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See also: 15.2 s . E . Established 1896; instruments for measuring See also:celestial photographs . See also:Utrecht, univ. obs., lat . +52° 5' 9.5", long. o h . 20 M . 31.0 s . E . Erected in 1855; Io-in. refr. by Steinheil . See also:Brussels, royal obs., lat . +50° 51' 10.7," long. o h . 17 M . 28.6 s . E . Erected in 1829-1834 . Had a transit See also:instrument by Gambey and a mural circle by See also:Troughton, but the institution was, while under the direction of L . A . J . See also:Quetelet, chiefly devoted to physics and See also:meteorology . In 1877 a 6-in. refr. by Merz was mounted, and a meridian circle by Repsold and a 15-in. refr. by See also: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 See also:Gautier . See also: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 . |
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