ASTKONOMICAL OBSERVATORIES. 477 



Directors : liw. T. Kerr, 18158. 

 -I, E. CuLLUM, 187;"). 

 Estabiislied by the London Meteorological Otlice in 18G8 as au observ 

 atory of the liist order. 



Venice, Italy. 



Ohscrvator!/ of the Kand Iiisfitute. 



Lonj^itnde from (Ireenwicli, 40'" 2:}. 12" E, 

 Latitude, 45° 2C>' 8.5" N. 



Dlrcetors: B. VON WtiLLERSDORF-IjREAiR, 1840. 

 Vj. Millosevicii, 1874. 

 Established about 1840. 



Verona, Italy. 



(hscrcdtorio. 



Longitude from (xreenwieh, 4.'>"' 5(1' E. 



Latitude, 45o 2G' 8" N. 



Authority for longitude and latitude: IiigiMi. geogr. 18o7. lu Couuais- 



sanee des Temps, 1884, [). xxxv. 

 Director : . 



Vienna, Austria. (See Wien.) 



ViLNA, UUSSIA. 



Ast-roitomichojlahi Ohscrcatoria. 



Longitude I'rom Greenwich, 1'' 41'" 11.13^4]. 



Latitude, 54o 41' N. 



Authority for longitude and hititude: Slavinski: " Astrouomische 



Naehrichhen," Vols, v and vill. . 

 Directors: M. O. I'oczoBUT, 1704. 



J. li. YON Sniadecki, 1808. 



1*. Slavinskf, 1824, 



M. KLOUSOnNEVITCII, 1841. 



G. A. VON Fuss, 1848. 



G. Sabler, 1854, 



Col. Peter Smysloff, 1807. 

 It appears that this observatory had already existed for some time 

 wlieu in 1704 I^oczoeut restored it and replaced its instruments. Its 

 labors, suspended daring the revolution, were not resumed until 1802. 



Instruments : 

 {h) Meridian transit instrument: Maker, Kamsden, iu 1777; aperture, 

 4 inches ; magnifying power 40 diameters- 



