SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS 

 VOLUME 148, NUMBER 7 



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AN ACCOUNT OF THE ASTROPHYSICAL 



OBSERVATORY OF THE SMITHSONIAN 



INSTITUTION, 1904-1953 



By 

 C. G. ABBOT 



Research Associate, Smithsonian Institution 



(Publication 4656) 



CITY OF WASHINGTON 



PUBLISHED BY THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION 



FEBRUARY 24, 1966 



