REPORTS OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES. G73 



Athens, Greece. 

 Observatory. 



Louj2:itude from Greeinvicli, 1'' ;U"' r)o\7 E. 



Latitude, 37o 58' 20" X. 



Commenced in 1845. Erected through llie liberality of JJarou voN 

 SiNA, iu Yieiina. It lias a dome contaiiiin.i;- a refractor of (5.7 inches 

 (O*".!?) aperture. 



Directors: G. C. Bonris, 1844; 



J. F. J. Schmidt, 1858. 



Basle, tSin'tzerlanrl. 



riii/sikaJischcs In.stitut. 



Longitude from Greenwicli, ? 



Latitude, -"? 



Director : Ed. nACrENBACii. 



Instruments: 



[a) Tlie Meridian circle^ constructed by the Soci6t6 Genevoise, with 2i- 

 inch objective, by 0. A. Steinheil. 



(c) The Equatorial., made by the "Soci<5te Genevoise pour la construc- 

 tion d'iustruments de ))hysi(pie" mounted on an isolated ])illar, under a 

 movable dome of 10^ feet (5 meters) diameter. The instrument is pro- 

 vided with a centrifugal regulator, constructed according to I^rof. M. 

 TnuRV's directions, with i)osition micrometer, s))ectroscope, and camera 

 obscura. 



{(1) Spectroscope. 



{(j) The astronomical clock was constructed by Theodoij Knohlicii, 

 in Hamburg. 



The mean time is given by means of an electric pendulum, by M. 

 Hipp, in Neuenburg. 



Both clocks connect with a number of dials in various rooms, and also 

 Avith the chronograph. 



Bergen, Norway. 

 Naval Observatory. 



Longitude from Greenwich, ? 



Latitude, ? 



Founded in ITss. So far has only been used to furnish the standard 



time. 



Directors : 0. F. G. Bohr, 1818 ; 



J. J. Astrand, 1833. (!) 

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