Kew Observatory

Kew Observatory

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location = Kew, London Borough of Richmond upon Thames, United Kingdom
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established = 1769
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Kew Observatory [ [http://books.google.com/books?id=K6cOAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA37 "The History of the Kew Observatory"] , Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Vol. XXXIX, 1885, By Robert Henry Scott, Pages 37 to 86.] was an astronomical and terrestrial magnetic observatory located in Kew, [ [http://www.citiesofscience.co.uk/go/London/ContentPlace_2879.html Cities of Science, Where a king watched a transit of Venus] ] London, England.

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External links

* [http://www.meridianline.com/kew_observatory.htm Kew Observatory]
* [http://www.richmond.gov.uk/local_history_observatory.pdf The Observatory and Obelisks, Kew (Old Deer Park)]
* [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD%2FGBR%2F0180%2FRGO%2057 Kew Observatory sunspot observations]
* [http://books.google.com/books?q=%22Kew+Observatory%22 Google Books on the "Kew Observatory"]
* [http://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=%22Kew%20Observatory%22 Google Scholar on the "Kew Observatory"]


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