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 256 HISTORY OF THE Glass for object glasses, 16 ; repeal of duty on, 108. Gorton starts Astronomical Register, 134- Gould, photographs of clusters, 213. Grant, History of Physical Astronomy, 121, 133 ; editor, 133. Green, drawings of Mars, 197. Greenwich Observatory, Board of Visitors, 65 ; Airy and, 71. Gregory, O., founder, 2, 3. Greig, Admiral, presents altazimuth, 83. Groom bridge, founder, 2 ; catalogue, 65. Grove-Hills bequest, 246 n. Guinand, glass for objectives, 16, 108. Hale, address by, 238. Hall, Maxwell, solar parallax, 197. Ealley's observations, MS. copy of, 64. Hansen, medal for lunar and planetary theories, 91 ; testimonial, 99. Hartnup, Assistant Secretary, 63 ; photos of moon, 113. Harton Colliery, pendulum observations, 117. Hart well House, 34 ; Observatory, 7.6 ; advowson, 81, 124, 200. Hencke, discovery of Astrsea, 92 ; testi- monial, 99. Henderson, computes occultations, 58 n. ; Astronomer Royal for Scotland, 67 ; on refraction, 70 ; lunar parallax, 70 ; annual parallax, 70, 89 ; justice to, 90. Henry Brothers, stellar photographs, 213. Herschel, Alexander, registration of tran- sits, 173 ; meteors, 199. Herschel, Caroline, Honorary Member, 8 1 ; her telescope presented, 83. Herschel, John, diary, i ; one of the founders, 2, 3 ; state of science in 1820, 1 6 ; South's telescope, 52 n. ; on Nautical Almanac, 59 ; observes double stars, 74 ; nebulae, 74 ; orbits of binaries, 75 ; expedition to the Cape, 75, 106; first to xise glass negatives, 76; his Cape work, 87, 106 ; on Hyperion, 98 ; testimonial, 99 ; reference Cata- logue of Double Stars, 202. Herschel, William, first President, n, 25 ; collected papers, 242 ; his MSS. presented, 244. Higgs, atlas of solar spectum, 243. Hind, testimonial, 99 ; discovers minor planets, 115 ; edits Nautical Almanac, 216. Honorary Members, 81, 192, 234. Horrocks, Memorial to, 185 ; library fund, 1 86. Hewlett, drawings of sun, 153, 192. Huggins, his observatory, 115,153; spectro - scopic work, 152 ; held office for many years, 245. Hussey, his observatory, 66. Hyperion, discovery of, 98. Indian Hill Observatory proposed, 138. Instrument Committee, 45 ; instruments lent to Fellows, 76; not traced, 188, 190. Ivory, afraid of enemies, 78 n. Jackson, editor of Astronomical Register, 135- Jackson -Gwilt medal and gift, 236. Jacob, Indian Hill Observatory, 139. James, density of earth, 117. Jansen bequest, 192. Johnson, catalogue of southern stars, 67 ; Radcliffe Observer, 72. Joule, mechanical equivalent of heat, in. Juno, solar parallax from observations of, 194. Kapteyn, Cape D. M., 214. Kashmir, Evershed's expeditions to, 222. Kelly, founder, 2, 21. Kent, Duke of, death, i. Kew Observatory, 155. Kirchhoff, solar spectrum, 114. Knobel, vindicates Smyth's character, 206 ; list of star catalogues, 211. Lacaille's arc remeasured, 106. Lambert bequest, 192 n. Lassell, discovers Hyperion, 98 ; medal, 99; telescopes, 107, 114. Latitude, variation of, 225. Lee, Treasurer, 34 ; presents a circle, 46 ; observatory, 77 ; advowsons, 81, 83, 124, 200 ; benefactor, 81 ; elected President in opposition to Airy, 141 ; life, 142. Lee fund, 81. Leonids, 160 sqq. Le Verrier, Neptune, 93 ; testimonial, 99 ; orbit of Leonids, 162 ; planetary tables, 162, 191 ; intra -mercurial planet, 194. Library, 64, 243 ; catalogue, 64, 244 ; of Spitalfields Mathematical Society, 103. Lindsay, Lord, 1 70 ; Mauritius expedition, 194- Lockyer, spectroscopic work, 154, 169 ; proposed for medal, 172, 198 ; retires from Council, 1 76 ; his observatory, 1 88 ; appointed to College of Science, 207. Longitude, Board of, 15, 56 ; abolished, 58. Louis XVIII at Hartwell, 34. Lubbock, planetary theory, 68 ; testi- monial, 99. Lucknow Observatory, 118. Lunar nomenclature, 222 ; tables of Burckhardt and Hansen compared, 219 ; Theory, 197, 199- McClean bequest, 246. Maclear, at Biggleswade, 76 ; at the Cape, 76, 106. Main, his work, 136 ; address in 1864, 147.