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XXIX ESC General Assembly, Sept. 12-17, 2004 - GFZ

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1832-35 Construction of the new Berlin Astronomic Observatory<br />

• Architect: Royal architect C.-F. Schinkel (<strong>17</strong>81-1841)<br />

• On recommendation by Alexander von Humboldt equipped with the<br />

(second after Tartu) world-wide largest and best Frauenhofer refractor.<br />

• Used by ENCKE and GALLE also as geomagnetic observatory.<br />

• Pendulum measurements at the observatory by Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel (<strong>17</strong>84-1846)<br />

• Operated until 1913 when the observatory moved to Neubabelberg<br />

Peter Bormann <strong>XXIX</strong> <strong>ESC</strong> <strong>General</strong> <strong>Assembly</strong>, <strong>Sept</strong>. <strong>12</strong>-<strong>17</strong>, <strong>2004</strong><br />

The 2nd Berlin<br />

Meridian built<br />

by Pistor &<br />

Martins, 1868

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