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Transit of 1882 .

Suggestions for applying the direct parallactic method

Tables referring to stations for observing transit of 1874:-

I. Places where ingress is accelerated

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Subject of eclipses inadequately treated in text-books

Varying presentation of Moon's orbit towards Sun

Effects as respects occurrence of eclipses

Eclipse-seasons

Perturbations of the Moon's orbit

Eclipse-limits

Varying presentation of revolving circle (foot-note)
Penumbral lunar eclipses

Nature of the Earth's shadow-cone and the Moon's

Relative numbers of lunar and solar eclipses

Conclusion

TABLE I.

Principal solar elements

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TABLE II.

For determining the effects of changes in value of solar parallax

on our estimate of the Sun's distance

ILLUSTRATIONS.

PLATES.

I. Part of the solar disc (coloured)
II. General view of the Sun (coloured)

III. Six views of the eclipsed Sun (coloured)
IV. Prominences seen by Zöllner (coloured)

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Frontispiece

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V. Two views of a prominence by Zöllner (coloured)
VI. Daily views of the prominences by Respighi (coloured)
VII. The eclipsed Sun and corona, drawn by Gilman (coloured)
VIII. The Earth's passage through Venus's shadow-cone during
the transit of 1874

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IX. The transit of 1874, ingress To face each other between pages

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4. Illustrating measurement of Moon's distance

5. Aristarchus' method of measuring Sun's distance 6. Hipparchus'

7. Diagram

8. Orbits and conjunction-lines of Mars and the Earth 9. Measurement of Mars's distance

33. The author's double automatic twice-acting battery

34. Prismatic analysis of the Sun's surface

38. How the spectroscope makes prominences visible

39. Spectroscopic exhibition of motions of recess or approach
40. Interpretation of distorted prominence-lines
41. Illustrating Dr. Wilson's theory of Sun-spots

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46. Varying presentation of solar spot-zones

47. Sun-spot showing Nasmyth's willow-leaves

48. Large spot-group showing willow-leaves (Nasmyth)
49. Sun-spots showing penumbral rills (Secchi)
50. Sun-spots (Capocci)

58. Prominences seen during the eclipse of 1851 (Airy)

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64. Chandelier prominence seen in 1860 (Goldschmidt)
65. Another prominence seen in 1860 (Goldschmidt)
66. Photograph of eclipsed Sun in 1860 (De la Rue)
(De la Rue)

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68. Illustrating distribution of prominences

(Gray)

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(Stephenson)

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70. Eclipsed Sun, August 1868, photographed at Aden 71. Spectrum of prominence and of solar limb

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72. Widening of the hydrogen F-line in prominence-spectrum 73. Spectroscopic indications of solar cyclones

75. The first prominence seen by aid of spectroscope (Huggins)
76. Prominence seen by Huggins's method (Lockyer)
77. Same prominence ten minutes later

78. Prominences seen during American eclipse (1869)
79. Illustrating progress of Moon's shadow-cone during eclipse
80. The corona during eclipse of 1842

81. The corona in 1858 (Liais)

as photographed by Secchi in 1860
in 1860 (Feilitsch)

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87. The Milky Way as a spiral

88. Motion of the Earth's orbit through space

89. Earth's motion through space

90. Proper motions of stars in Ursa Major, &c.

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92. Diagram illustrating transits of Venus

94. Explaining Plate VIII.

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97. Parallactic displacement of Venus on Sun's disc
98. Varying presentation of Moon's orbit towards Sun
99. Illustrating effects of rotation and revolution

100. Diagram illustrating theory of eclipses .

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