. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history -- California. dispossess myself of any thought that I was trespassing upon his time or good nature. lie was much interested in what I told him of the obser- vatories now erected and in process of construction upon Mts. Wilson and Lowe, near Los Angeles. California, and he ex- pressed tin- wannest admiration for the generous gift of .Mr. John I). Hooker, witli a sigh of regret that Vienna had no such public-spirited citizen to present and endow a similar Reflector in this place. He is familiar
. Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences. Science; Natural history; Natural history -- California. dispossess myself of any thought that I was trespassing upon his time or good nature. lie was much interested in what I told him of the obser- vatories now erected and in process of construction upon Mts. Wilson and Lowe, near Los Angeles. California, and he ex- pressed tin- wannest admiration for the generous gift of .Mr. John I). Hooker, witli a sigh of regret that Vienna had no such public-spirited citizen to present and endow a similar Reflector in this place. He is familiar with the work of Pickering. Lowell. Camp- bell. Perrine, Holden, Burnham, Hall, and others of our As- tronomers, some of whom he has met. In 1S72 he was sent to America to examine the large in- struments there in operation, and to investigate the conditions of our work and our rapid progress in Astronomy, which were attracting much attention in Europe. He passed considerable time at the Harvard University Observatory, and the result of his investigations was the adop- tion by the Austrian Government of his recommendations; and the present noble Observatory in Vienna was commenced upon plans under his suggestions, while Karl von Littrow, his prede- cessor, was director. Soon after its completion, an objective of 11 3-4 inches with 17 feet focal length, made by Alvan Clark. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Southern California Academy of Sciences. Los Angeles, Calif. : The Academy
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