"My principal object in visiting St. Petersburg was the astronomical observatory at Pulkova, some twelve miles distant.

Airy provisionally accepted the Order, but wrote at once to Lord John Russell the following letter of enquiry: ROYAL OBSERVATORY, GREENWICH, 1847, Oct. 15.

A little observatory for the use of the first was placed on the roof of the bank building, and two small buildings were erected in the yard for the transits.

After noticing that many meteorological observatories had suddenly sprung up and had commenced printing their observations in detail, the Report continues thus: 'Whether the effect of this movement will be that millions of useless observations will be added to the millions that already exist, or whether something may be expected to result which will lead to a meteorological theory, I cannot hazard a conjecture.

Meanwhile, most of the party were busy preparing our winter quarters and building a magnetic observatory.

AT TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, FROM HIS TAKING HIS B.A. DEGREE TO HIS TAKING CHARGE OF THE CAMBRIDGE OBSERVATORY AS PLUMIAN PROFESSOR.

They made no attempt to prevent us, but anxious to avoid hostilitiesin every event almost equally deplorablewe deferred any distant search for water; and having fixed on a spot for our temporary observatory, returned to the ship. (*Footnote.

From his intellectual observatory, a zenith whence the artist-philosopher viewed clearly the whole and the details, he may be supposed to have gained light beyond any which could have come to his predecessors.

Coming down from our lofty observatory, we made our way to the "Lung' Arno," as the river quays are called.

His magnificent Observatory of Uraniborg, the finest building for astronomical purposes that the world had hitherto seen, was allowed to fall into decay, and scarcely more than mere indications of the site may now be seen.

(2) For the proper testing of the rates of the chronometers, a rating of the chronometers for three or four days in a meridional observatory is necessary.

At five o'clock in the afternoon we were at another station, Nia, where General Pevtsoff established a meterological observatory.

The naval department, among many duties, has charge of the naval observatory at Washington and publishes the nautical almanac.

The labour of reduction is very great, and it is concluded that, of the enormous number of meteorological observations now made at numerous observatories, very few can ever possess the smallest utility.

A portable observatory, said to have been designed by Smeaton, the builder of the Eddystone Lighthouse, framed of wood and covered with canvas, was also prepared.

In this pretty observatory, overlooking the peaceful plains, with some small hills in the distance, Mr. and Mrs. Airy passed the first year of their married life.

I made three journeys to London to attend committees, one a committee on the Nautical Almanac, and one a Royal Society Committee about two southern observatories.

We have mentioned the position of General Lee's headquarters, about a mile and a half west of the city, on the Cox Road, nearly opposite the tall Federal observatory.

From its midst rises a towerlike observatory, and near the house lie two little out-buildings, one of which in earlier times served as shelter to the Brocken visitors.

One cannot but hope that such an example may be imitated in other departments of astronomy, and that hereafter other names may be commemorated, not by a needless duplication of unsupported observatories, but by the more lasting monuments of useful work accomplished.

A wooden observatory was constructed about 20 feet square.

Here Tycho built his celebrated observatory of Uraniborg and began observations in December, 1576, using the large instruments then found necessary in order to attain the accuracy of observation which within the next half-century was to be so greatly facilitated by the invention of the telescope.

Then he removed from Datchet to Clay Hall, Old Windsor; and again, in 1786, to Slough, where he finally settled, and succeeded in erecting a commodious and well-equipped observatory.

It is very important to notice that the continental observatories which have since attracted so much attention did not at that time exist or did not exist in vigour.

But in the dim observatories the watchers held their breath and peered at one another.