546 EEPORTS OF AMERICAN OBSERVATORIES. 



Authority for latitude and longitude: Joseph Ficklin and Thomas 

 J. Lowry. 



I. Personnel: 

 Director, Joseph Ficklin. 

 Assistant, Thomas J. Lowry. 



II. Instruments: 



(a) Meridian circles : One; maker, Brunner, of Paris; diameter of 

 circle, 10£ inches ; divided to 5' ; read by two microscopes to 3" ; aper- 

 ture, of objective, 2-^-g inches; for observations of the sun, aperture em- 

 ployed, 2^ inches; magnifying power ordinarily employed, 50 diameters. 



(c) Equatorial instrument; Maker, Henry Fitz, of New York; aper- 

 ture of objective, 4^ inches; magnifying powers of eye-pieces, 30 to 240. 



(g) Clocks : Mean time ; maker, Eiggs, of Philadelphia ; sidereal ; 

 makers, Gregg & Rupp, of New York. 



(i) Miscellaneous : The instrumental equipment includes also a sextant, 

 made by E. & G. TV. Blunt, of New York. The arc is graduated on 

 silver, and reads by a vernier and microscope to 10 seconds. An altitude 

 azimuth instrument, made by E. & G. TV. Blunt, of New York. It has 

 an aperture of 2£ inches. The circles are 12 inches in diameter, and 

 graduated to 10 minutes. The horizontal circle has four verniers with 

 microscopes, and the vertical circle two ; and each reads to 10 seconds. 

 A transit theodolite, made by Gregg & Eupp, of New York. 



III. Observations during the past year: 



(a) Our observatory is used chiefly for instructional purposes. My 

 time is so completely occupied by work in the class-room that I have very 

 little time for original work. 



IV. Work proposed for the coming year (1S79-'S0): 

 The ordinary work of instruction to classes in astronomy, and a re- 

 determination of our latitude and longitude. 



Location of observatory : (City) Columbus ; (County) Franklin ; (State) 

 Ohio. 



Name of observatory : Ohio State University. 



I. Personnel: 

 Director, R. W. McFARLAND. 



VI. Additional information : 

 1 have no regular observatory yet, but have the private use of two 

 telescopes, with which, in a small way, I am trying to gel the authori- 

 ties moved to do something worth reporting, which I cannot now do. 



Location of observatory : (City) Elizabeth; (County) Union; (State) 

 New Jersey. 



Name of observatory : None. 



