KErORTS OF ASTJJONOMK'AI. OliSl.KVATOKIES. 681 



CiiAPri/nopKC, ^[e.rico. 



y<(ii(»i(t I Observatory. 



Longitiule from (axH'iiwicli, (>'' ;3G"> 38^24 W. 

 Latitude, 19o 25' 11 ".rt X. 

 Director: A. AnguiAjS'o, 1S78. 

 rrojected in 187Gj established in 1878. 



Chkistiam A, Xonrai/. 

 Un iversi tilts Stern tea rte. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 42'" r);j\(!."» K. 



Latitude, 50° 54' 4;}".7 X. 



Authority for hititu<h' and longitude: JJcschreibung und Lage der 

 Universitiits Sternwarte in Christiania: N'cihandlung der fiiid'ten allge- 

 nieiuen Conferenz der europiiischen (iradnu'ssnng, p, odO. Exped. 

 chrouom, execntee en 1844 eutre Alton and (ireenwi(;li. 



Directors : C. IIansteen, 1815 ; 

 C. Feaenley, 1873. 



Observer: U. Geelmuyden. 



Watchman : J- Thronden. 



Projected in 1815 ; constructed in 1818 ; rebuilt at some distance from 

 the first structure in 1830. 

 Instruments : 



{a) Meridian circles : one ; makers, Ertel, with objective by Frau- 

 ENHOFER and Utzschneider : diameter, 38 inches ; divided to 3', 

 read by 4 microscopes to 2" • nperture of objective, 4 inches : magniiy- 

 ing jjower, 180 diameters. 



(b) Portable transit instrument : Pistor & INFartins, makers; aper- 

 ture of objective, 2 inches ; magnifying power, 80 diameters. 



(c) Equatorial by A. & G. Repsold. Diameter of circles, 30 inches, 

 divided to 3' ; read by 2 microscopes to V ; aperture of objective, ii 

 inches ; magnifying power, 50-21>0. Wire micrometer and ring mi- 

 crometer, (c') Refractor : Makers, G. Merz cS: Sohne; objective, 7 

 inches ; magnifying power, 80-000 ; diameters of circles 10 and 14 inches ; 

 read by 2 Noniers each to 4^ and 10". Wire micrometer. 



{(1) Small universal star-spectroscope by Merz, a vision directe. 



iff) Clocl-s: one sidereal : pendulum, by Kessels, 13G5; one mean time, 

 by Ure. Jurgensen og Sonner (for the bifdar) : one by L. Lamtvork 

 (for the unifilar) ; F in the magnetic building. 



(/t) Chronometers: meantime; (Box) Kessels, 1251); (Pocket) Kes- 

 sels, 1280: one sidereal; Dent, 2103. 



(?) Unifilar magnetometer, by Meyerstein ; bifdar magnetometer^ 



