optical instruments. And now Europeans were looking to the new world 

 for the optical parts of their greatest astronomical telescope. 



The 30-inch telescope was in use until World War II, when Pulkowa 

 was destroyed by bombs. The large objective and several of the smaller 

 observatory instruments were, fortunately, moved to safety. However, 

 although the observatory has been rebuilt according to the original plans, 

 the Clark object glass has not yet been remounted. 



Queen's University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, inherited the 

 Kingston observatory (q.v. )' and its equipment, including the 6 I /4-inch 

 Clark equatorial refracting telescope of 1855. 199 



By 1893 Randolph-Macon College, at Ashland, Virginia, had a 

 small astronomical observatory equipped with a refracting telescope, a 

 reflecting telescope, a transit instrument and a sextant. The refractor, 

 of 5^4 inches aperture, had been made by John Bryne and "worked 

 over" by the Clarks. 199a 



By 1888 the magnificent Raymond Hotel in Pasadena, perhaps for 

 the entertainment of its guests, had a 4-inch Clark telescope. 200 



A 6-inch Clark equatorial, intended primarily as an adjunct to class- 

 room instruction, was given to the University of Rochester in 

 1876. 201 



Charles H. Rockwell, of Tarrytown, New York, observed the 1882 

 Transit of Venus with a Clark telescope of 6J/4 inches aperture, pro- 

 vided with a full solar prism. 202 



Rugby School is the present owner of the 8 J/4 -inch equatorial the 

 Clarks made for Dawes (q.v.) in 1859-61. Although their evening 

 observing time is greatly curtailed by school regulations, Rugby scholars 

 use the telescope daily for solar studies. The telescope was given to them 

 by J. M. Wilson, a maths master, who had bought it from Lowe (q.v.) 

 in 1 87 1. Except for a new electric drive to replace the faulty Cooke 

 drive, the telescope has not been changed. 203 



199 Queens University and College Calendar (Session 1863- 1864). 

 199a Catalogue, Randolph- Macon College, 1893-94 (Richmond, Va., n.d.), p- 24 



200 Edward S. Holden, Handbook of the Lick Observatory (San Franci-co. 1 

 p. 125. 



201 University of Rochester Catalogue (1876- 1877), P- 3°- 



202 Sidereal Messenger, vol. 1 (1883), p. 264. 



203 P. M. Kenrick, "Astronomy at Rugby School," Hermes (1966), pp. 58-60. 



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