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Cuckfield, England.
Observatory of 0. Knott (Private).
Longitude from Greenwich , 0 m 34 s W.
Latitude, 51° O' 35" 1ST.
Authority for longitude and latitude : A. Lancaster, Liste Gdndraledes Observatoires et Astronomes, 1887.
Proprietor : G. Knott.
Physikalisches Institut der 1c. k. Franz Josephs Universitdt.
Director: Prof. Alois IIandl.
Danzig, Prussia.
Observatorium der Naturforschenden Oesellschaft.
Longitude from Greenwich : l h 14 m 37 s .9 E.
Latitude: 54° 25' 58" K.
Directors: von Wolf, 1780.
Dr. Berendt, 1784.
Dr. Jul. Aug. Kocii, 1792-1817.
Dr. Westpiial, 1820-1821.
Dr. Theodor Anger, 1831.
-Flemming, 1840.
The observatory was planned by Wolf , and in 1780 the corner stonefor the building was laid by him on the summit of the Bishofsberg, anelevated position. In 1781 the building was completed and used byWolf ; on the 17th of December, 1781, for the observation of the solareclipse.
In 1806 the invasion of the French army necessitated the removal,to a safe location in the city, of the instruments, and the building onthe Bishofsberg was occupied by the French army and partly torndown, but through the exertions of Dr. Kleefeld, of the society, theFrench provincial governor, General Rapp, had it restored. In 1812,however, its complete devastation became a necessity of war.
In 1818 the society reclaimed the old site, intending to rebuild the