Harvard Annals, volume VIII, parts I and II
TABLE OF CONTENTS
The numbers refer to the pages of the work.
INTRODUCTION.............................................. 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
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