408 ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES. 



in 184G. The Astronomische Jabrbucli Las been published annually 

 since 1776. 



Bern, Switzerland. 



iSternwai'te. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 29"' 45.00^ E. 

 Latitude, 40° 57' 8.7" X. 

 Directors : F. Trechsel, 1821. 



It. Wolf, 1847. 



J. Koch, 1856. 



H. Wild, 1859. 



A, J. T. FORSTER, 1871. 



Constructed upon a bastion in 1821. In jdan a regular octagon, the 

 circle described about which has a diameter of 65i feet (20 meters). 



Besan^on, France. 



Obscrvatoire. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 23'" 57.5* E. 



Latitude, 47° 14' N. 



Authority for longitude and latitude: A. Lancaster, Liste G6n6rale 



des Observatoires et Astronomes, 1887. 

 Director : L. J. Gruey. 



Bilk, Prussia. (See Dusseldorf.) 



Birr Castle, Ireland. 



Parsonstoicn Ohsercatory. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 31'" 40.9' W. 

 Latitude, 53° 5' 47" N. 

 Director : The Earl of Kosse. 



Instruments: 

 The celebrated 60-foot reflecting telescope, with a 6-foot speculum. 



Blenheim Park, Oxford County, England. 



Observatory. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 5'" 26» W. 



Latitude, 51° 50' 28" K 



Authority for longitude and latitude : Connaissauce des Temps, 1884, 



p. xiii. 

 Director: . 



