The Mid-Victorian period and the Astronomical Register (1863-1886): ‘A medium of communication for amateurs and others’

Address (1863) Astronomical Register 1: 1–2.

Astronomical Pronunciation (1867) Astronomical Register 5: 183.

Barton R (1998) Just before nature: The purposes of science and the purposes of popularization in some English popular science journals of the 1860s. Annals of Science 55: 1–33.

Birt W (1865) On an instrument for comparing colors, proposed to be designated homochromascope. Astronomical Register 3: 255.

Chambers G (1880) Correspondence: The Royal Astronomical Society. Astronomical Register 18: 69–70.

Chapman A (1998) Victorian Amateur Astronomer: Independent Astronomical Research in Britain 1820–1920. Chichester; New York; Brisbane, QLD, Australia; Toronto, ON, Canada; Singapore: John Willey & Sons.

Correspondence (1877) Astronomical Register 15: 332.

Dunkin E (1877) Correspondence: The Royal Astronomical Society. Astronomical Register 15: 177–178.

F.B. (1867) Brief correspondence: Astronomical pronunciation. Astronomical Register 5: 67.

F.R.A.S (1866) Correspondence: Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society. Astronomical Register 4: 15.

Godfrey N (1864) Correspondence: To the editor of the Astronomical Register. Astronomical Register 2: 244.

Howlett F (1864) Correspondence: The sun’s diameter. Astronomical Register 2: 209–212.

In Memoriam (1880) Astronomical Register 17: 55–58.

Johnson P (1990) The astronomical register 1863–86. Journal of the British Astronomical Association 100: 62–66.

List of Subscribers (1863) Astronomical Register 1: 97–98.

Liverpool Astronomical Society (1883) Astronomical Register 21: 278–279.

McGown R (2006) Birt, William Radcliffe. In: Hockey T Trimble V Williams TR Bracher K Jarrell RA Marché JD Palmeri J Green DWE (eds) The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York and London: Springer, p. 131.

Mr. Proctor’s New Work (1870) Astronomical Register. 8: 143–144.

Notes and Gleanings (1866) Astronomical Register 4: 49.

Notice (1863) Astronomical Register 1: 16.

One Who Does Cut His Copy of the Monthly Notices (1874) Correspondence: The monthly notices of the royal astronomical society. Astronomical Register 12: 246–247.

Pindar P (1867) Correspondence: Astronomical subjects for amendment. Astronomical Register 5: 241–242.

Review (1872) Astronomical Register 10: 202–203.

Sheets-Pyenson S (1971) Low scientific culture in London and Paris, 1820–1875. PhD Thesis, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA.

Sheets-Pyenson S (1985) Popular science periodicals in Paris and London: The emergence of a low scientific culture, 1820–1875. Annals of Science 42: 549–572.

Subscriptions Received By the Editor (1874) Astronomical Register 12: 23.

Subscriptions Received By the Editor (1877) Astronomical Register 15: 106.

Subscriptions Received By the Editor (1883) Astronomical Register 21: 194.

T.B. (1873) Correspondence: The late meeting of the royal astronomical society. Astronomical Register 11: 156–157.

The Liverpool Astronomical Society (1883) Astronomical Register. 21: 278–279.

The Man in the Moon (1864) Correspondence: To the editor of the astronomical register. Astronomical Register 2: 120.

The Memoirs of the Royal Astronomical Society (1867) Astronomical Register 5: 182.

To Our Readers (1865) Astronomical Register 3: 1–3.

William Radcliffe Birt (1882) Astronomical Register. 20: 12–13.

Williams T (2006) Gorton, Sandford. In: Hockey T Trimble V Williams TR Bracher K Jarrell RA Marché JD Palmeri J Green DWE (eds) The Biographical Encyclopedia of Astronomers. New York and London: Springer, p. 432.