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HOLLAND AND BELGIUM Leiden, univ. ohs., lat. +52 9' 20.0", long . o h. 17 M. 56.2 s. E. Founded already in 1632, but the instruments
Clarke
Repsold
Groningen
long . o h. 26 m. 15.2 s. E. Established 1896; instruments
celestial
Utrecht
Brussels, royal obs., lat. +50 51' 10.7," long. o h. 17 M. 28.6 s. E. Erected in 1829-1834. Had a transit instrument by Gambey and a mural circle by Troughton, but the institution was, while under the direction of L. A. J. Quetelet , chiefly devoted to physics and meteorology. In 1877 a 6-in. refr. by Merz was mounted, and a meridian circle by Repsold
Cooke provided. A new obs. was erected in 1891 at Uccle, lat. +50 47' 55'5", long. o h. 17 in. 26.9 s. E., with the instruments from Brussels, a 9-in. phot. refr. by Grubb, and a 13-in. phot. refr. by Gautier.Liege, univ. obs., lat. +50 37' 6", long. o h. 22 M. 15.4 s. E.; Io-in. refr. and 7-in, transit circle by Cooke .End of Article: HOLLAND AND If you wish, you can link directly to this article.
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