. A brief account of the Lick observatory of the University of California. omes of some of the establishments namedabove are three times those of the Lick Observatory, and theexpenses of all of them are at least twice as much. It is worth while to give this comparison explicitly, becausethe impression prevails that the Lick Observatory is as liberallyendowed as it is magnificently equipped ; whereas the facts are,unfortunately, very different. GIFTS TO THE LICK OBSERVATORY. The income of the Observatory is barely sufficient for itscurrent work. For the purchase of special instruments andappara
. A brief account of the Lick observatory of the University of California. omes of some of the establishments namedabove are three times those of the Lick Observatory, and theexpenses of all of them are at least twice as much. It is worth while to give this comparison explicitly, becausethe impression prevails that the Lick Observatory is as liberallyendowed as it is magnificently equipped ; whereas the facts are,unfortunately, very different. GIFTS TO THE LICK OBSERVATORY. The income of the Observatory is barely sufficient for itscurrent work. For the purchase of special instruments andapparatus and for the expenses of expeditions sent to foreigncountries for the purpose of observing total solar eclipses, wehave had to depend on the gifts of numerous friends. Amongthem should be named : Miss C. B. Bruce of New York City ;Hon. D. O. Mills of New York City; Hon. C. F. Crocker of SanFrancisco ; Edison General Electric Company of New York City ;Mrs. Phebe Hearst of San Francisco; W. W. Law of New YorkCity; Dr. S. P. Laugley, Smithsonian Institution, Washington;. iRP?lstfiT » THE LICK OBSER VA TOR Y. 9 Dr. T. C. Mendenhall, U. S. Coast and Geodetic Survey, Wash-ington ; the trustees of the Thompson fund, A. A. A. S., andothers. OFFICERS OF THE OBSERVATORY. The sections immediately following are extracted from theREGISTER of the University and give the official status of theObservatory^ as a part of the University: Martin Kellogg, President of the University; Edward , Director and Astronomer ; John M. Schaeberle, Astrono-mer ; Edward E. Barnard, Astronomer ; William W. Campbell,Astronomer; Richard H. Tucker, Jr., Astronomer; Allen , Assistant Astronomer; C. D. Perrine, Secretary. HISTORY OF THE LICK Lick, in August, 1875, selected Mount Hamilton, inSanta Clara County, as a site for the Observatory. Land forthe site (1350 acres) was granted by Act of Congress, June 7,1876. One hundred and forty-nine acres additional werepurchased by Mr. Li
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