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| Accurate time signals are sent from the Observatory every day at noon, and are received at all the stations of the Southern Pacific Company between San Francisco and Ogden, San Francisco and El Paso, San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. In this way the Observatory furnishes exact time (Pacific Standard time), without cost, to the inhabitants of many States and Territories. |
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The investigational work of the Observatory has been exceedingly fruitful. The power of the great telescope has surpassed the expectations of those who planned it; and its energetic use has enriched science in wholly unexpected ways. The success of James Lick's plans has its sufficient explanation in the combination of perfect and powerful instruments, of superb climatic and local conditions, of wise policies maintained by the University authorities, and of enthusiastic astronomers to make conscientious use of them. None but enthusiasts would consent to spend their lives on a mountain top. It is estimated that the instruments on Mount Hamilton are from two to five times as fruitful and efficient, depending upon the character of the observations, as the same instruments would be if placed in the ordinary locations of Eastern and European observatories. |
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The results of observations made at the Lick Observatory have been published in |
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1. PUBLICATIONS OF THE LICK OBSERVATORY, Vols. I, II, III, IV, V; quarto. Volume VI is ready for the printer, and several other volumes are in preparation. |
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2. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE LICK OBSERVATORY, Vols. I, II, III, IV, V; octavo. |
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3. ATLAS OF THE MOON, 19 folio sheets. |
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