[Roman figures refer to the chapters, Arabic to the articles.]
Bacon, Roger (1214?–1294), iii. 67; vi. 118
Bailly, xi. 237
Ball, xiii. 278 n
Bär, Reymers (Ursus) (?–1600), v. 105
Barberini (Urban VIII.), vi. 125, 127, 131, 132
Baronius, vi. 125
Barrow, Isaac, ix. 166
Bayer, xii. 266
Bede, iii. 65
Begh, Ulugh. See Ulugh Begh
Bellarmine, vi. 126
Bentley, ix. 191
Berenice, i. 12
Bernouilli, Daniel (1700–1782), xi. 230
Bernouilli, James (1654–1705), xi. 230
Bernouilli, John (1667–1748), xi. 229, 230
Bessel (1784–1846), x. 198 n, 218; xiii. 272, 277-278, 279, 280
Bille, v. 99
Bliss (1700–1764), x. 219
Bond, William Cranch (1789–1859), xiii. 295
Borelli (1608–1679), ix. 170
Bouguer (1698–1758), x. 219, 221
Boulliau. See Bullialdus
Bradley (1693–1762), x. 198, 206-218, 219, 222-226; xi. 233; xii. 257, 258, 263, 264; xiii. 272, 273, 275, 277
Brahe, Tycho (1546–1601), iii. 60, 62; v. 97, 98 n, 99-112; vi. 113, 117, 127; vii. 136-139, 141 n, 142, 145, 146, 148; viii. 152, 153, 162; ix. 190; x. 198, 203, 225; xii. 257; xiii. 275
Brudzewski, iv. 71
Bruno, vi. 132
Bullialdus (1605–1694), xii. 266
Bunsen, xiii. 299
Burckhardt (1773–1825), xi. 241
Bürg (1766–1834), xi. 241
Bürgi (1552–1632), v. 97, 98; viii. 157
Burney, Miss, xii. 260
Burnham, xiii. 309
Caccini, vi. 125
Callippus (4th cent. B.C.), ii. 20, 26, 27
Capella, Martianus (5th or 6th cent. A.D.), iv. 75
Carlyle, xi. 232
Carrington (1826–1875), xiii. 298, 302
Cartesius. See Descartes
Cassini, Count (1748–1845), x. 220
Cassini, Giovanni Domenico (1625–1712), viii. 160, 161; ix. 187; x. 216, 220, 221, 223; xii. 253, 267; xiii. 297
Cassini, Jacques (1677–1756), x. 220, 221, 222
Cassini de Thury (1714–1784), x. 220
Castelli, vi. 125
Catherine II., x. 227; xi. 230, 232
Cavendish (1731–1810), x. 219
Cecco d'Ascoli (1257?–1327), iii. 67
Chandler, xiii. 285
Charlemagne, iii. 65
Charlois, xiii. 294