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A Brief Account of the Lick Observatory
1895



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WORKS ISSUED BY THE LICK OBSERVATORY.

Two series of works, the first, in quarto, known as "Publications of the Lick Observatory;'' the second, in octavo, known as "Contributions from the Lick Observatory," are printed from time to time by the direction of the Regents of the University. They are technical in character. They are not for sale, but are exchanged with other scientific institutions in return for gifts to the library of the Observatory. The works already published are:

1. Publications of the Lick Observatory of the University of California, prepared under the direction of the Lick Trustees, by Edward S. Holden, Volume I, 1887. Sacramento, 1887, 4to. [Containing a brief history of the Observatory, with descriptions of the buildings and instruments; observations of double stars by S.W. Burnham, 1879; of the transit of Mercury, 1881, by Messrs. Floyd, Holden and Burnham; of the transit of Venus, 1882, by D. P. Todd; meteorological observations, by T. Fraser, 1880-85; and reduction tables for Mount Hamilton, by G. C. Comstock.]

2. Suggestions for Observing the Total Eclipse of the Sun on January 1, 1889, by Edward S. Holden. Printed by authority of the Regents of the University of California. Sacramento, 1888, 8vo. [Out of print.]

3. Contributions from the Lick Observatory, No. 1. Reports on the Observations of the Total Eclipse of the Sun of January 1, 1889, published by the Lick Observatory. Printed by authority of the Regents of the University of California. Sacramento, 1889, 8vo. [Out of print.]

4. Contributions from the Lick Observatory, No. 2. Reports on the observations of the total eclipse of the sun, December 21- 22, 1889, and of the total eclipse of the moon, July 22, 1888, to which is added a catalogue of the library, published by the Lick Observatory. Printed by authority of the Regents of the University of California. Sacramento, 1891, 8vo. [Out of print.]

5. Contributions from the Lick Observatory. No. 3. Terrestrial atmospheric absorption of the photographic rays of light,


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