176 RECORD OF SCIENCE FOR 1887 AND 1888. 



by the Repsokls and provided with a circle 48 centimeters iii diameter, 

 divided to 2' aud read by four microscopes. 



Halifax —Observations of the phenomena of Jupiter's and Saturn's 

 satellites, occultations, and transits of stars for time. 



Hercmj. — The chief work has been on celestial photography. Photo- 

 graphs of numerous star-clusters, of the moon, planets, comets, and of 

 stellar spectra have been obtained. 



Hurstside, West Molesey, England. — Sir Henry Thompson has built a 

 private observatory with a 12inch Cooke eqnatorial, to which is fitted 

 a photographic objective aud large prismatic objective for photograph- 

 ing stellar si)ectra. 



Kalocsa. — A careful series of observations of solar phenomena is 

 carried on by the director. Father Julius F^uyi. 



Eeic. — Magnetic, meteorological, and solar observations, verification 

 of instruments, and the rating of watches and chronometers have been 

 continued. 



Kiel. — The zone catalogue, +55<^ to +65°, containing 14,680 stars, 

 was fiuislied luid prepared for press in 1887. The Kiel observatory is 

 the central station for the telegraphic distribution of astronomical in- 

 formation upon the continent, and in connection with this service con- 

 siderable work has been done upon the new comets and asteroids by 

 members of its staff. 



Konigsberg. — Observations of the sun and major planets, of time 

 stars and comparison stars, have been made with the Eepsold circle; 

 observations of double stars, comets, and measures for stellar parallax 

 with the heliometer. The director, Dr. E. Luther, died October 17, 

 1887, and was succeeded April 1, 1888, by Dr. C. F. W. Peters. 



Krenmniimter. — The meridian circle has been repaired and remounted 

 in a new building A".02'o north and 0^22 i west of its old position. 

 Comet observations have been made with the refractor. 



La Plata. — Observations of comets by M. Beuf and his assistants 

 have been publislied. The position of the observatory is given as, 

 latitude, —34° 54' 30".3 ; longitude, 4"^ 0"" 58^0 west of Paris. (Compt. 

 Rend., 100: 1590.) The construction is progressing rapidly, and when 

 completed this will be one of the best equipped observatories in the 

 southern hemisphere. 



Leipzig (University Observatory). — The zone observations -f5o to 

 -f 15° are practically finished. A new Kepsold heliometer of 162 milli- 

 meters aperture was mounted in 1880, and is described, together with 

 its new dome, at some length in Dr. Bruns' report for 1887: an impor- 

 tant addition to the working force is Herr " Mechaniker" Lohm. 



Leipzig. — Dr. Engellman devoted most of his time to measures of 

 double stars. 



jjicJc. — An important event of the year 1888 was the transfer, on June 

 1, of the Lick Ol)servat(n'y to the regents of the University of Cali- 

 fornia. The eqnipment of the Lick Observatory has been previously 



