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A Catalogue of 726 Stars, deduced from R. Astr. Soc.
the Observations made at the Cambridge (Memoirs.)
Observatory, from 1828 to 1835; reduced
to January 1, 1830.

1839 Apr. 25 Account of Experiments on Iron-built Phil. Trans.
Ships, instituted for the purpose of
discovering a correction for the deviation
of the Compass produced by the iron of
the Ships.

1839 June 1 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.

1839 Nov. 8 On the Determination of the Orbits of R. Astr. Soc.
Comets, from Observations. (Memoirs.)

1839 Article "Gravitation." Penny Cyclop.

1839 Article "Greenwich Observatory." Penny Cyclop.

1840 Mar. 2 On a New Construction of the Camb. Phil. Soc.
Going-Fusee.

1840 Mar. 13 On the Regulator of the Clock-work for R. Astr. Soc.
effecting uniform Movement of
Equatoreals.

1840 May 15 On the Correction of the Compass in Un. Serv. Journ.
Iron-built Ships. (Proc.)

1840 Results of Experiments on the Disturbance J. Weale.
of the Compass in Iron-built Ships.

1840 June 6 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.

1840 June 18 On the Theoretical Explanation of an Phil. Trans.
apparent new Polarity in Light.

1840 Nov. 19 Supplement to the above Paper. Phil. Trans.

1840 Dec. 4 On the Diffraction of an Annular Aperture. Phil. Mag.

1840 Dec. 9 Remarks on Professor Challis's Investigation Phil. Mag.
of the Motion of a Small Sphere
vibrating in a Resisting Medium.

1841 Jan. 20 Correction to the above Paper "On the Phil. Mag.
Diffraction," &c.

1841 Mar. 22 Remarks on Professor Challis's Reply to Phil. Mag.
Mr Airy's Objections to the Investigation
of the Resistance of the Atmosphere
to an Oscillating Sphere.

1841 June 5 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.

1841 July 10 Reply to Professor Challis, on the Phil. Mag.
Investigation of the Resistance of the
Air to an Oscillating Sphere.

1841 Oct. 26 Extraordinary Disturbance of the Magnets.

1841 Nov. 25 On the Laws of the Rise and Fall of the Phil. Trans.
Tide in the River Thames.

1841 Dec. 21 Report of the Commissioners appointed to
consider the steps to be taken for
Restoration of the Standards of Weight and
Measure.

1842 Apr. 16 On the [Greek: Ichtis] of Diodorus Athenaeum.

1842 May 13 Account of the Ordnance Zenith Sector. R. Astr. Soc.
(Proc.)

1842 June 4 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.

1842 Nov. 11 Observations of the Total Solar Eclipse of R. Astr. Soc.
1842 July 7. (Memoirs.)

1842 Dec. 1 Remarks on the Present State of Hatcliff's Private
Charity (Greenwich).

1842 Article on Tides and Waves. Encyc. Metrop.

1843 Mar. 2 On the Laws of Individual Tides at Phil. Trans.
Southampton and at Ipswich.

1843 Apr. 29 On Monetary and Metrical Systems. Athenaeum.

1843 June 3 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.

1843 Sept. 25 Address to the Individual Members of the
Board of Visitors of the Royal
Observatory (proposing the Altazimuth).

1843 Oct. 6 Account of the Northumberland Equatoreal
and Dome, attached to the Cambridge
Observatory.

1843 Nov. 10 Address and Explanation of the proposed
Altitude and Azimuth Instrument to the
Board of Visitors of the Royal
Observatory.

1844 June 1 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.

1844 Dec. 12 On the Laws of the Tides on the Coasts of Phil. Trans.
Ireland, as inferred from an extensive
series of observations made in connection
with the Ordnance Survey of Ireland.

1845 Jan. 10 On the Flexure of a Uniform Bar R. Astr. Soc.
supported by a number of equal Pressures (Memoirs.)
applied at equidistant points, &c.

1845 Feb. 14 Speech on delivering the Medal of the R. Astr. Soc.
R. Astr. Soc. to Capt. Smyth (Proc.)

1845 May 9 On a New Construction of the Divided R. Astr. Soc.