Papers relating to the Royal Astronomical Society, including a booklet on the preparations for the observation of the transit of Venus, 8-9 December 1874; observations made at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, of the solar eclipse, 9 October 1874; a paper by Airy on the method to be used in reducing the observations of the transit of Venus, 1874; a report by Airy on the progress made in the calculations for a new method of treating the lunar theory; correspondence on the Royal Astronomical Society club; and general correspondence regarding the Royal Astronomical Society. |