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THE report recently issued by the Vatican Observatory (Pubblicazioni della Specola Vaticana, Fasciculus iii.) is the best that has been prepared by Father Denza, and in abundance of matter and fineness of execution, it compares favourably with that of any observatory. The first report was published in 1891, but neither that nor the one of 1892 contains so much evidence of work done as the bulky tome last issued. The observatory, as it is at present constituted, only dates back to 1889; but previous to that, it passed through so many vicissitudes that a brief outline of its history may be of interest.
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GREGORY, R. The Vatican Observatory. Nature 49, 341–345 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/049341c0
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