Harvard Annals, volume VIII, parts I and II


TABLE OF CONTENTS
The numbers refer to the pages of the work.


INTRODUCTION.............................................. i

PART I


PLAN OF THE WORK.......................................... 3

BIOGRAPHICAL NOTES.
     William Cranch Bond.................................. 4 
     George Phillips Bond................................. 6 
     Joseph Winlock....................................... 6 
     W.C. Bond, Jr........................................ 7 
     Richard F. Bond...................................... 7 
     Philip Sidney Coolidge............................... 7

PROPERTY OF THE OBSERVATORY.
     Original endowment................................... 8
       Phillips Fund...................................... 8
       Quincy Fund........................................ 8
       Sears Fund......................................... 9
       Sturgis Fund.......................................10
       Hayward Fund.......................................10
       Savage Fund........................................10
       Occasional donations...............................11
       Fund for Meridian Circle...........................11
       Income from sale of clock-signals..................11
     Grounds of the Observatory...........................12
       Improvements in the grounds........................13
       Land in West Medford...............................13
     Buildings of the Observatory.........................13
       Improvements in 1866 and later.....................14
       Prime Vertical Room................................15
       East Transit Room..................................15
       West Transit Room..................................15
       West Dome..........................................16
       Detached buildings.................................14,16
     Clocks...............................................16
       Chronometers.......................................19
       Chronographs.......................................19
       Apparatus for determining personal equation........19
       Apparatus for shifting electric connections........21
       Apparatus for transmitting clock-signals...........22
     Meridian Circle......................................23
       East Transit Circle................................28
       Portable Transit Instrument........................28
       East Equatorial....................................29
       Finder of the Equatorial...........................30
       Apparatus for finding faint objects................30
       Machinery of Dome..................................31
       West Equatorial....................................31
       Small telescopes...................................32
     Spectroscopes........................................33,34
       Inductive Coil.....................................34
       Photographic lenses, and apparatus connected 
          with them.......................................35,42
       Inventions of Professor Winlock for photographing 
          the sun.........................................35
       Micrometers........................................42,43
       Photometer.........................................43
       Occultator.........................................43
       Meteorological apparatus...........................43
       Wind register......................................44
       Magnetic apparatus.................................45
       Phillips Library...................................45

WORK OF THE OBSERVATORY.
     Work done between 1855 and 1866......................47
       Work done in 1866 and later........................48
       Observations of double stars.......................49
       Spectroscopic observations.........................50
       Observations of the aurora.........................50
       Miscellaneous equatorial observations..............50
       Investigation of lunar phenomena...................50
       Drawings of celestial objects......................53
       observations of the sun............................53
       Chart of the  Trifid Nebula........................53
     Work done with the East Transit Circle...............54
       Work done with the Meridian Circle.................54
       Observations for determining longitudes............54
       Magnetic and meteorological observations...........55
       Observations of meteoric showers...................55
       Work done with the Quincy Photometer...............55
     Expeditions made by Professor Winlock................55
       His spectroscopic and photographic observations of 
           total eclipses.................................56
       General account of the part taken by the 
          Observatory in expeditions to observe eclipses..56
       Account of some engravings copied from photographs 
          of eclipses.....................................62
       Photographs of partial phases of eclipses..........63
       Ordinary photographs of the sun....................64
       Experiments in viewing the whole border of the sun.64
       Establishment of the system of clock-signals.......65

PART II

NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS PREPARED TO ACCOMPANY THE ASTRONOMICAL ENGRAVINGS OF THE MOON, PLANETS, ETC....... 1 NOTES AND EXPLANATIONS PREPARED TO ACCOMPANY THE ASTRONOMICAL ENGRAVINGS ILLUSTRATING SOLAR PHENOMENA.... 1

PLATES INTERSPERSED IN THE TEXT

Plate I -- Grounds and Buildings Plate II -- Grounds and Buildings Plate III -- Plan of the Building Plate IV -- Galvanic Connections Plate V -- Meridian Circle Plate VI -- Meridian Circle Plate VII -- Portable Transit Instrument Plate VIII -- West Equatorial Plate IX -- Wind Register Plate X -- Stars in Trifid Nebula

PLATES IN PART I.

Astronomical Engravings from Photographs of eclipses: Plate 1 -- Total Eclipse of the Sun Aug. 7, 1869 Plate 2 -- Total Eclipse of the Sun Aug. 7, 1869 Plate 3 -- Total Eclipse of the Sun Aug. 7, 1869 Plate 4 -- Total Eclipse of the Sun Dec. 22, 1870 Plate 5 -- Total Eclipse of the Sun Dec. 22, 1870 Plate 6 -- Outlines of Corona

PLATES IN PART II.

Astronomical Engravings of the Moon, Planets, etc: Plate 1 -- Planets Plate 2 -- Planets Plate 4 -- The Moon Plate 11 -- Spectroscope Plate 15 -- The Moon Plate 16 -- Planets Plate 18 -- The Moon Plate 19 -- Spectroscope Plate 20 -- The Moon Plate 21 -- The Moon Plate 22 -- Planets Plate 24 -- Nebulae/Star Clusters Plate 25 -- Nebulae/Star Clusters Plate 26 -- Comets Plate 27 -- Nebulae/Star Clusters Plate 28 -- Comets Plate 29 -- Comets Plate 30 -- Comets Plate 31 -- Comets Plate 32 -- Nebulae/Star Clusters Plate 33 -- Nebulae/Star Clusters Plate 34 -- Nebulae/Star Clusters Plate 35 -- Nebulae/Star Clusters Astronomical Engravings Illustrating Solar Phenomena: Plate 3 -- Solar Spots Plate 5 -- Solar Spots Plate 6 -- Solar Spots Plate 7 -- Solar Spots Plate 8 -- Solar Prominence Plate 9 -- Solar Prominence Plate 10 -- Solar Prominence Plate 12 -- Solar Corona Plate 13 -- Solar Corona Plate 14 -- Solar Spots Plate 17 -- Solar Spots Plate 23 -- Solar Prominence