G82 EEPORTS OF ASTEONOMICAL OBSERVATOEIES. 



by Meyerstein ; inclinatometers, by Gaimbey, Baelow, Dover 5 siphon 

 barometer, by Pistor ; cistern barometer, by Foetin ; thermometers, 

 pluviameters, &c. 



Observations during the past y^ear : 



Supplementary observations of zone stars between 64° 50' and 70'^ 

 10' N. declination (for the astronomical society). Eegular time deter- 

 mination (for the benefit of navigation), sent twice a week to all ]S"or- 

 wegian ports. 



{b) Observations for determination of longitude between Christiania 

 and Bergen. 



(e) Observations on Comet Hartwig (1880 d.). {&) [1879. Observa- 

 tions for the i^reliminary parallax determination of Argel. Oeltz, 11G77.1 



(d) [1873-'74. Drawings and measurements of protuberances.] 



(/) Magnetic observations (twice a day). Meterological observations 

 (fifteen every day). 



Additional information : 



Six astronomical lectures every week by the director, and 3 to 4 by the 

 observer. 



Observations for the European " Gradmessung " were made for the 

 determination of azimuth and pole distance, by the director, during 

 the months of July and August, at a trigonometrical station near 

 Drontheim. 



Churts, England. 

 Private Observatory. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 



Latitude, ? 



Director: 11. Carrington. 



CoiMBRA, Portugal. 



Observatorio Magnetico-Meteorologico de la TJniversidade de Coimbra. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 33™ 34^5 W. 

 Latitude, 40° 12' 25".8 X. 

 Directors: J. Monteiro de EoCHA, 1796j (?) 

 De Pinheiro, 1820 ; 

 De Souza Pinto, 1855. (?) 

 Established about 179G. From 1799 to the present time the Astro- 

 nomical Ephemeris has been published here, which for ten years previous 

 (since 1789) had been issued at Lisbon. 



