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THE RIO DE JANEIRO OBSERVATORY.—The Brazilian National Observatory, situated on the Morro do Castello, the most easterly hill of Rio de Janeiro, is to be removed. The American Meteorological Journal reports that the unfavourable situation of the Castello for astronomical observations has led to the selection of a site across the bay, near Petropolis, at an elevation of about 3500 feet. A road is now being built up the mountain, and it is hoped that the new observatory will be completed within two years. The sum of five hundred thousand dollars has been voted by the Government for the installation.
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Our Astronomical Column. Nature 50, 606–607 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/050606a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/050606a0