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A RECENT number of La Nature (No. 1262) contains an interesting illustrated account of the observatory on Mount Etna, a building which was originally designed by Prof. Tacchini for some special investigations which he had in hand. The eruption which occurred in 1886 caused much disaster, and considerably affected the building which was not restored till the year 1891. In the observatory at the present time there is an equatorial of 5˙5 metres focal length, besides various meteorological and seismographical instruments. Observations are made regularly, except in the winter months. This year a very important addition will be made by the setting up of telegraph and telephone wires as far as Nicolosi, thus rendering it possible to regulate the work.
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The Etna Observatory. Nature 56, 544–546 (1897). https://doi.org/10.1038/056544c0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/056544c0