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AMERICAN OBSERVATORIES.—It is reported that the Dear born Observatory of the Chicago Astronomical Society is to be removed to Evanston, Ill., the North-Western University at Evanston having made an advantageous offer with respect to it. A large astronomical Observatory is proposed to be erected in connection with the Lake Forest University, Governor Ross, President of the Board of Trustees of the University, having guaranteed the cost. A new Observatory has been established at Smith College, Northampton, Mass., and Miss Mary E. Byrd, formerly assistant at Carleton College Observatory, has been appointed Director. The equipment of the Observatory at Carleton College, Northfield, Minn., is proceeding rapidly, the new meridian-circle by Repsold is already erected, and one of the two large steel domes is in place. The telescope it is to cover, an 8¼-inch refractor by Alvan Clark, will, it is expected, be ready for use within a few days. Mr. Grinnell, the founder of Grianell, Iowa, has furnished funds for the erection of an Observatory to be attached to the Iowa College, and the building is being rapidly brought to completion. The new Observatory is to have an 8-inch equatorial by the Clarks. Prof. Asaph Hall is to act as the Consulting Director of the Washburn Observatory, whilst Prof. George Comstock will have the more immediate superintendence of the institution as Associate Director.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 37, 89–90 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/037089a0
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