? The Eclipses referred to in the Chapters on History (VIII.-XIII.) are not, as regards dates, dealt with in this Index.

• A.
• Aberdour, Lord, 159.
• Agathocles, The Eclipse of, 120.
• Ahaz, Dial of, 90, 96, 101.
• Airy, Sir G.B., 48, 74, 83, 84, 89, 110, 111, 113, 115, 123, 124, 144, 164, 167.
• Almanac, British, 219.
• Almanac, Nautical, 26, 35, 234, 238.
• Ammianus Marcellinus, 133.
• Anglo-Saxon Chronicle, 136, 137, 138, 142, 143, 146, 148, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209.
• Annales Fuldenses, 143, 207.
• Annular Eclipses of the Sun, 16.
• Apollonius of Tyana, 130.
• Arabian Records, 132, 138.
• Arago, 125, 164.
• Archilochus, 108.
• Aristophanes, 199.
• Ascending Node, 18.
• Asser, 144.
• B.
• Baily, F., 57, 112, 122, 164.
• “Baily’s Beads,” 57, 64, 164.
• Barker, Sir R., 102.
• Bede, 205.
• Beer, 217.
• Bible, Eclipses mentioned in, 86.
• Biot, E., 80.
• “Black” Eclipses of the Moon, 189.
• Blackness of the Moon during Solar Eclipses, 43.
• Blake, 48.
• Boillot, 135.
• Bosanquet, J.W., 91, 95, 101.
• C.
• Calvisius, 133, 137, 146, 221.
• Carlini, 164.
• Carrington, R.C., 60.
• Cassini, 158.
• Caussin, 139.
• Cedrenus, 208.
• Celoria, Prof., 150.
• Chinese Eclipses of the Sun, 75.
• —— of the Moon, 197.
• Chromosphere, 60.
• Chronicon Scotorum, 143.
• Churton, Archdeacon, 210.
• Cicero, 108, 109, 118.
• Classical History, Eclipses mentioned in, 107.
• Clavius, 64, 152.
• Columbus, 211.
• Confucius, 81.
• Conjunction of the Moon, 31.
• Copper colour of Moon in Lunar Eclipses, 192.
• Corona, 56, 62, 105, 130, 144, 157, 159, 161, 168, 169.
• Coronium, 69.
• Crabtree, W., 215.
• Crucifixion, The darkness at, 129.
• D.
• Delambre, 81.
• De La Rue, W., 168.
• De Louville, 158.
• Descending Node, 18.
• Dial of Ahaz, 90, 96, 101.
• Digit explained, 28.
• Diodorus Siculus, 120.
• Diogenes LaËrtius, 94.
• Dion Cassius, 128, 130.
• Draconic Month, 20.
• Dreyer, J.L.E., 221.
• Du SÈjour, 37, 39.
• E.
• Earthquakes and Eclipses, 75.
• Earth-shine, 61.
• Eclipsareon, Ferguson’s, 222.
• Eclipse, Derivation of the word, 11.
• ——, number of in a year, 13.
• —— of the Moon, 11.
• —— of the Sun, 11.
• ——, Theory of, 15.
• Eclipse of the Sun of May 28, 1900, 9, 40, 66, 71, 239.
• Ennius, 118.
• F.
• Ferguson, J., 215, 221.
• Ferrer, Don J., 163.
• Flamsteed, J., 155, 215.
• Florence of Worcester, 143.
• Forster, 192.
• Freeman, Prof. E.A., 146.
• Full Moon, 13.
• G.
• Gassendi, P., 215, 221.
• Gaubil, 80.
• Gemma Frisius, 152.
• Gilliss, Lieut. J.M., 168.
• Ginzel, 75, 131.
• Glaber, 145, 208.
• Glycas, 92.
• Grant, R., 131.
• Graydon, 174.
• Gregorius Turonensis, 135.
• H.
• Hagen, 163.
• Halley, E., 148, 157.
• Hansen’s Lunar Tables, 89, 118, 119, 124.
• Helium, 69.
• Helps, Sir A., 211.
• Herodotus, 109, 114, 116.
• Herschel, Sir J., 217.
• Herschel, Sir W., 161, 162.
• Hevelius, 215.
• Hezekiah, King of Judah, 90.
• Hinckes, Dr., 89.
• Hind, J.R., 38, 80, 89, 115, 116, 125, 138, 142, 143, 147, 148, 151, 153, 154, 167, 203, 204.
• Hitzig, 87.
• Homer’s Iliad quoted, 126.
• Homer’s Odyssey quoted, 94, 126.
• Huggins, Sir W., 131.
• Humboldt, A. Von, 133, 142, 217.
• Hunter, W., 102.
• I.
• Ideler, 81.
• J.
• Janssen, 169.
• Jesuit Missionaries in China, 81, 95.
• Johnson, Rev. S.J., 38, 80, 128, 131, 133, 135, 137, 138, 142, 144, 145, 150, 202, 210, 216, 222.
• Jones, Capt. F., 113.
• Josephus, 202.
• Justin, 121.
• K.
• Kepler, 64, 152, 153, 213, 214, 220.
• Kerigan, F., 227.
• Kirchoff, 69.
• L.
• Lalande, J. De, 224.
• Lander, R. and J., 228.
• Langley, Prof., 171.
• Lardner, D., His Hand-book of Astronomy cited, 12.
• Lassell, W., 167.
• Layard, Sir A.H., 113.
• Leon of Corfu, 144.
• Le Verrier’s Solar Tables, 89.
• Lewis, Sir G.C., 110.
• Liais, E., 44.
• Limits, Lunar Ecliptic, 190.
• Lingard, Dr., 150.
• Livy, 125, 202.
• Lockyer, Sir N., 178.
• Lynn, W.T., 115, 131.
• M.
• Macartney, Lord, his Embassy to China, 224.
• Maclaurin, 151, 153, 159.
• MÄdler, 217.
• Magnitude of an Eclipse, 29.
• Main, Rev. R., 88.
• Maraldi, 158.
• Matthew Paris, 210.
• Maunder, E.W., 104, 106.
• Meteorological effects of a solar eclipse, 54, 167.
• Millosevich, 109.
• Milton, J., 231.
• Moon, Eclipses of, 186.
• N.
• Nautical Almanac, 26, 35, 234, 238.
• Newcomb, S., 119, 127, 139, 144, 171.
• Newcomb, S., His Astronomy cited, 26.
• New Moon, 13.
• Newton, Sir I., 198.
• Nicias, 199.
• Nineveh Tablets, 89.
• Nodes, 18, 19, 30.
• O.
• Occultations, 10, 12, 235, 237.
• Ockley, S., 138.
• Oltmanns, 112.
• Oppolzer, T. Von, His Canon cited, 35, 109, 218.
• Opposition of the Moon, 31.
• Orchard, Dr., 231.
• P.
• Partial Eclipses of the Sun, 17.
• Pekin, Observatory at, 95.
• Penumbra in Lunar Eclipses, 188.
• Pepys, S., His Diary cited, 155.
• Perry, S.J., 177, 193.
• Philostorgius, 134.
• Philostratus, 130.
• Pickering, E.H., 184.
• PingrÉ, 219.
• Planets, Primary, 12.
• ——, Secondary, 12.
• ——, Visibility of during Eclipses, 61.
• Pliny, 126, 200, 204, 213.
• Plutarch, Lives, p. 014: [removed extra hyphen] more than 18-years ? 18 years
• p. 023: Phillipines ? Philippines
• p. 027: occuring at regular intervals ? occurring
• p. 048: Rumker mentions that ? RÜmer
• p. 059: every sufficiently skilled obersver ? observer
• p. 070: [added closing bracket] (SUN-SPOT MINIMUM.)
• p. 154: [removed comma] Greenock and Elgin, were near
• p. 217: in the Carribean Sea ? Caribbean
• p. 227: A certain Mr F. Kerigan ? Mr. F. Kerigan
• p. 230: [removed comma] As, stars with trains of fire
• p. 241: Casa Bris?no ? BriseÑo
• p. 244: Vienna (57m.) ? Vianna
• p. 249: [normalized] Plasentia (256m.) ? Plasencia
• p. 250: Casa Bris?no ? BriseÑo