A Short History of Astronomy, Arthur Berry [large screen ebook reader .TXT] 📗

X. 223 Collimation error, X. 225 n Comets, I. 1; II. 30; III. 68, 69; V. 100, 103-105; VI. 127, 129; VII. 144, 146; VIII. 153; IX. 190, 192; X. 200, 205, 217, 224; XI. 228, 231, 243, 248, 250; XII. 253, 256, 259; XIII. 272, 291, 304, 305, 307 Comet, Biela’s, XIII. 305 Comet, Brooks’s, XIII. 305 Comet, Encke’s, XIII. 291 Comet, Halley’s, VII. 146; X. 200, 205; XI. 231, 232; XIII. 291, 307 Comet, Lexell’s, XI. 248; XIII. 305 Comet, Olbers’s, XIII. 291 Comet, Pons-Brooks, XIII. 291 Comet, Tebbutt’s, XIII. 305 Comet, Tuttle’s, XIII. 291 Cometographia (of Hevel), VIII. 153 Commentaries on the Motions of Mars (of Kepler), VII. 135 n, 139, 141, 150 n Commentariolus (of Coppernicus), IV. 37; V. 100 Compleat System of Optics (of Smith), XII. 251 Complete induction, IX. 195 Condensation of nebulae, XI. 250; XII. 261; XIII. 318 Conic, conic section, VII. 140 n; XIII. 309 Conjunction, II. 43, 48 n; III. 60; V. 110, III; X. 227 Conservation of energy, XIII. 319 Constant of aberration, X. 209, 210; XIII. 283 n Constellations, I. 12, 13; II. 20, 26, 34, 42; X. 223 Construction of the heavens, XII. 257. See also Sidereal system, structure of Corona, VII. 145; X. 205; XIII. 301, 303 Counter-earth, II. 24 Crape-ring, XII. 267; XIII. 295 Craters (on the moon), VIII. 153; XIII. 296 Curvature of the earth. See Earth, shape of Daily Motion (of the celestial sphere), I. 5, 8, 9, 10; II. 23, 24, 26, 33, 38, 39, 46, 47; III. 67, 68; IV. 78, 80, 83; V. 98, 105; VI. 129; VIII. 157 D’Alembert’s principle, XI. 232, 237 n Damascus, III. 57 Darlegung (of Hansen), XIII. 286 Day, I. 4, II. 16; II. 47; XIII. 287, 293, 320 Day-and-night, I. 16 n Day-hour, I. 16 Declination, II. 33, 35, 39; X. 213, 218; XIII. 276 Declination circle, II. 33 De Coelo (of Aristotle), II. 27 Deductive method, inverse, IX. 195 Deferent, II. 39, 48, 51; III. 68; IV. 86, 87 Degree, I. 7 Deimos, XIII. 295 De Magnete (of Gilbert), VII. 150 De Motu (of Newton), IX. 177, 191 De Mundi aetherei (of Tycho), V. 104 De Nova Stella (of Tycho), V. 100 De Revolutionibus (of Coppernicus), II. 41 n; IV. 74-92; V. 93, 94; VI. 126 De Saturni Luna (of Huygens), VIII. 154 Descriptive astronomy, XIII. 272, 273, 294 Deviation error, X. 225 n Dialogue on the Two Chief Systems (of Galilei), VI. 124 n, 128-132, 133 Differential method of parallax, VI. 129; XII. 263; XIII. 278 Diffraction-grating, XIII. 299 Dione, VIII. 160 Dioptrice (of Kepler), VII. 138 Direct motion, I. 14 Disturbing force. See Perturbations Diurnal method of parallax, XIII. 281, 284 Doctrine of the sphere. See Spherics Doppler’s principle, XIII. 302, 313, 314 Double hour, I. 16 Double-star method of parallax. See Differential method of parallax Double stars. See Stars, double and multiple Draconitic month, II. 40, 43 Durchmusterung, XIII. 280 Dynamics, VI. 133, 134; IX. 179, 180; XI. 230, 232, 237 Dynamique, Traité de (of D’Alembert), XI. 232 Earth, I. 1, 15, 17; II. 28, 29, 32, 39, 41, 43, 47, 49, 51; III. 66, 69; IV. 80, 86; VI. 117, 121, 133; VII. 136 n, 144, 145, 150; VIII. 153, 154; IX. 173, 174, 179-182, 184, 186, 195; XI. 228, 245; XIII. 285, 287, 292, 293, 297, 320. See also the following headings Earth, density, mass of, IX. 180, 185, 189; X. 219; XI. 235; XIII. 282, 294 Earth, motion of, II. 24, 32, 47; IV. 73, 76, 77; V. 96. 97, 105; VI. 121, 125-127, 129-132; VIII. 161, 162; IX. 186, 194; XII. 257. See also Earth, revolution of and rotation of Earth, revolution of, annual motion of, II. 23, 24, 28 n, 30, 47; IV. 75, 77, 79-82, 85-88, 89, 90, 92; V. 111; VI. 119, 126, 129, 131, 133; VII. 139, 142, 146; VIII. 161; IX. 172, 183; X. 207-210, 212, 227; XI. 235, 236, 240; XII. 263; XIII. 278, 282, 283 Earth, rigidity of, XIII. 285, 292 Earth, rotation of, daily motion of, II. 23, 24, 28 n; IV. 75, 78, 79 n, 80, 84; V. 105; VI. 124, 126, 129, 130; IX. 174, 194; X. 206, 207, 213; XIII. 281, 285, 287, 320 Earth, shape of, II. 23, 29, 35, 45, 47, 54; IV. 76; VIII. 161; IX. 187, 188; X. 196, 213, 215, 220, 221, 222, 223; XI. 229, 231, 237, 248 Earth, size of, II. 36, 41, 45, 47, 49; III. 57, 69; IV. 85; VII. 145; VIII. 159, 161; IX. 173, 174; X. 221, 222, 223 Earth, zones of, II. 35, 47 Earthshine, III. 69 Easter, rule for fixing, II. 20 Eccentric, II. 37, 39, 40, 41, 48, 51; III. 59; IV. 85, 89, 91; VII. 139, 150 Eccentricity, II. 39; IV. 85; VII. 140 n; XI. 228, 236, 240, 244-246, 250; XIII. 294, 318 Eccentricity fund, XI. 245 Eclipses, I. 11, 15, 17; II. 29, 32, 40-42, 43, 47-49, 54; III. 57, 68; IV. 76, 85; V. 110; VI. 127; VII. 145, 148: VIII.