A Short History of Astronomy - Arthur Berry (read along books .txt) 📗

tag="{http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml}a">210, 216; XI. 228, 248; XII. 267; XIII. 283, 295, 297 Jupiter’s satellites, mass of, XI. 248 Kepler’s Laws, VII. 141, 144, 145, 151; VIII. 152; IX. 169, 172, 175, 176, 186, 194, 195; X. 220; XI. 244; XIII. 294, 309 Latitude (celestial), II. 33, 42, 43; III. 63; IV. 89 Latitude (terrestrial), III. 68, 69; IV. 73; X. 221; XIII. 285 Latitude, variation of, XIII. 285 Law of gravitation. See Gravitation Laws of motion, VI. 130, 133; VIII. 152, 163; IX. 171, 179-181, 183, 186, 194, 195; XI. 232 Leap-year, I. 17; II. 21, 22 Least squares, XIII. 275, 276 Letter to the Grand Duchess (of Galilei), VI. 125 Level error, X. 225 n Lexell’s comet, XI. 248; XIII. 305 Libra, first point of (♎), I. 13; II. 42 Librations of the moon, VI. 133; X. 226; XI. 237, 239 Libros del Saber, III. 66 Light-equation, XIII. 283 Light, motion of, velocity of, VIII. 162; X. 208-211, 216, 220; XIII. 278, 279, 283, 302. See also Aberration Logarithms, V. 96, 97 n Long inequalities, XI. 243 Longitude (celestial), II. 33, 39, 42, 43; III. 63; IV. 87; VII. 139 Longitude (terrestrial), III. 68; VI. 127, 133; VII. 150; X. 197, 216, 226 Longitudes, Bureau des, XI. 238 Lunar distances, III. 68 n Lunar eclipses. See Eclipses Lunar equation, XIII. 282 Lunar theory, II. 48, 51; V. 111; VII. 145; VIII. 156; IX. 184, 192; X. 226; XI. 228, 230, 231, 233, 234, 240, 241, 242, 248; XIII. 282, 286, 287, 288, 290. See also Moon, motion of Lunation, II. 40. See also Month, synodic Macchie Solari (of Galilei), VI. 124, 125 Magellanic clouds, XIII. 307 Magnetism, VII. 150; XIII. 276, 298 Magnitudes and Distances of the Sun and Moon (of Aristarchus), II. 32 Magnitudes of stars, II. 42; XII. 266; XII. 280, 316. See also Stars, brightness of Mars, I. 14-16; II. 25, 26, 30, 51; III. 68; IV. 81, 87; V. 108; VI. 129; VII. 136 n, 139-142, 144, 145; VIII. 154, 161; IX. 181, 183, 185; X. 223, 227; XI. 235, 245; XII. 267; XIII. 281, 282, 284, 294, 295, 297. See also the following headings Mars, canals of, XIII. 297 Mars, mass of, XI. 248 Mars, opposition of, VIII. 161; XIII. 281, 284, 297 Mars, rotation of, VIII. 160; XIII. 295, 297 Mars, satellites of, XIII. 295 Mass, IX. 180, 181, 185 Mass of the earth, sun, Venus.... See Earth, Sun, Venus ... mass of Mécanique Analytique (of Lagrange), XI. 237 Mécanique Celeste (of Laplace), XI. 238, 241, 247, 249, 250; XIII. 292 Medicean Planets. See Jupiter, satellites of Meraga, III. 62 Mercury, I. 14-16; II. 25, 26, 45, 47, 51; III. 66; IV. 73, 75, 81, 86-89; VI. 121, 124; VII. 136 n, 139, 142, 144; IX. 185; XIII. 288, 290, 294, 297. See also the following headings Mercury, mass of, XI. 248 Mercury, phases of, VI. 129 Mercury, rotation of, XIII. 297 Mercury, transit of, X. 199 Meridian, II. 33, 39; III. 57; VI. 127; VIII. 157; X. 207, 218, 221 Meteorologica (of Aristotle), II. 27 Meteors, XIII. 305 Meton’s cycle, II. 20 Metric system, XI. 237 Micrometer, VIII. 155; XIII. 279, 281 Milky Way, II. 30, 33; VI. 120; XII. 258, 260-262; XIII. 317 Mimas, XII. 255 Minor planets, XI. 250 n; XIII. 276, 281, 284, 288, 294, 295, 297, 318 Minor planets, mass of, XIII. 294 Minute (angle), I. 7 Mira, XII. 266 Mongols, Mongol astronomy, III. 62 Month, I. 4, 16; II. 19-21, 40, 48; IX. 173; XI. 240; XIII. 293, 320. See also the following headings Month, anomalistic, II. 40 Month, draconitic, II. 40, 43 Month, empty, II. 19, 20 Month, full, II. 19, 20 Month, lunar, I. 16; II. 19, 20, 40 Month, sidereal, II. 40 Month, synodic, II. 40, 43 Moon, I. 1, 4, 5, 11, 13-16; II. 19-21, 25, 28, 30, 32, 39, 43; III. 68, 69; IV. 81, 86; V. 104, 105 n; VI. 119, 121, 123, 129, 130, 133; VII. 145, 150; VIII. 153; IX. 169, 180, 181, 188, 189; X. 198, 204, 213, 215, 226; XI 228, 235; XII. 256, 257, 271; XIII. 272, 292, 293, 296, 297, 301, 320. See also the following headings Moon, angular or apparent size of, II. 32, 41, 43, 46 n, 48; IV. 73, 85, 90; V. 105 n Moon, apparent flattening of, II. 46 Moon, atmosphere of, XIII. 296 Moon, distance of, I. 15; II. 24, 25, 30, 32, 41, 43, 45, 48, 49, 51; IV. 85, 90; V. 100, 103; IX. 173 185; X. 223; XIII. 293, 320 Moon, eclipses of. See Eclipses Moon, librations of, VI. 133; X. 226; XI. 237, 239 Moon, map of, X. 226; XIII. 296 Moon, mass of, IX. 188, 189 XI. 235 Moon, motion of, I. 4, 8, 13, 15, 17; II. 20, 24-26, 28, 37, 39, 40, 43, 47, 48, 51; III. 60; IV. 73, 81, 85, 89, 90; V. 111; VI. 133; VII. 145, 150; VIII. 156; IX. 169, 173, 174, 179, 184, 185, 189, 194, 195; X. 201,