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ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES.

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WlLLIAMSTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS .

Field Memorial Observatory.

Longitude from Washington, lo m 18.6 s E.

Latitude, 12° 42' 49" X.

Director: Truman Henry S afford, Pli. D.

Ypsilanti, Michigan .

State Normal School Observatory

Longitude from Washington, 26 m 10 s W.

Latitude, 42° 13' 5L

Authority for longitude and latitude, J. C. Watson.

Director: Lewis Me Louth, M. A.

Instruments :

(6) Meridian transit instrument: Maker, Gurley, Albany; aperture,1£ inches; magnifying power, 30 diameters.

(c) Equatorial instrument: .Maker, A. Clark, Cambridgeport, Mass.;aperture of objective, 4 inches: magnifying powers of eye-pieces, 45,90,144, 210.

(d) Spectroscope: Browning, London , 2 prism.

( h ) Chronometer: Sidereal ; maker, Xegus.