692 EEPORTS OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES. 



Georgetown, British Guiana. 



Observatory. 



Longitude from Greenwich, ? 



Latitude, ? 



Director: ? 



Glasgow, Scotland. 



Observatory. 



Longitude from Greenwich, IT"" 10^.6 W. 



Latitude, 55° 52' 42".8 N. 



Directors : J. P. Nichol, 1840 ; 

 E. Grant, 1860. 



Commenced in 1818 at the expense of a society. Permanently or-, 

 ganized in 1840 with the help of a public subscription, of one subsidy 

 from the University and another from the State. In 1862 a special hall 

 was added for an equatorial, which has an aperture of 9 inches: (0°».23.) 



GoTHA, Germany. 



Sternwarte. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 42™ 50^.53 E. 

 Latitude, 50° 56' 37".5 N. 

 Directors: F. X. VON Zach, 1787 ; 



B. A. VON LiNDENAIT, 1808; 

 J. F. Encke, 1817 ; 

 P. A. Hansen, 1825 ; 

 A. KRtJGER, 1875. 

 The first Observatory was erected in 1784 on the Seeberg (Lake Mount- 

 ain) 1^ miles (two kilometers) from the town. One of the first mural cir- 

 cles constructed to replace quadrants, made by Eajisden, was mounted 

 here. In 1853 a new Observatory was built in the Jilgerstrasse, not far 

 from the ducal palace. 



GoTTiNGEN, Prussia. 



Konigliche Sternwarte. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 39°^ 46^.24 E. 



Latitude, 51© 3P 47".9 N. 



Authority for latitude and longitude: "Berliner Yahrbuch." 



