Yerkes Observatory

noun

an astronomical observatory located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, affiliated with the University of Chicago, and having a 40-inch (102-centimeter) refracting telescope, the largest refractor in the world.

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The author is continuing his researches at the Yerkes Observatory, having quitted the Lick establishment in 1892.
A Popular History of Astronomy During the Nineteenth Century | Agnes M. (Agnes Mary) Clerke

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