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(archaic or non-native speakers' English) An observatory..
The obſervatorium, built by Chriſtian VI. in ſuch a manner that a coach and horſes may aſcend to the top; here they keep the public library, and Tycho Brahe’s mathematical inſtruments, eſpecially his famous celeſtial globes, which are three yards thick in diameter.
When all the persons whom br. O. had the purpose of visiting had been seen and he had done all he could for the Master, he visited the observatorium from the top of which there is a fine view of the surrounding country.
Astronomical observations made at the observatorium at Greenwich
The tombs of these Timurs are still to be seen in Samarcand; they are made of jasper, but one seeks in vain for the traces of the observatoria of Olug Beg.
The Crown Prince, after three hours’ weary and bootless sojourn in the little room in the observatorium, returned to lunch and discontent.
He could not be restrained from leaving the observatorium, and going around among his soldiers.
The block will occupy a space of 46 feet by 48; on the ground floor there will be ten rooms, with an observatorium at the back; […]
A new treatment is on the way, namely, cleaning up the bodies, and restoring the glands to health. It has been tried in the observatoria in Belgium and Holland and has been begun in our asylums. […] They should be sent to remand homes, as is done abroad, conspicuously so at the observatoria in Holland and Belgium.
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Observatorium means (archaic or non-native speakers' English) An observatory..
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The obſervatorium, built by Chriſtian VI. in ſuch a manner that a coach and horſes may aſcend to the top; here they keep the public library, and Tycho Brahe’s mathematical inſtruments, eſpecially his famous celeſtial globes, which are three yards thick in diameter.
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