REPORTS OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES. 721 



Quito, Ecuador. 

 Ohservatorio del Colegio Nacional. 



Longitude from Greenwich, ? 



Latitude, ? 



Director: J. B. Menton, 1874. 

 Founded in 1874. 



Rio DE Janeiko, Brazil. 



Naiifical Observatory. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 2*^ 52™ 41«.41 AV. 

 Latitude, 22° 54' 23".8 S. 

 Directors : A. M. de Mells, 1850 ; 



E. LiAis, 1871. 

 Founded in 1780. Eestored in 1871. 



EoMA, Italy. 



B. Osservatorio Astronomico del CoUegio Rojnano. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 49™ 54^7 E. 

 Latitude, 41° 53' 53".7 N. 

 Directors : G. Asclepi, 17G4 ; 



G. Calandeelli, 1773; 



S. Dumonchel, 1824; 



F. DE ViCO, 1838; 

 A. Lecchi, 1849; 



G. S. Ferrari, 1878; 

 P. Tacchini, 1879. 



Before the establishment of a reguhir Observatory a succession of 

 astronomers, more or less famous, made use of temporary accommoda- 

 tions. In the buildings of the old college Clavius made observations 

 with a zenithal sector in 1572, and following years. Scheiner col- 

 lected the materials for his famous Bosa Ursina, the printing of which 

 was completed in 1G30 at the new college, west of tlie Church of St. 

 Ignatius. There, too, Gottignier and Borgondio made occasional 

 observations. Maire observed the comet of 1844 at the English Col- 

 lege. BoscoviCH fixed himself in the principal hall of the Kircher 

 Museum. Finally, Asclepi organized a permanent establishment in 

 1704 ; and in 1787 a scpiare to^Vcr was built to accommodate the Ob- 

 servatory at the eastern angle of the College facade on via del Gesii. 

 A new building was put up in 1853, having for substructure the enor- 

 mous piles which had been intended to support the dome of the Church 

 of St. Ignatius. 



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