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in>iiiic:il SocR'ty of the l*:Kili(', tukoii I'loin llic it'|t(»ii oi' tlic riiitcd 

 States ("oiMinissioiu'r of Julucatioii for ].S,Si>. 



Ai.LKCiiiKXV: Keclcr. — At a inectiiiii- of tlie l)oai(l of tiustccs of Uw 

 Western University of reiiiisylvania on May 11, !S<)], ,). i]. Keeler, of 

 tlie Lick Observatory, was elected ])rofessor of astrophysies in the 

 university and director of the Allegheny Observatory, lAlr. V.W. \'ery 

 bein<>' associated with liiui as adjunct profeSvSor of astronomy. 



Tiirough the generosity of Mrs. William Thaw the observatory lias 

 been provided with a^ very powerful speetroseope by Brashear; a new 

 driving- clock was presented by JMr. AVilliam Thaw, Jr. 



Armagh: l>reijer. — Micrometrie measures of nebul;!'; ])hysical ob- 

 servations of Jupiter. 



Athens: Uginifis. — The ^S^ational Astronomical and Meteorological 

 Observatory at Athens has been reorganized under the directorship of 

 Prof. Eginitis. 



J*>amber{t: Hayfiri;/. — The large heliometer of 181 millimeters aper- 

 ture has been brought into regular use. Observations of variable stars 

 and of a few occultations have been niad(% besides observations for the 

 determination of change of latitudeo 



r>ASEL: Rifjf/cnhiich. — Instruction of students. 



r>ER.LiN: Focr.ster. — Transit eircle observations, measures of double 

 stars, etc. 



Bermerside (Halifax): Crosslcy. — Measurement of double stars; 

 observation of the phenomena of .1 upiter's and Saturn's satellites. Me- 

 teorological observation s. 



BiD.S'i'ON: ^ce Liver})()ol. 



Birr Castle: Earl of Roxsc. — Observations for lunar heat. Mete- 

 orology. 



Bonn: Kiistner. — Prof. Deiclimiiller v»as succeeded as director on 

 October 1, 1801, by Dr. Kiistner. Ohservation of the /one +10- to 

 + 50° was completed. 



Boston Universi'IY. — A small observatory has been erected lor 

 l)Uii»oses of instruction. Lat. +420 21';32".5; long. 4'' 11'" l.V west of 

 (iieenwich. The chief instrument is an equatorial of 7 imdies ai)erture 

 and 8 feet 1 inch focus, objective by Claeey and mounting by Saegmiiller. 



Breslau: (lallr. — Time .ser\ice and meteorological observations. 

 The one hundredth anniversary of the observatory was celebrated in 

 1891. 



Brussels: Folic. — Cloudy weather, an insufiicient iieisonnel. and 

 the disturbance iiu-ident to the removal of the obsei\ atory to Cede 

 greatly interfered with the work of 181)0. Ai.Niesten has continued his 

 observations on the i)liysical aspect of Mercury, Venus, Mars, and 

 -Injtiter, with the 38-centimeter (ir> inches) eciuatiuial. iSince the death 

 (jf M. Fievez the spectroscoiie has been in charge of M. Spee. 



Budapest: Konkoly. — The new observatory of the lioyal Meteoro- 

 logical Keiclisaustalt consists of a transit room iih meters (21 feet) by 



