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re-established in the round tower belonging to the university. In 1820a wooden addition was made to it on the Holken bastei. Finally, in
1857, it was reorganized and removed to the glacis of the fortress be-tween the citadel and the Osterthor (eastern gate).
Koln, Prussia.
Sternwartc.
Longitude from Greenwich, 27 m 51 s E.
Latitude, 00° 55' 31" H.
Authority for longitude.and latitude: A. Lancaster, Listc Generaledes Observatoires et Astronomes, 1887.
Director: Dr. Hermann Klein.
Universitdts Stcrnicarte.
Longitude from Greenwich, l h 21 m 58.91 s E.
Latitude, 54° 42' 50.6" KDirectors: Z. W. Bessels, 1811.
A. L. Buscii, 1849.
M. L. G. Wiciimann 1866.
E. Luther, 1880.
Constructed in 1811 on one of the most elevated points of the ram-parts to the northwest of the town. A main building divided into tw-ogreat halls—a northern and a southern. Tv r o wings—one the meridianhall, the other an addition. With the use of a meridian circle Besselsand his assistants accomplished the work known as the “ KonigsbergerZonen.” This great undertaking was begun August 19, 1821, and fin-ished January 21, 1833.
K. IL Universitats Sternwarte.
Longitude from Greenwich, l h 19 m 50.5 s E.
Latitude, 50° 3' 50" H.
Directors: Dr. J. B. Sniadecici, 1791-1803.
Dr. J. I. Littrow, 1807-1809.
Dr. J. Lesici, 1811-1825.
Dr. Max Weisse, 1826-1861.
Dr. F. M. Karlinski, 1862.
The observatory, established in 1791 and partially reconstructed in
1858, lies in the botanical garden at the eastern extremity of the city.The building, two and one-lialf stories high, with two domes, v r as origi-nally not intended for an observatory, and it is impossible to mount inthem any larger modern instrument.