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Encyclopedia Britannica



SWEDEN, NORWAY AND

This article appears in Volume V19, Page 959 of the Encyclopedia Britannica.

Encyclopedia Britannica - Main :: SUS-TAV
SWEDEN, NORWAY AND DENMARK
Stockholm, lat. +59 20' 33.0",
long
 . 1 h. 12 in. 14.0 s. E., is under the
Academy
  of Sciences. Founded in 1750.
Meridian
  circle by Ertel of 41-in. ap.; 71-in. vis. and 64-in. phot. refr. by
Repsold
 .
Upsala
 , univ. obs., lat. +59 51' 29'4",
long
 . I h. Io m. 30.1 s. E. Founded in 1730, but very little was done until the obs. acquired a 9-in. refr. by Steinheil, which was used by Schultz for micrometric obs. of nebulae. phot. and I4-in. vis refr. by Steinheil.
Lund, univ. obs., lat. +55 41' 52.0", long o h. 52 m. 45.0 s. E. Built in 1866; 91-in. refr., o.g. by Merz;
meridian
  circle by
Repsold
  of 61-in ap.
Christiania, univ. obs., lat. +59 54' 44.0", long, o h. 42 m. 53.6 s.E. Erected in 1831; meridian circle by Ertel of 4-in. ap.; 7-in. refr. by Merz.
Copenhagen
 , univ. obs. Founded in 1641 on the top of a high tower, lat. +55 40' 53'0", long. 0 h. 50 m. 19.8 s. E. The locality was so very unsuitable that O. Romer (the inventor of the transit
instrument
  and
modern
  equat., d. 1710) established his own obs. at Vridlosemagle, at some distance from the city. A new obs. was erected in 1861, lat.+554e 12.0", long. o h. 5o m.18.7s.E., furnished with a refr. by Merz of 11-in. ap., with which H. L. d'Arrest made obs. of nebulae, and a meridian circle by Pistor and Martins of 41-in. ap. Later the refr. was replaced by a 14-in. vis. and 8-in. phot. refr. by Steinheil.
Copenhagen
 , Urania obs. (private), lat. +55 41' 19'2", long. o h. 5o m. 9.1 s. E. Established 1898; refr. by
Cooke
 .


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