Astronomical Observations Made at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Vol. 2

Excerpt from Astronomical Observations Made at the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, Vol. 2: For the Year 1836 The principal apartment in the Observatory is that in which the Transit Telescope and Mural Circle are placed. It is 44 feet in length from east to west; 22 feet in breadth from north to south; and 11 feet in height; but over each Instrument the ridge of the sloping roof is 18 feet above the żoor. The Transit Telescope occupies the eastern division Of the apartment, the Mural Circle the western. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.