Astronomical Observatories 

 in its 14th year. The chief society, and the oldest, 

 is the Astronomical Society of the Pacific, founded 

 in 1889, as a consequence of the interest in as- 

 tronomy excited by the total solar eclipse on Janu- 

 ary 1st of that year. This society has its head- 

 quarters in the Phelan building, San Francisco, 

 where it maintains an astronomical library. Four 

 regular meetings annually, to which the public are 

 welcomed, are held in or near San Francisco; a 

 journal (Publications of the Astronomical Society 

 of the Pacific), favorably known to astronomers the 

 world over, is issued every two months; and the 

 Bruce Gold Medal is awarded annually for "dis- 

 tinguished services to astronomv." This medal is 

 justly regarded, by virtue of the method of award, 

 as one of the highest honors that can be conferred 

 upon an astronomer. 



REFERENCES 



ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY OF THE PACIFIC. 



1889-1915. Publications. Vols. 1-27. 

 CAMPBELL, W. W. 



1915. A brief history of astronomy in California. In Zoeth 

 Eldridge's History of California, (Century History 

 Co., N. Y.), vol. 5, pp. 231-271. 

 CARNEGIE INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON, D. C, DEPT. 

 OF SOLAR PHYSICS. 

 1905-15. Contributions from the Solar Observatory, Mt. Wil- 

 son, Calif.; vols. 1-5. 

 CRAWFORD, R. T. 

 1915. Astronomy on the Pacific Coast. Pop. Sci. Monthly, 

 vol. 86, pp. 209-222. 

 LOWELL OBSERVATORY, FLAGSTAFF, ARIZ. 

 1898-1905. Annals, vols. 1-3. 

 1911-15. Bulletin, vols. 1-2. 

 UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LICK OBSERVATORY. 

 1887-1914. Publications, vols. 1-12. 

 1901-15. Bulletin, vols. 1-S. 



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