ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES.

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Lund, Sweden .

Lund Observatory.

Longitude from Greenwich , 52 m 45.02 s E.

Latitude, 55° 41' 52.05" N.

Authority for longitude and latitude: Undersokning af Meridiancirkelnpu Lunds Observatorium jemte bestamining af den sauunaspolhdjd af And. Lindstedt. Bestimmung der Liingen-Differ-enz Zwisclien Berlin uud Lund, auf telegraphischem Wege aus-gefiihrt im Jahre 1808. Herausgegeben von C. Bruhns.

Directors: -.

A. Lindgreen, 1786.

-, 1815.

J. M. Agardii, 1847.

Axel Moller, p rofessor of astronomy.

Founded as a dependency of the University about 1700. Reorgan-ized in 1806.

Instruments :

(a) Meridian circle: One; makers, A. & G. Beds old, in Hamburg;diameter of circles, 39 inches (1 meter); divided to 2'; read by 4 micro-scopes to 0.1"; aperture of objective, 6J inches (163 mm ); magnifyingpower ordinarily employed, 173 diameters.

(c) Equatorial instruments: Makers, G. & S. Merz, in Munich , and E.Junger, in Copenhagen ; aperture of objective, 9j inches (245 mm ); mag-nifying powers of eye-pieces, 80 to 1,300 diameters. (&) Makers, A.Steiniieil, in Munich, and E. Junger, in Copenhagen ; aperture ofobjective, 4j inches (108 mm ); magnifying powers of eye pieces, 16 to 200diameters.

(d) Universal spectroscope by G. & S. Merz, in Munich , with 3 sets ofprisms d vision directe., ( d) Simple spectroscope by IIeustreu, in Kiel,constructed after the indication of Frofessor Vogel, in Potsdam .

(/) Chronograph: One by Mater & "Wole, in Vienna .

(g) Cloclcs: Sidereal time; one, maker, Kessels, in Altona: one,maker, Tiede, in Berlin.

( h ) Chronometer: Meantime; maker, Kessels, in Altona.

(i) One universal instrument by Repsold, in Hamburg; 3 telescopesby Dollond , Merz, and Plossl.

Lyme Regis (Dorset ), England.

Observatory of C. E. Feelc.

Longitude from Greenwich , 44 m 50.02 s W.

Latitude, 50° 42' 12" K

Authority for longitude and latitude : A. Lancaster, Liste Gcneraledes Observatoires et Astronomies, 1887, p. 35.

Director : C. E. Peek.