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THE U.S, NAVAL OBSERVATORY.—We learn from Science, vol. ix. No. 217, that the new Naval Observatory, for which Congress appropriated 400,000 dollars several years ago, is to be built forthwith. Mr. R. M. Hunt, of New York, has been appointed architect of the building, and operations will shortly begin.
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Our Astronomical Column . Nature 35, 595 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/035595a0
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