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of (Minutes.)
India"--chiefly in reference to the
proposed break of gauge.

1873 Mar. 12 Note on the want of Observations of R. Astr. Soc.
Eclipses of Jupiter's First Satellite (Month. Not.)
from 1868 to 1872.

1873 Mar. 14 Letter to the Secretary of the R. Astr. Soc.
Admiralty on certain Articles which (Month. Not.)
had appeared in the Public Newspapers
in regard to the approaching Transit
of Venus.

1873 Additional Note to the Paper on a R. Soc. (Proc.)
supposed Alteration in the Amount of
Astronomical Aberration of Light
produced by the passage of the Light
through a considerable thickness of
Refracting Medium.

1873 Apr. 10 List of Candidates for election into the
Royal Society--classified.

1873 On the Topography of the "Lady of Private.
the Lake."

1873 June 7 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.

1873 Nov. 14 On the rejection, in the Lunar R. Astr. Soc.
Theory, of the term of Longitude (Month. Not.)
depending for argument on eight times
the mean longitude of Venus minus
thirteen times the mean longitude of
the Earth, introduced by Prof.
Hansen; &c.

1873 Dec. 1 Address (as President) delivered at
the Anniversary Meeting of the Royal
Society.

1874 Jan. On a Proposed New Method of treating R. Astr. Soc.
the Lunar Theory. (Month. Not.)

1874 May 4 British Expeditions for the
Observation of the Transit of Venus,
1874, December 8. Instructions to
Observers.

1874 June 6 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.

1874 Aug. 6 Regulations of the Royal Observatory,
Greenwich. Appendix to the Greenwich
Observations, 1873.

1874 Oct. 3 Science and Art. The Moon as carved Athenaeum.
on Lee church.

1874 Nov. 13 Preparations for the Observation of the R. Astr. Soc.
Transit of Venus 1874, December 8-9. (Month. Not.)

1874 Nov. 17 Remarks on the Paper "On the Nagpur Inst. C.E.
Waterworks." (Minutes.)

1874 Dec. Telegrams relating to the Observations R. Astr. Soc.
of the Transit of Venus 1874, Dec. 9. (Month. Not.)

1875 Feb. 2 Remarks on Mr Prestwich's Paper on the Inst. C.E.
Origin of the Chesil Bank. (Minutes.)

1875 Feb 25 Letter to the Rev. N. M. Ferrers, on the
subject of the Smith's Prizes.

1875 Mar. 12 On the Method to be used in Reducing R. Astr. Soc.
the Observations of the Transit of (Month. Not.)
Venus 1874, Dec. 8.

1875 Mar. Report on the Progress made in the R. Astr. Soc.
Calculations for a New Method of (Month. Not.)
treating the Lunar Theory.

1875 June 5 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors.

1875 June 7 Apparatus for Final Adjustment of the Horolog. Journ.
Thermal Compensation of Chronometers,
by the Astronomer Royal.

1875 Nov. Chart of the Apparent Path of Mars, 1877, R. Astr. Soc.
with neighbouring Stars. Also (Month. Not.)
Spectroscopic Observations made at the
Royal Observatory, Greenwich. Also
Observations of the Solar Eclipse of
1875, September 28-29, made at the Royal
Observatory, Greenwich.

1876 Jan. Report by the Astronomer Royal on the R. Astr. Soc.
present state of the Calculations in his (Month. Not.)
New Lunar Theory.

1876 Jan. 27 Note on a point in the life of Sir William Athenaeum.
Herschel.

1876 Mar. 15 Evidence given before the Government
Committee on the Meteorological
Committee.

1876 May 20 On Toasting at Public Dinners. Public Opinion.

1876 June 3 Report of the Astronomer Royal to the
Board of Visitors,

1876 Aug. 7 On a Speech attributed to Nelson. Athenaeum.

1876 Dec. Spectroscopic Results for the Rotation of R. Astr. Soc.