from Bedford measures, 333 Elizabeth, Lady, her poem, 85 Emma, Queen, narrow escape, 59 Encke's Comet, observed by C. P. Smyth, 342 Engagement, a wood-cut, 75 Engraved by Faber, Sir George Lee, 115 Epps buried in Hartwell, 247 Epps's Meridional Observations, 247 work referred to Capt. Smyth, 253 EQUATORIAL TOWER, 223, 238 Equestrian statue of Prince of Wales, 71 Error of the press in position of y Virginis, 324 -- on sidereal colours, 306 Estate, its extent, 14 Eunoste, Pointe, its position, 370 Evans, his instruments, 223 Evening amusements, Dell's 227 Evergreens, when introduced, 36 Example of day's work by Epps, 251 Exodus on Moses' cradle, 201 Extent of Hartwell, 34 Extra meridional observations at Bedford, 286 Eyes vary on colours, 311 Facts on comets most wanted, 346 Faustina's elegant head-dress, 153 Fazackerly quoted by Prince of Wales, 68 Fees, refreshing, recorded, 78 Fellahs of Egypt, 159 Ferruginous yellow sand, 23 Figures adorning the staircase, 110 arms: a demi-horse argent, 99 Fissile, calcareous clay, 21 Fitton's, Dr. geological researches, 20, 22 Five-foot telescope in lieu of nine-foot, 242 Flannells offered by the Prince of Wales, 70 Fletcher, Mr. Isaac, on y Virginis, 337 Forbes, Professor Edward, 28 Foresight lent to recover treasure, 359 Forrester, Lord, eccentric, 74 Fossil paddle, from Bedford, 143 enumerated, 21, 28 very good in the Hartwell Museum, 142 of Equatorial Tower, 239 Frank pledge explained, 51 Frederick, Prince of Wales, 67 French gamblers, 396 ritual No. 3193, 220 Genealogical Table of the Lees, 96 Généthous, Marquis de, 386 Geographical ante-room to museum, 135 Geology, Vale of Aylesbury, 120 Gerarde, on the papyrus, 200 Germanicus, search for antiquities, 174 Gnostic tenets, 164 God save noble Clarénce, 393 Goethe's error on Newton's theory, 305 Gold and silver captured, 78 Gold-leaf in patches, 184 Goodall, Rev. Mr. of Dinton, 60 Gorua limestone, Thebaid, 210 Gosfield, seat of Marquess of Buckingham, 384 Gossipium cultivated, 189 Gothic style, Hartwell Church, 12 Graves, Captain T. 148 Greek epitaph, 138 coins exquisite, 147 Gregorian telescopes, 225 Grennah or Cyrene, 165 INDEX. Grey Friars, of Aylesbury, 56 y Virginis, measures at Oxford, 245 seen single by Herschel II. 317 Hadrian, his travels, 149 Hadstock, manor of, in Essex, 51 R. obijt 1567, his harte, 11 Hanging sleeves, see brass, 61 Harcourt shield, in Hartwell Church, 12 Hardwicke, Lord, his letter, 65, 72 seal in 1570, 3 - parish, 7 cum Hampden Parva, 8 basin, 27 meadows, 30 trees, the largest, 35 first visit to, in 1828, 36 House, 103 House, its interior, 105 museum, rich in beetles, 164 its first observatory, 226 stars observed by Epps, 254-283 Harvest ready St. James's day, 17 403 Haydon Mill, on the Thame, 41 Hill, point of survey, 250 drawn by Mrs. Smyth, iii. his grasping tyranny, 58 Heraldic bear of the Lees, 98 Heralds' visitations consulted, 100 Herde-welle, origin of Hartwell, 3 Hereditary name, none before ye Conquest, 47 Herodotus on Egypt, 221 Herschel I. unprecedented labour, 285 and Smyth differ on colours, 298 Herschel II. on gravitation, 285 saw y Virginis single, 317 on Virginis, 328 his Cape observations, 333 on Biela's Comet, 347 on Encke's Comet, 348 Herschel, Miss, her portrait, 123 Herschelian elements of y Virginis, 340 gave land to Oseney, 57 Hertwell and Little Hampden, 55 Hevelus on the contraction of comets, 349 Hide of land explained, 47 Hieroglyphics explained, 156 High powers seldom wanted, 226 High Lee, in Cheshire, 59 Hillary, Octaves of St. 50 Hincks, Dr. deciphered cuneiform characters, 140 on the Rosetta stone, 155 Hind, his discoveries, 245 investigation of y Virginis, 326 ill at the critical time, 335 his Smythian orbit of y Virginis, 338 HOME-STEAD, described, 33 admired by Louis XVIII. 376 Hot cross-bun? 208 Husbandry around Hartwell, 29 Ibex religiosa, 162 Ikeneld Street, near Tring, 5 Ikening Street, near Acknal, 4 Illustrations, who by, iii. Imperial large brass, 235 Incendiary at Biban al Moluk, 206 Inclosure Act, 7, 31 Index Villaris, wrong position of Hartwell, 248 Infirmary founded by Dr. Lee, 90 Ingoldsby, Sir Richard, 62 Ingoldsbys in Hartwell Church, 13 Inquisition on Sir W. de Luton's land, 52, Instruments, mathematical, in the museum, 136 Introductory letter, iii. Inundation of the Nile, 206 Jablonski on Egypt, 164 Jackalls guarding the tropics, 208 or solar path, 220 Jacob, Capt. his sidereal measures, 329 Jansen, Cornelius, painted like Vandyck, 117 Janus, temple of, 235 Jebel Akhmar, quarries of, 218 Jew of Oxford, Jacob, 49 Jodrell supports the Prince of Wales, 70 Jones's barometer, 18 Jones, Inigo, his architectural taste, 102 made the transit instrument, 252 Johnson's Life of Savage, 95 at work with heliometer, 335 Joseph's gathering, 190 Jottings, by Sir G. Lee, 74 July has frequent rain, 17 Jurassic system or Purbeck, 20 Juvenal's satire on the Egyptians, 159 Kater, Captain, his hygrometer, 18 King of the French, 395 King's Arms, at Berkhampstead, 395 Kitchen garden, 41 Kneller, Sir Godfrey, several paintings, 113 Lace-making injurious, 32 Lameness of Dr. Lee lames the court, 69 cultivated by the scholars, 10 Land, value of, 52 Laplace, bust of, 123 Lassell promised to observe y Virginis, 335 of Pompey's pillar, 370 Lawn, its extent, 34 Layard, his important researches, 176 Least squares, prepared by Adams, 341 Lee, Sir Henry, 62 Lee, Roger, died in 1506, 95 Lee, William, a schoolmaster, 95 Lee Engleys, in Lancashire, 94 Lee, lordship of, in Chester, 99 Lee, Sir Thomas, of Dinton, Knt. 58 Lee, family seats at church, 11 Lee, Sir Thomas, 1st Bart. 63 Lee, 2nd Bart. Member for Aylesbury, 63 Lee, 3rd Bart. highly esteemed, 81 Lee, Sir H. E. created Earl of Litchfield, 100 Lee, Hon. F. HI. a Vice-Admiral, 100 Lee, Lord Chief Justice, 11 preserved the walnut tree, 37 succeeded to Hartwell, 89 founded the Infirmary, 90 restored old arrangements, 135 his assiduity as travelling bachelor, 135 his fine mummy, 170 has early plans of the Pyramids, 171 his purchase of Bubastis, 215 his large object glass, 238 his telescope compared, 244 engaged Mr. Epps, 247 his pension to Mrs. Epps, 248 had a long meridian line observed, 249 Lee, Mrs. her gifts of books and clothes, 10 Lee, shield in Hartwell Church, 12 LEES, THE, 59 Leelite, so called by Dr. Clerke, 142 Leeks regarded as sacred, 159 Leghs of Cheshire all powerful, 93 Leicester House, residence of Prince of Wales, 68 Leland's itinerary, 1 Lely, Sir Peter, 113 Leonard's Hill, St., poem, 85 Leontine fields quoted, 31 Leontium, its fertility, 31 Leptis mentioned to Mehemet, 194 of Adams on y Virginis, 341 the, its contents, 122 Lion, type of courage, 60 Lipscomb, History of Bucks, 48, 76 no poet, 59 again criticised, 82 Little Hampden, 8 and Hertwell, 55 Little Marlow given to Martyn, 37 |