Calendar: 1890-1891 Page 391

DEPARTMENT FOB ladies 591 ASTRONOMY By Day Monday 4-δ Michaelmas Term 1890 The Telescope and the Solar System The Dawn of Star-gazing-The first Astronomical Instru- ments-Tycho Braho and his Observatory-History of the Evolution of the Modern Telescope-Giant Reflectors and Refractors their Advantages and Disadvantages-Mountain Observatories-The Equatorial Coude The Earth Moving Observatory-Effects of its Motions on the Apparent Movements of the Stars-How the Size of the Earth is Measured and its Mass determined-The Seasons -The Earth's Past and Probable Future The Moon its Size and Motions its Physical Constitution -Phases of the Moon-Eclipses Apparent and real Motions of the Planets-Physical Description of the Planets-Jupiter's Belts and Moons Saturn and his Ring System-Probable Nature of the Rings -Uranus-Neptune its discovery Bode's Law-The Asteroids their Orbits and how they are observed The Sun its Size Distance and Mass-Sunspots and their Nature-Solar Photography-The Sun's Light and Heat The Spectroscope-Elementary Principles of Spectrum Analysis-The Solar Spectrum and KirchhoiFs Discovery- Physical Constitution of the Sun Eclipses of the Sun Corona and Red Flames Fee £1 lis 6a