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Excerpt from Publications of the Lick Observatory of the University of California, 1884, Vol. 3 On June ist, 1888, the Lick Observatory was transferred by the Lick Trustees to the Regents of the University of California, and the scientific history of the establishment begins with that date. In a future volume of these Publications it is intended to print a description of the objectives and mounting of the great equatorial, and the investigations which have been made of the various constants of the lenses. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.