See also:

• FRANCIS
• FRANCIS (FRarrcols) OF SALES, ST (1567-1622)
• FRANCIS (Lat. Franciscus, Ital. Francesco, Span. Francisco, Fr. Francois, Ger. Franz)
• FRANCIS, SIR PHILIP (174o-1818)

FRANCIS See also:

• BAILY, EDWARD HODGES (1788-1867)
• FRANCIS BAILY (1774-1844)
• BAILY, WILLIAM HELLIER (1819-1888)

BAILY (1774-1844)  , See also:

• ENGLISH

English astronomer, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born at See also:

• NEWBURY

Newbury in See also:

• BERKSHIRE [abbreviated Berks, pronounced Berkshire]
• BERKSHIRE, THOMAS HOWARD, 1ST EARL OF (1587–1669)

Berkshire, on the 28th of See also:

• APRIL

April 1774 . After a tour in the unsettled parts of See also:

• NORTH
• NORTH, BARONS
• NORTH, MARIANNE (1830—1890)
• NORTH, ROGER (1653-1734)
• NORTH, SIR THOMAS (1535?-16o1?)

North See also:

• AMERICA

America in 1796-1797, his See also:

• JOURNAL
• JOURNAL (through Fr. from late Lat. diurnalis, daily)

journal of which was edited by See also:

• AUGUSTUS (a name 1 derived from Lat. augeo, increase, i.e. venerable, majestic, Gr. Ee0avr6s)

Augustus de See also:

• MORGAN
• MORGAN, DANIEL (1736-1802)
• MORGAN, EDWIN DENNISON (1811-1883)
• MORGAN, JOHN HUNT (1825-1864)
• MORGAN, JOHN PIERPONT (1837–1913)
• MORGAN, LEWIS HENRY (1818-1881)
• MORGAN, SYDNEY, LADY (c. 1783-1859)
• MORGAN, THOMAS (d. 1743)

Morgan in 1856, he entered the See also:

• LONDON

London Stock See also:

• EXCHANGE

Exchange in 1799 . The successive publication of Tables for the Purchasing and Renewing of Leases (18o2), of The See also:

• DOCTRINE

Doctrine of See also:

• INTEREST

Interest and Annuities (18o8), and The Doctrine of See also:

• LIFE

Life-Annuities and Assurances (181o), earned him a high reputation as a writer on life-contingencies; he amassed a See also:

• FORTUNE, ROBERT (1813-188o)

fortune through See also:

• DILIGENCE

diligence and integrity and retired from business in 1825, to devote himself wholly to See also:

• ASTRONOMY (from Gr. &arpov, a star, and v ,usiv, to classify or arrange)

astronomy . He had already, in 1820, taken a leading See also:

• PART

part in the See also:

• FOUNDATION (Lat. fundatio, from fundare, to found)

foundation of the Royal Astronomical Society ; and its See also:

• GOLD
• GOLD [symbol Au, atomic weight 195.7(H = 1),197.2(0 =16)]

gold See also:

• MEDAL (Fr. medaille, from Lat. metallum)

medal was awarded him, in 1827, for his preparation of the Astronomical Society's See also:

• CATALOGUE (a Fr. adaptation of the Gr. KaraXoyos, a register, from Karalyety, to enrol or pick out)

Catalogue of 2881 stars (See also:

• MEMOIRS

Memoirs R . Astr . See also:

• SOC

Soc. ii.) . The reform of the Nautical See also:

• ALMANAC

Almanac in 1829 was set on See also:

• FOOT

foot by his protests; he recommended to the See also:

• BRITISH

British Association in 1837, and in See also:

• GREAT

great part executed, the reduction of See also:

• JOSEPH
• JOSEPH, COMTE DE (1785-1870)
• JOSEPH, FATHER (FRANCOIS LECLERC DU TREMBLAY) (1577-1638)

Joseph de See also:

• LALANDE, JOSEPH JEROME LEFRANCAIS DE (1732-1807)

Lalande's and See also:

• NICOLAS
• NICOLAS, SIR NICHOLAS HARRIS (1799–1848)

Nicolas de See also:

• LACAILLE, NICOLAS LOUIS DE (1713-1762)

Lacaille's catalogues containing about 57,000 stars; he superintended the compilation of the British Association's Catalogue of 8377 stars (published 1845); and revised the catalogues of Tobias See also:

• MAYER, JOHANN TOBIAS (1723-1762)
• MAYER, JULIUS ROBERT (1814-1878)

Mayer, See also:

• PTOLEMY (CLAUDIUS PTOLEMAEUS)

Ptolemy, Ulugh Beg, Tycho See also:

• BRAHE, PER, COUNT (1602-1680)
• BRAHE, TYCHO (1546-1601)

Brahe, See also:

• EDMUND
• EDMUND, or EADMUND (c. 980-1016)
• EDMUND, SAINT [EDMUND RICE] (d. 1240)

Edmund See also:

• HALLEY, EDMUND (1656–1742)

Halley and See also:

• HEVELIUS [HEVEL or H6WELCKE], JOHANN (1611—1687)

Hevelius (Memoirs R . Astr . Soc. iv., xiii.) . His See also:

• NOTICE

notice of " See also:

• BAILY, EDWARD HODGES (1788-1867)
• BAILY, FRANCIS (1774-1844)
• BAILY, WILLIAM HELLIER (1819-1888)

Baily's Beads," during an See also:

• ANNULAR, ANNULATE

annular See also:

• ECLIPSE (Gr. €uheo,tis, falling out of place, failing)

eclipse of thesun on the 15th of May 1836, at See also:

• INCH (O. Eng. ynce from Lat. uncia, a twelfthpart; cf. " ounce," and see As)

Inch See also:

• BONNEY, THOMAS GEORGE (1833— )

Bonney in See also:

• ROXBURGHSHIRE

Roxburghshire, started the See also:

• MODERN

modern See also:

• SERIES (a Latin word from serere, to join)

series of eclipse-expeditions . The phenomenon, which depends upon the inequalities of the See also:

• MOON (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maan, Dan. maane, &c., and cognate with such Indo-Germanic forms as Gr. µlip, Sans. ma's, Irish mi, &c.; Lat. uses luna, i.e. lucna, the shining one, lucere, to shine, for the moon, but preserves the word i
• MOON, SIR RICHARD, 1ST BARONET (1814-1899)

moon's See also:

• LIMB

limb, was so vividly described by him as to attract an unprecedented amount of See also:

• ATTENTION (from Lat. ad-tendo, await, expect; the condition of being " stretched " or " tense ")

attention to the totality of the 8th of See also:

• JULY

July 1842, observed by Baily himself at See also:

• PAVIA (anc. Ticinum, q.v.)

Pavia . He completed and discussed H .

See also:

• FOSTER, GEORGE EULAS (1847– )
• FOSTER, JOHN (177o-1843)
• FOSTER, MYLES BIRKET (1825-1899)
• FOSTER, SIR CLEMENT LE NEVE (1841-1904)
• FOSTER, SIR MICHAEL (1836-r9o7)
• FOSTER, STEPHEN COLLINS (1826-1864)

Foster's pendulum-experiments, deducing from them an See also:

• ELLIPTICITY

ellipticity for the See also:

• EARTH
• EARTH (a word common to Teutonic languages, cf. Ger. Erde, Dutch aarde, Swed. and Dan. jord; outside Teutonic it appears only in the Gr. 'pq'e, on the ground; it has been connected by some etymologists with the Aryan root ar-, to plough, which is seen in
• EARTH, FIGURE OF
• EARTH, FIGURE OF THE

earth of 21q (Memoirs R . Astr . Soc. vii.); corrected for the length of the seconds-pendulum by introducing a neglected See also:

• ELEMENT (Lat. elementum)

element of reduction; and was entrusted, in 1843, with the reconstruction of the See also:

• STANDARDS

standards of length . His laborious operations for determining the mean See also:

• DENSITY (Lat. densus, thick)

density of the earth, carried on by See also:

• HENRY
• HENRY (1129-1195)
• HENRY (c. 1108-1139)
• HENRY (c. 1174–1216)
• HENRY (Fr. Henri; Span. Enrique; Ger. Heinrich; Mid. H. Ger. Heinrich and Heimrich; O.H.G. Haimi- or Heimirih, i.e. " prince, or chief of the house," from O.H.G. heim, the Eng. home, and rih, Goth. reiks; compare Lat. rex " king "—" rich," therefore " mig
• HENRY, EDWARD LAMSON (1841– )
• HENRY, JAMES (1798-1876)
• HENRY, JOSEPH (1797-1878)
• HENRY, MATTHEW (1662-1714)
• HENRY, PATRICK (1736–1799)
• HENRY, PRINCE OF BATTENBERG (1858-1896)
• HENRY, ROBERT (1718-1790)
• HENRY, VICTOR (1850– )
• HENRY, WILLIAM (1795-1836)

Henry See also:

• CAVENDISH
• CAVENDISH, GEORGE (1500-1562?)
• CAVENDISH, HENRY (1731-1810)
• CAVENDISH, SIR WILLIAM (c. 1505-1557)

Cavendish's method (1838-1842), yielded for it the authoritative value of 5.66 . He died in London, on the 3oth of See also:

• AUGUST (originally Sextilis)

August 1844 . Baily's See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

Account of the Rev . See also:

• JOHN
• JOHN (1167–1216)
• JOHN (1290-c. 1320)
• JOHN (1296-1346)
• JOHN (1371–1419)
• JOHN (1468-1532)
• JOHN (1801-1873)
• JOHN (Heb. llni')
• JOHN (ZAPOLYA) (1487-1540)
• JOHN, 4TH MARQUESS OF TWEEDDALE (c. 1695-1762)
• JOHN, DON (1545-1578)
• JOHN, DON (1629–1679)
• JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST
• JOHN, or HAYS (1513–1571)
• JOHN, THE APOSTLE
• JOHN, THE EPISTLES OF

John See also:

• FLAMSTEED, JOHN (1646-1719)

Flamsteed (1835) is of fundamental importance to the scientific See also:

• HISTORY

history of that See also:

• TIME (0. Eng. Lima, cf. Icel. timi, Swed. timme, hour, Dan. time; from the root also seen in " tide," properly the time of between the flow and ebb of the sea, cf. O. Eng. getidan, to happen, " even-tide," &c.; it is not directly related to Lat. tempus)
• TIME, MEASUREMENT OF
• TIME, STANDARD

time . It included a republication of the British Catalogue . See J . See also:

• HERSCHEL, CAROLINE LUCRETIA (1750-1848)
• HERSCHEL, SIR F
• HERSCHEL, SIR FREDERICK WILLIAM (1738-1822)
• HERSCHEL, SIR JOHN FREDERICK WILLIAM, BART

Herschel's Memoir of F . Baily, Esq . (1845), also prefixed to Baily's Journal of a Tour, with a See also:

• LIST (O.E. lisle, a Teutonic word, cf. Dut. lust, Ger. Leiste, adapted in Ital. lista and Fr. lisle)
• LIST, FRIEDRICH (1789-1846)

list of his writings; See also:

• MONTH
• MONTH (a common Teutonic word, cf. Ger. Mond, Du. maand, Dan. maaned, &c., and cognate with Lat. mensis, Gr. µi7v, &c., in other branches of the Indo-Germanic family; all ultimately from the root seen in the word for the moon in nearly all those languages

Month .

Not . R . Astr . Soc. xiv . 1844 .