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Abstract

AT a recent meeting of the American Philosophical Society it was resolved “That a committee, consisting of the President of the Society and five members, be appointed, whose duties it shall be to consider and report whether it is desirable, and if desirable, whether it be practicable, to establish in the City of Philadelphia, under the auspices of the Society, an Observatory, astronomical and physical, either or both; and if so at what cost, on what site, and what instruments are requisite for such purposes, and at what cost such instruments can be procured.” We suppose such a proposal for England would be looked upon as a joke, and yet already we cannot compare with America in our observing power.