A little ramble through 19th century astronomy - Columbia College Observatory in 1873

 Nature July 3^rd 1873

We learn that there has been erected a small observatory on the Columbia (U.S.) College campus for educational and we hope, also for scientific purposes. The observatory is furnished with an equatorial, accompanied by a seven-prism spectroscope by Clark, and a position micrometer, besides an altazimuth and a zenith telescope.

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