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with wings east and west. Forty-two planetoids have been discoveredhere.
Instruments :
(b) Meridian transit instrument; Maker, W. Wuedemann, Washing-ton, I). 0.; aperture inches; magnifying power, — diameters.
(c) Equatorial instrument: One made by Spencer & Eaton; aper-ture of objective, 13 A inches; magnifying powers of eye-pieces, 80 to1600. (o') One by Steinheil Sons; aperture, 4 inches, (c") One byHugo Schroder ; aperture, 5 inches.
( d) Spectroscope: One direct vision 5 prisms ; attached to the 4-inchSteinheil refractor.
(/) Chronograph: By War. Bond & Son, Boston , Mass.
(g) Cloclcs: Mean time; makers, Wm. Bond & Son.
(h) Chronometer ; Sidereal ; makers, Wm. Bond & Son.
The Laics Observatory, University of the State of Missouri.
Longitude from Washington, l h l m 6 s W.
Latitude, 38° 56' 51.5" K
Authority for longitude and latitude: Joseph Ficklin and ThomasJ. Lowry.
Director : Joseph Ficklin.
During February and March, 1880, the old observatory building,which stood a few feet west of the main university edifice, was movedand enlarged. It now stands on the beautiful eminence in the campusnear the chalybeate spring. The meridian line of each pier now passesbetween the university building and the president’s mansion. In thisposition a good horizon is secured. In the old position the horizon wasobstructed on the north by the scientific building, and on the east bythe university building.
The old dome was found to be too small for the equatorial recently pur-chased, and a brick addition was made at the east end for the accom-modation of this instrument. The whole building is 63 feet long fromeast to west, and fronts east.
The present greatly improved condition of the observatory is due tothe liberality of the president, Dr. S. S. Laws, who, for the advance-ment of astronomical science, has given to the university more than$2,000, in order to procure the telescope and put it in complete workingorder, and to move and enlarge the observatory building.Instruments :
(a) Meridian circle : One; maker, Brunner, of Paris ; diameter ofcircle, 10J inches; divided to 5'; read by two microscopes to 3" ; aper-ture of objective, 2 1 1 6 inches; for observations of the sun, aperture