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B. Osservatorio Astronomico.
Longitude from Greenwich , 41 m 20 s E.
Latitude, 44° 48' 15" H.
Director: -.
Parsonstown, Ireland . (See Birr Castle.)
Observatory.
Longitude from Greenwich , 7 1 ' 45 m 37.02 s E.
Latitude, 39° 54' 13" K.
Authority for longitude and latitude: Annuaire Bureau des Longitudes,Paris , 1884, p. 414.
Observatory.
Longitude from Greenwich , 51 m 38 s E.
Latitude, 43° 55' 27" NDirectors : Luigi Guidi.
Pio Oalvori, 1883.
Prof. Luigi Guidi, who was the founder of this observatory, whofor many years very ably filled the place of its director, and to a greatextent maintained it at his own expense, died on the 6th March, 1883.
Tbe municipality of Pesaro , which already owned the property anda considerable portion of the scientific apparatus, by an agreementwith Mr. Gerolamo Guidi, the son of the deceased Professor Guidi,took possession of the observatory and temporarily appointed Sr.Oalvori as director.
Instruments.
(a) Astronomical division:
(1) A small equatorial by Merz, with an opening of 12 centimeters,very simply mounted, for cosmographic observations, with, a Merz helio-scope with three reflectors and a Hofmann spectroscope.
(2) A perfectly good transit instrument in an adjoining room, with ameridian opening, firmly imbedded in Istrian rock.
(3) Two chronometers, oue a marine chronometer (English ), and theother with a pendulum (Hipp).
(b) Meteorological division: ■
(1) Barometers for direct observations.
(2) A meteorological case with termographs, psychrometer,- hygrom-eter, evaporometer for direct observation.
(3) Registering apparatus for various meteorological data, barometricpressure, temperature, hygrometric state of the air, velocity and direc-