430 SCIENTIFIC RECORD FOR 1885. 



Lund (1884). — Dr. Dim^r continues bis observations of tlie spectra 

 of stars, measures of double stars, and positions of the comets. The 

 longitude observations of Dr. Dun6r and Professor Thiele in 1879, lately 

 reduced, make the Lund Observatory 2" 26«-38 i0«-04 east of the ob- 

 servatory of Copenhagen. 



McCormiclc Observatory. — TheLeander McCormick Observatory, of the 

 University of Virginia, was formally opened by public ceremony on the 

 13th of April, 1885. An address on "The instruments and work of As- 

 tronomy," was made by Professor Hall, of the United States Naval Ob- 

 servatory. 



The 66'^^ (25-98 inches) equatorial of the observatory is chiefly em- 

 ployed at present in observations of nebulae. During the progress of 

 this work something over two hundred new nebulae have thus far been de- 

 tected by Professor Stone and bis assistant, Mr. Leavenworth. Draw- 

 ings of about the same number of nebulae (some old and some new) 

 have also been made. Professor Stone designs making a special study 

 of the nebula of Orion. 



McEim Observatory. — The McKim Observatory was opened in Sep- 

 tember, 1885, as a department of De Pauw University. It is located 

 in the suburbs of the university town, Greencastle, Ind., in west longi- 

 tude from Greenwich 80° 37^', north latitude 39° 37'. The building 

 and the full instrumental experiment which it is designed to Imve are 

 the gift of Mr. Eobert McKim, of Madison, Ind. This gentleman has 

 for a number of years had a 6-inch glass mounted near his residence, 

 so that the observatory be has just presented to De Pauw University 

 might almost be, called the second McKim Observatory. 



The equatorial has a clear aperture of 9-53 inches; the dome is of 

 iron, and is 17 feet in diameter. Both telescope and dome are by 

 Warner and Swasey, of Cleveland, For clock errors an almucantar is 

 to be used. The building and instruments have cost $8,000, and about 

 $2,000 more will be expended. Dr. T. P. John is tbe director. 



Madras. — From the report for 1883 we learn that 2,453 observations 

 were made with tbe meridian circle during tbe year, making a total of 

 50,878 Only a few hundred more are required to tiuisb the catalogue 

 of over 5,000 stars. Tbe publications are badly behindhand. 



Melbourne. — Mr. Ellery's nineteenth annual report states that the 

 new transit circle of 8 inches aperture was received in May, 1884, and 

 mounted early in July. It is proposed to send tbe two specula of the 

 great reflector, one after the other, to England to be repolished. A 

 number of stars selected b^' Auwers was observed with tbe old transit 

 circle to assist in the formation of a fundamental catalogue of southern 

 stars. 



Mexico Observatory. — Prof. H. S. Pritcbett, director of the observa- 

 tory of the Washington University at Saint Louis, kindly communicates 

 the results of a longitude campaign between bis observatory and the Ob- 



