Nature, October 8th 1874
France, Germany and Austria are vying with each other in
astronomical activity. In the grounds of the Paris Observatory a 4-foot
Foucault mirror is being erected and M. Le Verrier has already obtained a grant
for a 30 inch refractor.
The Vienna Observatory is also making arrangements for the
reception of a telescope of similar aperture. Messrs Merz have nearly completed
a lens of 20 inches aperture, for the university of Strassburg.
In France, the newly created Ecole Speciale des Hautes
Etudes is being taken advantage of to form a school of astronomy; in
Germany and America many such schools already exist, thanks to the rational
administration of their observatories, the assistants in which are the pupils,
friends and potential successors of the director.
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