REPORTS OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSK RVATORIES. G55 



daily papers of Saint raul, Miiinoapolis, an<l Chicago. Tlie Observa 

 tory haviiig no funds for publication i)urposes, could do notliin,i;' in this 

 way thus far. 



(Near) Oxford, Lafai/etfc Counf}/, ^^M^s.sij)pi. 

 Obserratorij of Uitircrsiti/ of Mississippi. 



Longitude from Washington, 49™ ^).■)^();; W. 



Latitude, :>P 2'2' 12".Gf X. 



Authority for latitude and longitude: li. 1>. Fulton. 



Director : 11. B. Fulton. 



The Observatory was erected in ISTCJ. 

 Instruments : 



(a) Altitude-azimnth: makers, Lerebours & Secretan; diameter of 

 circles, 10 inches; divided to 10'; read by 4 nucroscoiK's to 10"; aper- 

 ture of objective, li inches. 



(&) Meridian transit instrument : makers, B. Pike & Sons; ai)erture, 

 2^ inches. 



(c) Equatorial instrument : maker, Merz, of ^Munich; aperture of 

 objective, J-A inches; magnifying powers of eye-pieces, ()(> toMlL* diameters. 



(d) Spectroscope : Kirchoff's 4-prism table spectroscope. 

 (g) Cloclc: mean time; makers, Eitchie «& Sons, Boston. 



(//) Chronometer: sidereal; makers, William Bond & Son, Boston. 



Work proposed for the coMma year ( 1881 ) : 

 Determination of variation of magnetic needle in various places in 

 this State. 



Phelps, Ontario County, Xen^ YorJc. 



Bed House Observatory. 



Longitude from Washington 12'' W. 

 Latitude, 42^ 58' X^. 

 Director: AVilliam B. Brooks. 

 Assistant : ]\Irs. Brooks. 



Instruments : 

 (c) A silvered-glass reflecting telescope of 5 inches aperture and 50 

 inches focal length, mounted as a Xewtonian on altazimuth stand. A 

 2-iuch rellector, M inches focus. Both made by tlu^ director. 

 {(j) Clock: meantime; makers unknown; marine. 



Observations during the past year (from January 1, 1880, 

 to January .'U, 1881) : 

 (rt) Sun-spots were observed with the 5-inch reflector on February 6, 

 8, 9, 22, 24 ; March 18 and 31 ; April 7, 12, and 28 (very large group) ; 



