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1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58

[blank line] [blank line] [blank line] [blank line] INDEX [blank line] [blank line] /* Aberration, 105-109, 111, 112, 117, 118, 185, 188, 192, 214, 215 Accidental discovery, 15, 73, 121-154 Adams, 12, 45-85;[*** Primary entry] resolution, 55 [*** Sub-entry] Airy, 32, 40-85, 214 Algiers, 130 Alleghenia, 26 Almucantar, 180, 181 Alphabet used for planets, 27 Anderson, Dr. T. C., 8, 142, 143, 144, 146 Anthelm, 142 Apollo, 9 Argon, 109 Ascension, 34 Assumption, forgotten, 196 Astræa, 22, 23, 219 Astrographic chart, 122, 125, 130 <i>Astronomical Journal</i>, 177-217 <i>Astronomische Nachrichten</i>, 52, 158 Astrophil, 143 Auwers, 142 [blank line] [blank line] Ball, Sir R., 24[*** New letter equals new section.] Balliol College, 87 Banks, Sir J., 9 Barnard, E. E., 146, 220 */

Overview of indexes

An index is a major division, so use four/two spacing. Enclose all of it except the heading ("INDEX") in no-wrap.

Unwrap entries until you reach a sub-entry.

Leave a blank line between each primary entry. Start each sub-entry on a new line, and indent sub-entries by two spaces, single-spaced.

New letters are treated as new sections and preceded by two blank lines.

Entries in small caps

If only the first entry of each section is in small caps, as it is here, leave it unmarked, in normal mixed case. If an entry takes up more than one line, unwrap it onto a single line.

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