ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES.

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Meran (Tyrol), Austria .

Astro-Physikalischcs Observatorium.

Longitude from Greenwich, -.

Latitude, -.

Director: -.

Meudon (Paris), France .

Obsermtoire d?Astronomic — Physique.

Longitude from Greenwich , 8 m 55.6 s ELatitude, 4S° 48' 18" N.

Director: J. Janssen, 1875.

Instruments :

A parallactic apparatus bearing two twin telescopes to be used con-jointly; 1, a photographic telescope of 81 centimeters aperture and 16or 17 meters focal length, for astronomy and spectroscopy; 2, a photo-graphic telescope of the same focus and 62 centimeters aperture.

A 5-inch photographic telescope (images 30 centimeters).

A reflector, 1 meter in diameter and 3 meters focal length.

A series of various instruments for the study of absorption of gasesand vapors, scales, etc.

Mexico, Mexico .

Observatorio.

Longitude from Greenwich, J b 36 m 26.67 s W.

Latitude , 19° 26' 1.3" A.

Director: F. Jimenez.

M. Barcena.

Founded in 1877.

Milan, Italy .

R. Osservatorio Astronomico di Brera.

Longitude from Greenwich , 36™ 45.97 s E.

Latitude, 45° 27' 59.4" FT,

Directors: L. Lagrange, 1763.

F. Reggio, 1777.

B. Oriani , 1804.

F. Carlini, 1833.

G. Y. SCHIAPARELLIj 1862.

The observatory was founded in 1763. In the beginning it consistedof an octagonal structure to which, in 1775, two side towers were added.

In 1760 a telescope of 33 feet (10 meters) focal distance was mountedin the College of the Brera by R, BoviO and 1). GerrA.