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...looting of the Arequipa observatory which was reported some months ago, was much exaggerated. Some savages broke into the instrument shelter on Misti summit and stole two instruments. This was the only loss suffered...
...main observatory was built in 1891 at Arequipa, a town about 80 miles inland and about 8000 feet above sea level. Here on a plateau about 400 feet above the town itself, a large house with a dome has been built, with laboratories connecting. Between this and the sea are two other observatories, one at Mollendo, 8 feet above the sea, the other at La Joya at an elevation of about 4000 feet...
...Bruce photographic telescope, which is to be transferred to the station at Arequipa, Peru, is nearly ready for shipment, and will probably start on its journey Saturday, December 14. The heavy metal castings and machinery, tubes, etc., will be sent to New York by the Metropolitan steamer. The lenses, consisting of four lenses and two prisms each 24 inches in diameter, will be shipped to New York by rail. As the greatest care has to be used in moving these lenses, even though they are most securely packed and protected, Mr. Willard P. Gerrish will accompany them to New York...
...latest mail advice from Arequipa says that the new star discovered in the constellation Carina last spring is fading away...
...first circular has already been issued and announces that from an examination of the Draper Memorial photographs, taken at the Arequipa station of the observatory, it has been discovered that a new star appeared in the constellation Carina in the spring...