REPORTS OF AMERICAN OBSERVATORIES. 545 



(e) (c') Equatorial: Observations on Tempel's comet j observations on 

 Swift's comet; micrometrical measurements of the disk of Jupiter for 

 figure now in progress. Mr. S. W. Burnham has the use of the equa- 

 torial for double star work when it is not otherwise employed. Merid- 

 ian circle used for time and the observation of stars for extra-meridian 

 observations. 



Location of observatory: (Village) Clinton; (County) Oneida; (State) 

 ]SIew York. 



Name of observatory: Litchfield Observatory, of Hamilton Col- 

 lege. 



Longitude from Washington h G m 34 s .05 east. 

 Latitude + 43° 3' 16".5 

 Authority for latitude and longitude: reports to the regents of the 

 university of the State of New York. 



I. Personnel: 

 Director, C. H. F. Peters. 

 No assistants. 



II. Instruments : 



(b) Meridian transit instruments : Maker, WtiRDEMANN; aperture 2£ 

 inches. " 



(c) Equatorial instruments: Makers, Spencer & Eaton; aperture of 

 objective, 13.} inches; magnifying powers of eyepieces, 80 to 1,000. 



(&) Ditto, Steinheil, aperture 4 inches; altitude azimuth, Schro- 

 der, 5 inches aperture. 



(/) Chronographs : Wm. Bond & Son. 



{(/) Clocks: Mean time; makers, Wm. Bond & Son. 



(h) Chronometers: Sidereal; makers, Wm. Bond & Son. 



(i) Miscellaneous : For further details see catalogue of Hamilton Col- 

 lege. 



III. Observations during the past year: 



(b) Time determination. 



(c) (&) Minor planets, comets, and zones of stars. 



IV. Work proposed for the coming year (1880): 

 Continuation of that of preceding year. 



VI. Additional information: 

 [From January 1, 1879 to October 1, 1879, Dr. Peters lias discovered 

 7 asteroids, though he has omitted any notice of them from his report. 

 This makes in all 38 asteroids discovered by him.— e. s. ir.l 



Location of observatory : (City) Columbia; (County) Boone; (State) 

 Missouri. 



Name of observatory: Observatory of the University of the 

 State of Missouri. 



Longitude from Washington, l h l m 6 s west. 

 Latitude 38° 56' north. 

 S. Mis. 54 35 



