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HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY. 



HAMILTON COLLEGE OBSERYATORT. 



In 1852 and 1853, Professor Charles A very raised 

 $15,000 by subscription, mostly in small sums, for the 

 purpose of procuring a large telescope of American 



manufacture. It was then determined to erect on the 







grounds of Hamilton College a building suitable for an 

 astronomical observatory, and to furnish it with first-class 



HAMILTON COLLEGE OBSEEVATOKY. 



instruments. In the spring of 1854, Mr. A. J. Lathrop, 

 of Utica, presented plans of a building, which were 

 approved, and the building was erected the same year. 



The observatory consists of a central building, with 

 wings on the east and west sides. The main building 

 is 27 feet square, and two stories high, surmounted by a 



