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IT has been decided to close the Paris Observatory and erect a new national observatory at a cost of £400,000 in the Durance region of Provence, retaining the old building as a repository for equipment not in use and the many historic instruments the Observatory possesses. It is many years since the proposal to remove the Observatory was initiated, and the present decision has been taken mainly on account of the difficulty of carrying on observations, due to the prevailing atmospheric conditions and to the vibration caused by the heavy volume of motor traffic in the neighbourhood.
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The Paris Observatory. Nature 127, 600–601 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/127600a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/127600a0