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der the direction of Piazzi Smyth. Its main space is devoted to the 

 formation of a kt star ephemeris" from 1830 to 1890, which is to be 

 compared with standard observations. Much of this is blank. 

 Portions of the work are devoted to rain-band spectroscopy, to a 

 discussion of the valuable series of earth-temperatures, etc. 



Kew Observatory. 



Besides reductions of solar photograms, the spots are observed 

 with the eye. 



Temple Observatory, Rugby. 



The new observatory is completed, and measures of double stars 

 continued. 



Dr. Huggins's Observatory. 



Photographs of the spectra of Sirius, Mars, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, 

 and the moon have been made. 



Cape of Good Hope Observatory. 



Three thousand stars between 125 and 135 1ST. P. D. of Lacaille's 

 list have been observed. Mars has been observed thirty-eight times 

 on the meridian for parallax. The time-service has been extended. 



Melbourne Observatory. 



The regular work is continued, including daily photographs of the 

 sun. The zone observations between 150 and 160 N. P. D. are near- 

 ly complete. They comprise 48,000 stars, from first to tenth magni- 

 tude. 



OBSERVATORIES OF THE CONTINENT OF EUROPE. 



In the Vierteljahrsschrift der Astronornischen Gesellschaft, 1878, there 

 have been collected short reports on the activity of various Eu- 

 ropean observatories, of which reports we give an abstract here. The 

 observatories chosen are usually such as do not regularly pub- 

 lish an annual (or other) volume ; so that these abstracts, taken in 

 connection with the published volumes, furnish a record of trans- 

 atlantic work similar to that which we have collected for American 

 observatories. 



Observatory of the Academy of Sciences, Berlin. 



Director of the Observatory, Professor W. Foerster ; Director of the 



Computing Bureau, Dr. Tietjex. 



The principal instruments are : a 7-inch Meridian Circle (Pistor & 

 Martin's), under the immediate charge of Dr. Becker; and a 9.G-. 



