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ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES .

Puy-le-Doaie, France .

Obserratoire.

Longitude from Greenwich , ll m 33 s E.

Latitude, 45° 46' 28" 17.

Director: -.

Quebec, Canada .

Observatory.

Longitude from Greenwich, 4 h 44 m 49.3 8 W.

Latitude , 46° 48' 17.3" N.

Director: E. D. ASHE, 1863.

0. W. Drury.

Prior to 1883 the instruments were at the residence of Capt. Ashe;they were then removed to the observatory at the citadel.

Quito, Ecuador .

Observatorio del Golegio Nacional.

Longitude from Greenwich, 5 h 15 m 20 s W.

Latitude , 0° 14' 0" S.

Director: J. B. Menten, 1874.

Ratiioaven, Ireland .

Obseratory of IF. E. Wilson.

Longitude from Greenwich, -.

Latitude, -.

Director : W. E. Wilson.

Richmond (Surrey), England.

Kew Observatory of the Royal Society .

Longitude from Greenwich, l m 15.1 8 W.

Latitude , 51° 28' 6" 17.

Directors: Sir Francis Ronalds , 1842.

I. Welsh, 1852.

Balfour Stewart , 1859.

S. Jefferys, 1871.

G. M. Whipple, 1876.

Erected in 1768 as the private observatory of George 111; in 1841 itwas dismantled and transferred to the British Association for use as aphysical observatory; in 1871, having been endowed by J. P. Gassiolt,esq., it was placed under the control of a committee of the RoyalSociety .