368 ASTRONOMICAL OBSEKVATOEIES. 



I. AMERICAN OBSERVATOIIIES 



Akron, Ohio. 



Buchtel College Observatory. 



Longitude from Wasliiugtou, . 



Latitude, . 



Director^ . 



Albany, New York. 



Dudley Observatory. 



Longitude from Wasbingtou, 13"' 12.87* E. 

 Latitude, 42° 39' 49.5" N. 

 Directors : B. A. Gould, 1854.. 



O. M. MiTCHEL, 1859. 



G. H. Hough, 18G2. 



L. Boss, 1875. 

 Founded in 1851, by subscription, the principal subscriber being Mrs. 

 Blandina Dudley. Built in the form of a cross, with wings east and 

 west for the meridian instruments. Finished in 1854, and inaugurated 

 in 1856. 



Alfred Center, New York. 



Observatory of Alfred University. 



Longitude from Washington, 2'" 55" W. 

 Latitude, 42° 15' 19.8" N. 

 Instructors : Prof. A. B. Kenyon, 

 Frof. n. C. Coon. 

 The observatory has not been used for original research, but only for 

 class instruction, 



Allegheny City, Pennsylvania. 



Allegheny Observatory. 



Longitude from Washington, 11'" 50.84« W. 

 Latitude, 40° 27' 41.G" N. 

 Director: S. P. Langley. 



Founded in 1860, enlarged in 1873, and further enlarged in 1881. 

 Equipped in 1867, principally through the liberality of W. Thaw, of 

 Pittsburgh, to whom its subsequent accessions are also largely due. 

 The dome, 22 feet in diameter, contains the equatorial. 



The observatory in 1870, under its present director, inaugurated an^ 



