

1885 June 8 Incident No. 2 in the History of Trinity Athenaeum.
College, Cambridge.

1885 Nov. 26 Results deduced from the Measure of Phil. Trans.
Terrestrial Magnetic Force in the Horizontal
Plane, at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich,
from 1841 to 1876.

1886 Apr. 6 Integer Members of the First Centenary Nature.
satisfying the Equation
A² = B² + C².

1887 Feb. 12 On the earlier Tripos of the University of Nature. (?)
Cambridge: in MSS.

1887 Apr. 14 On the Establishment of the Roman Dominion Nature.
in South-East Britain.

1887 July 23 On a special Algebraic function, and its Camb. Phil. Soc.
application to the solution of (?)
some Equations: in MSS.

BOOKS WRITTEN BY G. B. AIRY.

Mathematical Tracts on Physical Astronomy, the Figure of the Earth, Precession and Nutation, and The Calculus of Variations. This was published in 1826. In a 2nd Edition published in 1831 the Undulatory Theory of Optics was added to the above list. Four Editions of this work have been published, the last in 1858. The Undulatory Theory of Optics was published separately in 1877.

Gravitation: an Elementary Explanation of the Principal Perturbations in the Solar System. Written for the Penny Cyclopaedia, and published previously as a book in 1834. There was a 2nd Edition in 1884.

Trigonometry. This was written for the Encyclopaedia Metropolitana about 1825, and was published as a separate book in 1855 under the Title of "A Treatise on Trigonometry."

Six Lectures on Astronomy delivered at the meetings of the friends of the Ipswich Museum at the Temperance Hall, Ipswich, in the month of March 1848. These Lectures under the above Title, and that of "Popular Astronomy, a series of Lectures," have run through twelve editions.

On the Algebraical and Numerical Theory of Errors of Observations and the Combination of Observations, 1st Edition in 1861, 2nd in 1875, 3rd in 1879.

Essays on the Invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar; The Invasion of Britain by Plautius, and by Claudius Caesar; The Early Military Policy of the Romans in Britain; The Battle of Hastings, with Correspondence. Collected and printed for private distribution in 1865.

An Elementary Treatise on Partial Differential Equations. 1866.

On Sound and Atmospheric Vibrations, with the Mathematical Elements of Music. The 1st Edition in 1868, the 2nd in 1871.

A Treatise on Magnetism, published in 1870.

Notes on the Earlier Hebrew Scriptures, published in 1876.

Numerical Lunar Theory, published in 1886.

INDEX.

Accidents (see also Illnesses) Accounts Acts and Opponencies Adams, Prof. J.C. Adams, John Quincey Agrarian fires Aiken Airy, William, father of G.B.A. Airy, Ann, mother of G.B.A. Airy, William, brother of G.B.A., and Basil R. Airy, his son Airy, Arthur, brother of G.B.A. Airy, Elizabeth, sister of G.B.A. Airy, Richarda, wife of G.B.A. Airy, children of G.B.A. George Richard Elizabeth Arthur Wilfrid Hubert Hilda Christabel Annot Osmund Allsop Alnwick Altazimuth instrument Althorp, Lord American Observatories American method of recording Observations (see Galvanic Registration) Ampère Ancient eclipses Anderson, lessee of Harton Colliery Anemometer (see Meteorology) Anniversary parties Antiquarian researches and notes Arago Architecture (see Cathedrals, &c.) Astronomical Society (see Royal Astr. Soc.) Astronomische Gesellschaft Athenaeum newspaper Athenaeum Club Atkinson, Senior Wrangler 1821 Atlantic cable Atmospheric railway (see Railways) Auckland, Lord Aurora Borealis Australian Observatories (see also Observatories) Auwers, Dr Babbage, Charles Baily, Francis Bakhuysen, of Leyden Balance (Public Balance) Baldock, Commander Baldrey, assistant Banks, optician Baring, Sir T. Barlow, Prof. Barlow, W.H. Barnard, Proctor Barnes, Miss Barnes, Gorell Barometers Barry, Sir C. Barton, Bernard Baxter, secretary to the Admiralty Beacons, floating Beaufort, Captain Beaumont's Observatory Bedingfield, pupil Bell Scholarships (see Examinations) Bessell, astronomer Biddell, Arthur, uncle of G.B.A. Biddell, George, uncle of G.B.A. Biddell, William, uncle of G.B.A. Biddell, George Arthur, son of Arthur Biddell Biographical notes Bissett, pupil Blackwood, Captain Blakesley, Canon Blasting Bliss's observations Blomfield, G.B., pupil Bloomfield, Lord Board of Longitude Boileau Bond, G.P. Books, written by G.B.A., Appendix Book Society, Cambr. Bosanquet Bouch, T. Civ. Eng. Boundary of Canada (see Canada) Bouvard, E. Bowstead Bradley's observations Brazil, Emperor of Breakwaters (see Harbours) Breen, assistant Brewster, Sir D. Bridges Brinkley, Dr Bristow, Miss Britannia Bridge (see Bridges) Brooke, Charles British Association Brougham, Lord Browne, G.A. Brunel, Civ. Eng. Buck Buckland, Dr Buckle, pupil Burgoyne, Sir J. Burlington, Lord Burton Busts (see Portraits) Calculating machines Calvert Cambridge Observatory: Assistants Instruments Printed observations General Cambridge University Cambridge Observatory, U.S.A. Canada boundary Cankrein, pupil Canning, Lord Cape of Good Hope, Observatory and Survey Carpenter, assistant Cartmell, Dr Case Catalogues of stars (see Stars) Cathedrals and churches Catton Cavendish experiment Cayley, Prof. Challis, Prof. Chalmers, Dr Cherbourg (see Harbours) Chesil Bank Childers Childers, First Lord of Admiralty Christchurch Christie, Prof. Christie, Astronomer Royal Chronographic barrel (see Galvanic Registration) Chronometers Churches (see Cathedrals) Church service Cincinnati Observatory Clarendon, Lord Clark, Latimer Clarkson, Thomas, and Mrs Clarkson Cleasby, pupil Clegg Clinton, pupil Clocks Cockburn, Sir G. Coinage (see Decimal Coinage) Colby, Col. Colchester Colenso, Bishop College Hall Collorado, Count Colonial Observatories (see Observatories) Comets Commissions Compass corrections Cookson, Dr Cooper, pupil Cooper's telescope (see Telescopes) Copying press Corbaux, Miss Corryvreckan whirlpool Courtney, Rev. J. Cowper, First Commissioner of Works Crawford, pupil Criswick, assistant Cropley, Crosse, Rev. E. Cubitt, Sir W. Daguerrotypes Dalhousie, Lord Davy, Sir Humphrey Davy, Dr Daynou, Lieut. Deal time ball De Berg Decimal coinage and decimal subdividing Dee navigation (see Rivers) Degrees (see also Orders and Elections to Societies) Deighton, publisher De La Rive De La Rue De Launay Deluge, The De Morgan, A. Denison, E.B. Denison, Sir W. Denison, H. Denmark, King of Dent, clockmaker Dent-dale Devonshire, Duke of Dobbs, pupil Dobree, lecturer Docks (see Harbours) Dolcoath experiments Dollond, instrument maker Drainage Drinkwater, Bethune Double-image micrometer Douglas, Sir H. Dover (see Harbours) Dublin professorship (see Professorships) Dublin Observatory (see Observatories) Duë, Baron Dundas, Admiral Dundonald, Lord Dunkin, assistant Dunlop, astronomer Durham observatory Earnshaw Earth currents Eastons, manufacturers Eclipses (see also Ancient Eclipses) Edinburgh Observatory Edmonston, Dr Education (see University Education) Egyptian Astronomical Tablets Elections to societies, &c. (see also Degrees and Orders) Electricity, atmospheric Ellenborough, Lord Ellis, W., assistant Elphinstone Encke and Encke's Comet Encyclopaedia Metropolitana Engines (see Steam-engines) Equatoreal, large Estcourt, Col. Evans, lecturer Examinations Exhibitions and prizes Exodus of the Israelites Eye, defects of Eye, estate at Fallows, astronomer Faraday Farish Farr Fellowship Field Fisher Fishmongers' Company Fletcher, Isaac, M.P. Floating Island, Derwentwater Fluid telescope, Barlow's Foley Forbes, Prof. J.D. Foster, Messrs Fox, Alfred Freedom of the City of London Freemantle, Sir T. French, Dr Friends, Personal friends at Cambridge Fries, Prof. Galbraith Galle Galvanic communication, Time-signals, Clocks, and Registration (see also Earth currents) Gambard Gas Act Gauss Gautier Geodesy Geology Geological Society Germany Gibson, pupil Gilbert, Messrs Gilbert, Davies Gill, astronomer Gladstone, W.E. Glaisher, assistant Glasgow Observatory Gordon Gosset Goulburn, Chancellor of the Exchequer Gould, Dr B.A. Goussel Graduation of circles Grant, of Glenmoriston Great Circle sailing (see Navigation) Great Eastern (see Ships) Great Exhibition Great Gable Green, Commander U.S.N. Greenwich Greenwich Observatory, before his appointment as Astronomer Royal Greenwich Observatory: Appointment as Astronomer Royal, and subsequently as Visitor Buildings and grounds in, Instruments Assistants Computations Papers and manuscripts (arrangement of) Estimates Printed Observations Visitations and Reports General Gresswell Groombridge's Catalogue (see Stars) Guest, Caius College Haarlem Hall, Col. Halley and Halley's Comet Hamilton Hamilton, Sir W.R. Hamilton, Admiral Hansard Hansen, Prof. Hansteen Harbours Harcourt, Rev. W. Vernon Hartnup, astronomer Harton Colliery experiments Haviland, Dr Hawkes, Trinity College Hebrew Scriptures Heliograph Hencke Henderson, astronomer Henslow, Prof. Herbert, G. Hereford Herschel, Sir John Herschel, Miss Caroline Herschel, Col. J. Hervey, pupil Higman, Tutor, Trinity College Hilgard, U.S.A. Himalaya Expedition Hind, Moderator Hind, Superintendent Nautical Almanac Hopkins Hovenden, pupil Hudson Huggins, Dr Humboldt, Baron A. Humphreys Hussey, Dr Hustler, Tutor, Trinity College Hyde Parker, Admiral Hygrometers Ibbotson, pupil Iliff Illnesses Inequality, Venus and Earth Inglis, Sir R. Institut de France Institution of Civil Engineers Inverness, Northern Institution of Ipswich Lectures Ireland, notes of Ivory Jackson Jackson, John James, Sir H. Janus (see Steam-engines) Jarrow (see Harbours) Jeffries Jerrard, Dr Jervis, Major Jeune, Dr, V.C. of Oxford Johnson, Capt. Johnson, astronomer Jones, instrument-makers Jones, R. Journeys: Scotland and Cumberland; Swansea; Derbyshire, &c.; Wales; Keswick, &c.; Cornwall, &c.; Orléans; Lake District, &c.; Continent, Observatories, &c.; Cornwall, &c.; Derbyshire; Oxford &c.; Cumberland; Ireland; Scotland; Derbyshire, &c.; Cumberland, &c.; Ireland; Kent; S. Wales; Luddington and Yorkshire; Border of Scotland; S. Wales; Cumberland and Yorkshire; South of Ireland; Ireland; France; Cornwall; Germany; Petersburg, &c.; Ireland; Shetland; Scotland; Sweden; Madeira; Cumberland; Cumberland; Oban, &c.; Italy and Sicily; West Highlands; Switzerland; Central France; Spain (eclipse); Cumberland; West Highlands; West Highlands; Cumberland; Norway; Cumberland; Switzerland; Cumberland; Cumberland; Cumberland; Scotland; Scotland; N. of Scotland; Ireland; Scotland, &c.; Cumberland; Cumberland; Cumberland; Cumberland; S. Wales; Cumberland 358; Cumberland Julius Caesar, landing of Jupiter (see Planets) Keeling Kennedy King, Joshua Kingstown Knight, publisher Knighthood, offers of Lagarde Laing Landman, Engineer Langton Lardner, Dr Lassell, and Lassell's telescope Latitude determinations Lax, Prof. Lectures: College Professorial Miscellaneous Lefevre, J.G.S. Leitch, Dr Le Verrier Lewis, H. Lewis, Sir G.C. Lightfoot, Rev. Dr Lighthouses Lightning Lillingstone Lindsay, Lord Listing, Prof. Liverpool Observatory Livingstone, Dr Lloyd, Dr Lloyd, Prof. Lockyer Lodge London University London, Freedom of the City Long vacations, with pupils Longitude determinations Longitude, Board of (see Board of Longitude) Lowe, Chancellor of the Exchequer Lubbock, Sir John Lucas (computer) Lucasian Professorship (see Professorships) Lunar Reductions Lunar Theory and Tables (see also Numerical Lunar Theory) Lyndhurst, Lord Lyons, Sir E. Macaulay, T.B. Macdonnell, Dr Maclean, of Loch Buy Maclear, Astronomer Madras Observatory 101 Magnetic Observatory and Magnetism (see also Meteorology, Compass corrections, and Earth currents) Main, Robert Maine Boundary (see Canada) Maiden, Prof. Malkin Malta Man-Engines (see Mines) Manuscripts (see Papers) Mars (see Planets) Marshman, pupil Marth, A. Martin, Trin. Coll. Maskelyne, astronomer Mason Mathematical Investigations (see also Appendix "Printed Papers") Mathematical Tracts Mathematical subjects in Maudslays and Field May, Ransomes and May Medals Melbourne University Melville, Lord Mercury (see Planets) Merivale, Dr Meteorology Meteors Middleton, Sir W. Milaud Military researches Miller, Prof. Mines Minto, Lord Mitchell, astronomer Mitchell Miss Molesworth, Sir W. Monteagle, Lord Monument in Playford church Moon: Observations of Theory and Tables of (see Lunar Theory and Tables) Reductions of Observations of (see Lunar Reductions) Mass of Morpeth, Lord Morton, Pierce, pupil Murchison, Sir R. Murray, publisher Musgrave, Charles Musgrave, T. Archbishop Myers Nasmyth Nautical Almanac Navigation Neate, pupil Neptune and Uranus Newall Newcombe, Prof. New Forest Northampton, Lord Northumberland Telescope Numerical Lunar Theory Observatories: see American, Australian, Beaumont's, Cambridge, Cambridge U.S.A., Cape of Good Hope, Cincinnati, Colonial, Dublin, Durham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Greenwich, Liverpool, Madras, Oxford, Paris, Paramatta, Pulkowa, St Helena, Williamstown Occultations O'Connell Ogilby, pupil Oppolzer, Prof. Opponencies (see Acts and Opponencies) Optics Orders (see also Degrees and Elections to Societies) Ouvaroff, Count Oxford Observatory Oxford, Miscellaneous Packington, Sir J. Palmerston, Lord Papers (see Appendix "Printed Papers") Papers, Arrangement of Parachute, Fall of Parallax (see Sun) Paramatta Observatory Parker, Charles Parker, Vice-Chancellor Paris, Dr Paris Observatory Paris Exhibition Parliamentary Elections Pasley Paul Peacock, George Pearson, Dr Peel, Sir Robert Pendulum Investigations and Experiments Penny Cyclopaedia Pension Pentland Percy, Bishop Personal sketch Philosophical Society, Cambridge Philpott, Dr Photography Piers (see Harbours) Pinheiro, Lieut. Pipon, Lieut. Plana, astronomer Planetary influences Planetary Reductions Planets (see also Transits of Venus) Plantamour Playford Plumian Professorship (see Professorships) Pocket-books for Observations Pogson, astronomer Pond, astronomer Portlock, Capt. Portraits, busts, &c. Post Office, (clocks, &c.) Post Office, stamps and envelopes Pouillet Prince Albert Pritchard, Rev. C. Prizes (see Exhibitions) Probable errors Professorships: Dublin; Lucasian; Plumian Public Schools Commission Pulkowa Observatory Pupils: Bedingfield; Bissett; Blomfield; Buckle; Cankrein; Cleasby; Clinton; Cooper; Crawford; Dobbs; Gibson; Guest; Hervey; Hovenden; Ibbotson; Lewis; Marshman; Morton; Neate; Ogilby; Parker; Rosser; Smith; Tinkler; Tottenham; Turner; Wigram; Williamson Pym, Engineer Queen, H.M. the Queen, Quéroualle, Mdlle de Quetelet Railways, near Observatory Railway Gauge Commission Railways, miscellaneous Rain (see Meteorology) Rainbows Ransomes, also Ransomes and May 17, Reach Reflex zenith tube Religious tests and views Repsold Rhodes Richardson, assistant Rigaud, Prof. Rivers Robinson, Dr Robinson, Capt. Rogers, Rev. Rogers, school assistant Romilly, Lord Ronalds Rose, Rev. H.J. Rosse, Lord, and Rosse's Telescope Rosser, pupil Rothery Rothman Round Down Cliff, blasting of Rouse, Rev. R.C. M. Routh, Dr E.J. Royal Astronomical Society (see also Appendix "Printed Papers") Royal Exchange clock Royal Institution Royal Society (see also Appendix "Printed Papers") Royal Society of Edinburgh Rüncker, Paramatta Rüncker Rundell Rusby Russell, Lord John Sabine, Col. Sadler, H. Saint Helena Observatory Samuda Saturn (see Planets) Saunders, G.W. By Saw-mills (see Ship timbers) Schehallien, mountain Scholarship Scholefield Schumacher Scientific Manual Scoop-wheels Scoresby, Dr Scriptural Researches (see Hebrew Scriptures) Sedgwick, Adam Selwyn, Prof. Senate House Examination (see also University Education) Sewers Commission Sheepshanks, Rev. Richard, and Miss Sheepshanks Sheepshanks Fund and Scholarship Shepherd, clock-maker Ship-timbers, Machinery for sawing, Shirreff, Capt. Simmons Simms, F.W. Simms (see Troughton and Simms) Skeleton forms Sly, draughtsman Smith, Rev. R. Smith, father-in-law of G.B.A., and Mrs Smith, Smith, the Misses Smith, sisters of Richarda Airy, Susanna; Elizabeth; Georgiana; Florence; Caroline Smith, Archibald Smith, M., pupil Smith's Prizes Smyth, Capt. W.H. Smyth, Piazzi Societies, &c., Elections to (see Elections) Solar Eclipses (see Eclipses) Solar Inequality (see Sun) Solar System (see Sun) Solar Tables (see Sun) South, Sir James South's Telescope South-Eastern Railway Southampton Southey (Poet) Spectroscopy Spottiswoode Spring-Rice, Lord Monteagle Standards of Length and Weight, and Standards Commission Stars Start Point Steam-engines Stephenson, George Stephenson, Robert Steventon Stewart, Prof. Balfour Stjerneld, Baron Stokes, Prof. Stone, Astronomer Stratford, Lieut. Stroganoff, Count Strutt, Lord Belper Strutt, Jedediah Struve, Otto Stuart, Prof. J. Sun: Miscellaneous Parallax of (see also Transits of Venus) Eclipses of (see Eclipses) Inequality, Venus and Earth Tables of Surveys (see Trigonometrical Surveys) Sussex, Duke of, Sutcliffe Sutcliffe, Miss Sydney University Sylvester Sweden, King of Tate Taylor, architect Taylor, First Assistant to Pond, Taylor, H. Telegraphs (see Galvanic communications) Telescopes (see also Cambridge Observatory Instruments, and Greenwich Observatory Instruments) Teneriffe Experiment Thames, the River, Theology (see also Hebrew Scriptures and Colenso) Thermometers Thermo-multiplier Thirlwall, Bishop Thomas, assistant Thompson, Master Trin. Coll. Thomson, Sir W. Tidal Harbour Commission Tides, Time-signals and Time (see also Galvanic communication, &c.) Time balls (see Time signals) Tinkler, pupil Tottenham, pupil Traill, Dr Transit Circle, Transits of Venus Trigonometrical Survey Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity House Tripos Examination (see Senate-House Examination) Troughton and Simms Tulley, optician Tupman, Capt Turner, pupil Turton, Prof. Tutorship Ulrich, J.G. Universities (see Cambridge, Dublin, Edinburgh, London, Melbourne, Oxford, Sydney) University Education (see also Smith's Prizes and Senate-House Examination) University Press, Uranus (see Neptune) Valencia (see also Longitude Determinations) Venus (see Planets, and Transits of Venus) Venus and Earth inequality (see Inequality) Vernon Harcourt (see Harcourt) Vetch, Capt. Vibrations of ground Vignoles, C.B., engineer Vulliamy, clockmaker Wales, Prince of Walker, Byatt Walker, James, engineer Walker, Sydney, Warburton, H. Washington, Capt. Water telescope (see also Fluid telescope) Watson Waves (see Tides) Webster, M.P. for Aberdeen Western Westminster clock (see also Clocks) Wexford harbour (see Harbours) Wheatstone Whewell, William White House, the, Wigram, pupil Williams, John Williamson, pupil Williamstown Observatory Wilson, Prof. Winchester Winds (see Meteorology) Winning Wood, Sir Charles Wood, Dr Woodbridge, Suffolk Woodhouse, Prof. Woolwich Academy (see Examinations) Wordsworth, Dr, Master of Trin. Coll. Wordsworth, poet Wrede, Baron Wynter, Vice-Chancellor, Oxford Yolland, Col. York Cathedral Young, Dr