REPORTS OF ASTRONOMICAL ORSl- RVATORIES. C)')b 



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(Near) Oxford, La/ai/ctfr Covntu, Mississippi. 



Obscrratorii of l'itir( rsiti/ of Mississippi. 



Longitude from Wasliinjitou, 40'" .■),">\().) W. 



Latitude, 3P 22' 12".(U X. 



Authority for latitude and lonj;itU(le : R. 15. FuLTOX. 



Director : E. B. Fultox. 



The Observatory was erected in 187(1. 



IXSTRUMEXTS : 



{a) Altitucle-azimiith: makers, Lererours & Secretax; diameter of 

 circles, 10 inches; divided to 10'; read by -4 microscopes to 10"; aper- 

 ture of objective, li inches. 



{b) Meridian transit instnimenf: makers, T>. Pike & Soxs; ajjerture, 

 2^ inches. 



(c) Equatorial instrument: maker, ^Merz, of Munich; aperture of 

 objective, 4^ inches; magnifying ])o\vers of eye-pieces, 1)0 to.">12 diameters. 



{(1) SpectroHcope : KiRCiiOFF's 4- prism table spec^troscope. 



{(j) ClocJc: mean time; makers, Ritchie & Soxs, Boston. 



(//) Chronometer: sidereal; makers, Willia:m Boxd & Sox, Boston. 

 Work proposed for the comixg year (1881): 



Determination of variation of magnetic needle in various places in 

 this State. 



Phelps, Ontario Coiintu. Xew York. 



Bed House Observatory. 



Longitude from Washington 12* W. 

 Latitude, 42° 58' X. 

 Director: William B. Brooks. 

 Assistant : Mrs. Brooks. 



Instruments : 

 {c) A silvered-glass reflecting telescope of 5 inches aperture and 50 

 inches focal length, mounted as a Newtonian on alt-azimuth stand. A 

 2-incli reflector, 36 inches focus. Both made by the director. 

 (g) ClocJc: meantime; makers unknown; marine. 



Observations during the past year (from January 1, 1 >;.■>>(), 

 to January 31, 1881) : 

 {a) Sun-spots were observed with the 5-inch reflector on February 6, 

 8, 9, 22, 24; March 18 and 31; April 7, 12, and 28 (very large group) ; 



