REPORTS OF ASTRONOMICAL Or.SKRVATORllIS. Go7 



Elizaeetii, Cnion County, Xcic Jersey. 

 Ohncrvatory. 



Longitude Iroiu AVasliiuiiton, 11'" L'2M* H. 



Latitude, 40o 40' ID" X. 



Authority for latitude and longitude : Lnitod States Coast Siu\cy. 



Director : CiiAKLES W. 1'lykk. 

 Instruments : 



(&) 2feri(Uan transit infitrnment : makers, John Bliss & Sons, New 

 York ; aperture, 1 incli ; magnifying i)ower, 10 dianu^ters. 



(c) Equatoricd instrument : maker, Henry G. Fitz ; aperture of ob- 

 jective, (j\ inches. ]S'ine eye-pieces, from 50 to 030. 



roRDHA3i, ycic York. 

 Private Observatory. 



Longitude from Washington, 12"' 40^.17 E. 



Latitude, 40° 52' 3L".3 ^\ 



Latitude and longitude deduced from Coast Survey maj) of 1803 and 

 American Ephemeris 1879, assuming the latitude and longitude of New 

 York, given iu the Ei)hemeris, to hv the latitude and longitude of the 

 City ILill. 



Director : Willia:\i 3Ieikleiiam. 



Instruments : 



((') Eiiuatorial itistriiineut : maker, rJoUNliYKNE, ot Xew York; aper- 

 ture of objective, 4i% inches ; focal distance, 05 inches ; magnifying pow- 

 ers of eye-pieces, 20, 30, 45, 00, 80, 150, 250, 300, 350, and 450 ; also an 

 amplifier which doubles each of these powers when used. Attached to 

 the telescope is a finder of \h inches aperture, magnifying 20 diameters. 

 Right ascension circle divided to read to 4 seconds of time; declination 

 circle divided to read to 1' of arc. liotli circles divided on silver and 

 read by microscropes attached thereto. J )ri\ ing cloek. 



{d) Spectroscope : one. 



{<)) Clock: mean time; maker, Seiii Tuomas, Sons & Co. 



(/) Miscellaneous : Filar micrometer; divided on siher to measure ,V' 

 of arc in distance, and 0' in position, with suitable eye-pieces and illu- 

 minating apparatus. 



Fort Dodge, ^Y€hster County, Toica. 



Longitude from Washington, 1" 8'".5 W. 



Latitude, 42° 30' X. 



Authority for latitude and longitude : F. IIess. 



