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{!)) Meridian transit instrument: maker, Kigaut; aperture, 2 inches- 

 magnifyiug- i)ower, 150 diameters. 



{g) Clocks : two sidereal : makers, Br^gl'ET & R^dier, Paris. 



(/«) Chronometers: mean time; makers Breguet, Paris: sidereal- 

 maker, Breguet, Paris. 



Work proposed for the coming year (1S81): 



The meridian circle is to be employed for zone observations. 



Madras, India. 



Madras Observatory. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 5'' 20'" 58^.4 E. 

 Latitude, 13° 4' 8".l N. 

 Directors : J. Goldingham, 1787. 



Warren (intermediate), 1805 j 



J. Goldingham, 1811; 



S. G. Taylor, 1830 ; 



W. S. Jacob, 1848 ; 



WoRSTER (intermediate), 1854; 



W. S. Jacob, 1855; 



J. P. Tennent, I860: 



K E. Pogson,18G0. 

 Founded in 1787 by the East India Company. 



Madrid, Spain. 



Ohscrvatorio de Madrid. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 14'" 45^.4 W. 

 Latitude, 40© 24' 30".K. 

 Directors: J. Car on ado, 1790; 



J. EODRIGXTEZ, 1817; 



BaviA, 1821; 



D. FONTAN, 1835; 



Palo Maruz, 1850; 



A. Aguilar, 18G0: 

 Established at Bueu Eetiro in 1790. When the French occupied 

 Madrid in 1808, they set up a battery at that place and the instruments 

 were destroyed by a flre. Tlie Observatory then abandoned was not 

 restored until 1840. In 1852 the grounds were enlarged, and a pa xi lion 

 with a revolving turret was erected. 



