Talks, Tales and Public Opinion

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Excerpt from Talks, Tales and Public Opinion: A Magazine Published Monthly by Columbia Polytechnic Institute for the Blind, 1808 H Street Northwest "The Naval Observatory, just above you, ladies and gentlemen, holds a collection of scientific instruments which place the observatory among the first in the world. It is under the direction of the Bureau of Navigation of the Navy Department. "It is supplied with two equatorial telescopes for the study of the heavens, one twelve inches and one twenty-six inches, and should you desire you can scan the milky way through them. You may do so any Thursday evening, by first securing a permit at Room 374, State, War and Navy building. It is well worth the trouble. "While the first official object of the observatory is the collection of information for the use of mariners, its experts carry on purely scientific work, the value of which is widely recognized. Being located on one of the highest elevations around Washington, this being just north of Georgetown, its site is an admirable one. It was completed in 1890 and the buildings and instruments are estimated to be worth $1, 000, 000. About 100 men are employed there under the direction of Captain William Barnett, the superintendent. They include observers, computers, mathematicians and clerks. 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.