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Scientific American, Vol. 74, No. 18 (1896) (1896)

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un—certainly more than clocks—the solarclock, keeping the solar time, and the the time is exhibited at any hour when the park is 5 feet. and less than 10—or about 25 calibers in front of sidereal clock, regulated by observations of the stars. open for any one who chooses to climb the pleasant the… … observatory in duced back to the the world where muzzle by formu- a large transit las. The Frank- cirele was mounted, viz., in 1850. Briefly, it is a The observatory is an oblong edifice, divided into lin Institute has awarded the John Scott Legacy four apartments. It is a quiet, retired spot well…

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