470 ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES. 



Directors: E. Armesto, 1797. 



J. O. Canelas, 1798. 



J. T. Ceeguero, 1825. 



S. MONTOJO, 1851. 



F. DE P. Marquez, 1855. 



C. PUJAZON, 18GG. 

 Au observatory bad first been established at Cadiz in 1753, upon 

 an an(;ient llomau tower, but was soon abandoned, observations being 

 made there only from 1773 to 177G by Tofino and Varela. The new 

 observatory was built at San Fernando in 1797. This is the most south- 

 erly astronomical establishment iu Europe. 



San Luis Potosi, Mexico. 



Ohservatorlo del Tnstituto CienUfica y Literaria. 



Longitude from Greenwich, . 



Latitude, . 



Director : Dr. G. Barroeta. 



SANTiAao, Chile. 



Ohservatorlo Nacional. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 4'' '42'" 40.3^ W. 

 Latitude, 33° 20' 42" S. 

 JHrectors : E. G. MoESTA, 1852. 

 J. I. Vergara, 18G1. 

 Proposed in 1852. The instruments and buildings which had been 

 used for the temporary Naval Observatory of the United States at Santa 

 Lucia, under Lieutenant Gilliss, were i^urchased as a beginning, and 

 in 185G the construction of a»permanent observatory was undertaken, 

 consisting simply of a one-story building and central dome. The equip- 

 ment has been added to gradually since 1859. 



Scarborough, England. 



Observatory Wigglesivorth. 



Longitude from Greenwich, . 



Latitude, . 



Authority for longitude and latitude: A. LANCASTER, Liste G^nerale 



des Observatoires et Astronomes, 1887. 

 Assistant: J. G. LoiiSE. 



ScHWERiN, Mecklenburg. 



Geodetisehes Obser vatorium. 



Longitude from Greenwich, 45»> 40.7» E. 

 Latitude, 53° 37' 38.2" N. 



Authority for longitmh^ and latitu(l(>: Astroii. Nachr., LVII, G, 1868. 

 In Conuaissauce des Temi>s, 1881, p. xxviii. 



