The Reminiscences of an Astronomer

afterward Alvan Clark American appointed appropriation arranged asked assistant astronomers B. A. Gould Benjamin Peirce century Clark committee complete computations Congress course determined direction director doubt early eclipse eminent England Ephemeris fact glass Greenwich Hansen Harvard Harvard Observatory impression institution instruments interest investigation knew known learning Leverrier Lick Observatory Litchfield Observatory looked mathematical matter method Moncton moon motion Nautical Almanac Navy necessary never night object observations paper Paris Paris Observatory parties passed Peirce perhaps phrenology planets position possible present President Professor Henry published Pulkova question refracting telescopes remarkable replied result scientific Secretary seemed seen Senate showed Simon Newcomb Smithsonian Smithsonian Institution soon stars station Sudlersville superintendent supposed telescope thought told took transit of Venus University wanted Washington