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The Winchester Observatory is still infuturo. The ample endow- 

 ment, however, secured to it prospectively by Hon. O. F. Winches- 

 ter, makes its realization only a question of time. A Flint Disk has 

 been purchased, and other steps taken towards the construction of 

 an Equatorial of about 28 inches aperture. 



New York, N. Y. : Private Observatory of William T. Gregg, Esq. 



In reply to your card I would say that my observatory was built 

 for the convenience of correcting objectives rather than for star ob- 

 servations ; and yet, if I could do any work in it that you might sug- 

 gest, I would be pleased to do so. I have in it a G^-inch Equatorial 

 (my own make), not furnished with clock-work as yet, but which will 

 be as soon as possible ; and, as I have said, I would gladly undertake 

 any elementary work that you might suggest. 



Oxford, Miss. : Observatory of the University of Mississippi. 



Professor R. B. Fulton, Director. 



The equipment of the Observatory of the University of Mississippi 

 consists of an equatorially mounted Refractor, 4i inches aperture, by 

 Merz, of Munich ; a Portable Transit, 2\ inches aperture, by Pike 

 & Son; an Alt- azimuth, with circles 10 inches diameter and ver- 

 niers reading to 10 s ; a Box Chronometer by Wm. Bond & Son. With 

 the present small equipment, there has not been much work under- 

 taken. The determination of local time, and the observation of the 

 transit of Mercury in May, is all that has been done. The observa- 

 tory has been closed, on account of yellow fever, since July 1. 



Peconic, Suffolk Co., N. Y. : Private Observatory of Geo. W. Fitz, 



Esq. 



Our instrumental equipment is as follows : 



1. A 6-inch Telescope, of H. G. Fitz's make, mounted equatorially 

 without circles. It is provided with a Position Micrometer and Eye- 

 pieces of various powers. 



2. A 4-inch Telescope, equatorially mounted on tripod stand, with 

 small circles reading to 5' of arc and 4 m of time respectively. It has 

 also a tangent screw for slow motion in R. A. 



3. A 32-inch fixed Transit, mounted on a barrel of gravel, capped 

 with a square stone, in a small transit house. It is furnished with a 

 Level and the other means of making the necessary adjustments, also 

 a Setting-circle reading to V. 



4. A Dent Chronometer, beating half-seconds. 



We observed the transit of Mercury on May 6, last, the results of 

 which were communicated to the U. S. Naval Observatory. The fol- 



