TO ANNUAL RECORD OF SCIENCE AND INDUSTRY. 



lowing arc the times oftlie contacts in "Washington time as obtained 



by telegraph : 



1st contact, estimated 10* 4 m 25 s A.M. 

 2d " " 10 h 7 m 33 s " 



3d " " 5 b 33 m 30 s P.M. 



4th ; ' " 5 h 3G m 42 s " 



These observations are all we have made hitherto ; but next year I 

 hope to make a better showing by transit work, occultations, etc. 



I have obtained our latitude and longitude roughly by triangula- 

 tion, using Horton's Point light and Southold spire ; the latitudes 

 and longitudes of these places taken from Coast Survey Report for 

 1851. They are as follows : Lat. 41 2' 15" N., long. 4 h 49 ra 51 s W. of 

 Greenwich, long. 18 m 20 s E. of "Washington. 



Phelps, N. Y. : Private Observatory of Wm, Robert Brooks, Esq. 



My apparatus is portable, and the " observatory " is really the yard 

 and garden of my house. I am the only observer, my wife acting 

 occasionally as assistant. 



Two Telescopes, one a 2-inch achromatic, of 36 inches focal length, 

 the other a Newtonian glass reflector, of 5 inches aperture and 50 

 inches focal length, both of my own construction, are available. My 

 observations for the past year have been devoted to the planets, 

 moon, and solar spots ; of late, almost daily observations of the sun 

 for spots, and watching for the transit of Vulcan, or other inter-Mer- 

 curial planet. These will continue to be my chief studies for the 

 future. I observed the transit of Mercury last May. My publica- 

 tions have been confined to several notices of interesting phenomena 

 coming under my observation, mainly in the daily and weekly press. 



Poughkeepsie, N. Y. : Observatory of Yassar College. 



Professor Maria Mitchell, Director. 



1. The personnel of the observatory consists of myself only, al- 

 though aid is obtained from one or more of the students. 



3. Subjects of Observation. The sun-spots are photographed on 

 every fine day. Observations were made on Saturn and its satel- 

 lites during fifty evenings in 1877, '78. 



4. The above observations will probably be continued in 1879. 



5. The only publication was a short article in Sillimaii's Journal 

 on Jupiter. 



Providence, R. I.: Private Observatory of F. E. Seagrave, Esq. 



Lkonakd Waldo, Assistant at the Observatory of Harvard College, Director. 



This private observatory was erected by Mr. Frank E. Scagrave in 



the rear of his residence, 119 Benefit Street, Providence, R. I. Its 



