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...advantages of the station at Arequipa, Peru, have been so pronounced that it will be maintained permanently, and the Bruce photographic telescope, the latest acquisition to the equipment of the observatory, will be sent there in the near future. This instrument has proved very successful in photographing stars too faint to be photographed by other instruments and thus enabling them to be studied...
...eclipse of the moon on Sunday was seen to advantage at the Harvard observatory at Arequipa, in Peru. Some important observations were made and several photographs taken...
Attention is again drawn in the report to the importance of Harvard's availing herself of the admirable atmospheric conditions at Arequipa. A telescope of the largest size would not only have most favorable opportunities for work, but a field unexplored with such an instrument in the southern sky. Much could be done with a smaller instrument, and at a moderate expense...
...library of the Observatory has been increased since the time of the last report by the addition of 218 volumes and 529 pamphlets. The total numbers of volumes and pamphlets on October 1, 1894, were 7710 and 9989 respectively. As the station at Arequipa, Peru, will be maintained permanently, it is desirable, owing to its remoteness, that it should have a library of its own. Copies of astronomical and meteorological works sent there direct or through the Observatory, will be gratefully received and will prove of much value...
...number 50 Bromfield Street, Boston, until the 15th of this month, the collection of photographs of heavenly bodies which was a part of the Harvard exhibit at the World's Fair, and at the San Francisco Fair. Most of the photographs were taken at the Harvard Observatory near Arequipa, Peru...