Stars and telescopes; a hand-book of popular astronomy founded on the 9th ed. of Lynn's Celestial motions (1901)
Todd, David P. (David Peck), 1855-1939, Lynn, William Thynne, 1835-1911 · Boston, Little, Brown · leaf 382
hester, Massachusetts, and Yale College hadin1832 a 5-inch portable telescope of Fraunhofersmake, the first American observatory, intended for per-manent occupation as such, was erected at Chapel Hill,North Carolina, in the years 1831-32. Few observa-tions were, however, made there ; it was soon… … RITTEXHOUSE (1732-I796) 330 Stars and Telescopes society of Cincinnati and ordered from Merz andMahler, of Munich, the successors of Frauxhofer,a 12-inch refractor. By his successful tours as apopular lecturer Mitchel aroused great enthusiasmfor astronomical knowledge, and to his forceful…
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