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It is by no means a model building for an observatory, beiug small, 

 isolated, smoke-exposed, without dwelling-houses attached, often diffi- 

 cult of access at night, hidebound by its too ornamental white-stone 

 Greek architecture ; and looking, as well as acting, rather like a classi- 

 cal temple of the winds than a modern working observatory. 



II. Ben Nevis Observatory. 



Longitude from Greenwich, . 



Latitude, . 



Director: . 



Elsfleth (Oldenburg), Germany. 

 Stcrnuuirfc dcr Navigations Schule. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 33'" 52** E. 



Latitude, 53° 14' 4G" N. 



Authority for longitude and latitude: Connaissance des Temps, 18S4. 



Director: C. Behrmann, 187G. 



Erlau, Hungary. 



Sternivartc. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 1'' 30'" 32'* E. 



Latitude, 47° 54' 4" K 



Authority for longitude and latitude: Connaissance des Temps, 18S4. 



Director: Dr. Albert Franz von Montedego. 



Ekatherinebourg, liUSSIA. 



Macjnciic and Meteorological Observatory. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 4^^ 2"^ 48" E. 



Latitude, 5r,o 49' X. 



Authority for longitude and latitude : Kupffer, 1841 ; Fritsciie, 



1S73 and 187G; Scharnhorst und Kuiilberg, 1875, 

 Director : G. O. Clerk. 



The observatory was built in 1835 ; regular observations began on 

 January 1, 183G. It took part in the work of the first "Magnetischer 

 Verein," and has lately been required to act as a "polar observatory," 

 from August 1, 1882, until September 1,1883, according to the pro- 

 gramme of the International Polar Commission, St. Petersburg, August, 

 1881. 



