REPORTS OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES. 703 



Observations during the past year (1880) : 

 (a) Cloch stars. 



{c\ Measures of binary stars, comets, eclipses, occultations, and satel- 

 lite phenomena. 



Work proposed for the coming- year (1881): 

 Satellites of Saturn, binary stars, comets, and occultations. 



Principal publications of tue Observatory during the 

 year 1878 : 

 C, G. Talmage, Leyton Astronomical Observations, vol. 1, London, 

 127 pp. 



Additional information : 

 The Observatory is provided with double and ring microm- 

 eters, "with an extra 3-inch telescope, and a small transit instrument. 



Lisbon, Portugal. 



Observatorio Astronomico da Tapada de Alcantara. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 3G™ 44^08 ^Y. 

 Latitude, 38^ 42' 31".3 N. 

 Directors: G. B. Carbone, 1722; 



M. DO Espirito-Santo Limpo, 17—; 



P. J. M. CiERRA, 180G ; 



M. V. DO CONTO, 1823 ; 



F. DA SiLVEIRA, ; 



T. A. DoM, 1876. 

 Established at the Jesuits' College, 1722 ; adopted by the state in 

 1758. A new Observatory was built in 1857. 



Lisbon, Portugal 

 Observatorio Astronomico na Escola Pohjtecnica. 



Longitude from Greenwich, ? 



Latitude, ^ 



Director : 



For the instruction of students only. 



Lisbon, Portugal. 

 Observatorio de Marinha. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 36"^ 25* W. 



Latitude, 38o 42' 17".6 K. 



Director: Francisco de Paula Ferreira de Mesquita. 



Established in 1798. 



