Word: lick
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...telegram has been received at the Observatory from Professor Schaeberle, at the Lick Observatory, stating that Dr. Perrine has just discovered a bright comet. The comet is 2m in diameter, of the seventh magnitude, has strong central condensation and has a tail one degree long...
...Edward S. Holden, director of the Lick Observatory of the University of California, has received the decoration of the Knight of the Royal Order of the Dannebrog of Denmark. This ancient order was founded in A. D., 1219, as a mark of military distinction, but is conferred in the present case for service to science...
...James Lick, Univ. of California...
...Harvard Observatory has received despatches from the Lick Observatory in California stating that C. D. Perine on Nov. 17 discovered a comet in the constellation Virgo. The comet has increased steadily in brightness being now of about the fourth magnitude. Being below the equator and travelling southward, it is rather unfavorably situated for observation. No observations have as yet been taken at the Observatory, but from the data at hand, it may be said, speaking roughly, that the comet can be seen a little before sunrise in the constellation Libra, several degrees northwest of the bright reddish star Autares...
...observatory is being built for the University of Pennsylvania. The new building will be built of brick surmounted by a large steel dome. The telescope placed in a large circular room, will be an eighteen inch equatorial, built on the same general plan as the Lick instrument. It will be moved by electricity and so adjusted that it can be shifted by the slightest touch of the finger. Smaller instruments, built after the most approved models, will also be found in the observatory. Professor Doolittle, formerly of Lehigh University will conduct the course in astronomy, and will be the acting...