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Founded in 1G37, but only completed in 105G. The first edifice ^vus 

 destroyed by fire the 20th of October, 1728. The observatory was re- 

 established in the round tower belougiuf? to the University. In 1820 

 :v wooden addition was made to it on the Uolken bastion. In 1857 it 

 was removed to the glacis of the fortress between the citadel and the 

 Osterthor (eastern gate). In 1859-'.G0, a new building was erected upon 

 the Eosenborg bastion of the old fortress. At present this new observa- 

 tory is surrounded by the Botanical Garden. 



Cordoba, Argentine Republic. 

 Observatorio Nacional Argentina. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 4'' IG"' 45.1^ W. 

 Latitude, 31° 25' 15.4« S. 



Director : B. A. GoULD, 1870. 



Proposed in 18G9 ; built in 1871 on an eminence southeast of the town; 

 a cruciform structure, with four towers at the extremities of the limbs 

 of the cross. 



Cork, Ireland. 



Observatory of Queen's College. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 33°' 51^ W. 

 Latitude, 51° 54' i^. 



Authorit3^ for longitude and latitude: Counaissauce des Temps, 1884, 

 p. xiii. 



Director: . 



Founded in 1878. Hill for meridian observations. Dome, 14f feet 

 (4'".5) in diameter. 



Cracow, Austria. (See Krakau.) 

 K. K. Universitiits Stermcarte. 



Cronstadt, Russia. (See Kronshtadt.) 

 Naval Astronomical Observatory, 



Crowborough, Sussex, England. • 

 Private Observatory. 



Longitude from Greenwich : 9.30'* E. 

 Latitude: 51° 3' 14" N. 

 Director: CnAS. Leeson Prince. 



Founded at Uckfield, Sussex, in 1854. Removed to the summit of 

 Crowborough Dill in 1872. 

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