692 REPORTS OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES. 



Georgetown, British Guiana. 



Observatory. 



Longitude from Greenwich, ? 



Latitude, ? 



Director: ? 



Glasgow, Scotland. 

 Observatory. 



Longitude from Greeiiwicli, 17™ 10^G W. 



Latitude, 55° 52' 42".8 K 



Directors : J. P. Nichol, 1840 ; 

 E. Grant, 1860. 



Commenced in 1818 at the expense of a society. Permanently or- 

 ganized in 1840 with the help of a public subscriptiou, of one subsidy 

 from the University and another from the State. In 1862 a special hall 

 was added for an equatorial, which has an aperture of 9 inches: (0'".23.) 



GoTHA, Germany. 



Sternwarte, 



Longitude from Greenwich, 42™ 50^53 E. 

 Latitude, 50° 56' 37".5 N. 

 Directors: F. X. VON Zach, 1787 ; 



B. A. VON LiNDENAU, 1808; 

 J. F. Encke, 1817 ; 

 P. A. Hansen, 1825 ; 

 A. Kruger, 1875. 

 The first Observatory was erected in 1784 on the Seeberg (Lake Mount- 

 ain) 1^ miles (two kilometers) from the town. One of the first mural cir- 

 cles constructed to replace quadrants, made by Eaimsden, was mounted 

 here. In 1853 a new Observatory^ was built in the Jiigerstrasse, not far 

 from the ducal palace. 



GOTTINGEN, Prussia, 



Konigliche Sternwarte. 



* 



Longitude from Greenwich, 39™ 46«.24 E. 



Latitude, 51° 31' 47".9 K. 



Authority for latitude and longitude: "Berliner Yahrbuch," 



