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" He organized, developed, and extended this service, retiring in 1867. Meanwhile, in 1855, he became director of the Dudley Observatory in Albany, equipped and organized the institution, and carried it on without remuneration and at his private expense.... "
Proceedings of the New England Historic Genealogical Society at the Annual ... - Page 114
1891
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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 32

American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1897 - 410 pages
...education, and other departments of thought, which we find scattered through the long range of his career. In 1852 he was appointed to take charge of the longitude...on without remuneration and at his private expense. He left it in 1859, after a severe struggle to preserve the institution for purposes of scientific...
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Proceedings of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Volume 32

American Academy of Arts and Sciences - 1897 - 406 pages
...education, and other departments of thought, which we find scattered through the long range of his career. In 1852 he was appointed to take charge of the longitude...on without remuneration and at his private expense. He left it in 1859, after a severe struggle to preserve the institution for purposes of scientific...
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The Observatory, Volume 20

1897 - 516 pages
...month. He returned home in 1848. In 1852 he was appointed to take charge of the longitude-determinations of the Coast Survey. He organized, developed, and...on without remuneration and at his private expense. He left it in 1859, after a severe struggle to preserve the institution for purposes of scientific...
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The Observatory, Volume 20

1897 - 524 pages
...month. He returned home in 1848. In 1852 he was appointed to take charge of the longitude-determinations of the Coast Survey. He organized, developed, and...on without remuneration and at his private expense. He left it in 1859, after a severe struggle to preserve the institution for purposes of scientific...
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The New England Historical and Genealogical Register, Volume 51

1897 - 646 pages
...service, retiring in 1867. Meanwhile in 1855 he became director of the Dudley Observatory at Albany, NY, equipped and organized the institution and carried...his discussion of the places and proper motions of the circumpolar stars. These he revised in 18C1. In 1866 he planned and executed the work of establishing...
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 57; Volumes 1896-1897

Royal Astronomical Society - 1897 - 758 pages
...Meanwhile, in 1 855, he became Director of the Dudley Observatory, in Albany, equipped and organised the institution, and carried it on without remuneration and at his private expense. He left it in 1859, after a severe struggle to preserve the institution for purposes of scientific...
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Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society, Volume 23

Royal Meteorological Society (Great Britain) - 1897 - 358 pages
...1867. Meanwhile in 1855, he became Director of the Dudley Observatory in Albany, equipped and organised the institution, and carried it on without remuneration and at his private expense. He left it in 1859, after a severe struggle to preserve the institution for purposes of scientific...
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 57; Volumes 1896-1897

Royal Astronomical Society - 1897 - 728 pages
...Mean-while, in 1855, ho became Director of the Dudley Observatory, in Albany, equipped and organised the institution, and carried it on without remuneration and at his private expense. He left it in 1859, after a severe struggle to preserve the institution for purposes of scientific...
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Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Volume 57; Volumes 1896-1897

Royal Astronomical Society - 1897 - 734 pages
...Meanwhile, in 1855, he became Director of the Dudley Observatory, in Albany, equipped and organised the institution, and carried it on without remuneration and at his private expense. He left it in 1859, after a severe struggle to preserve the institution for purposes of scientific...
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The Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans ...

Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown - 1904 - 498 pages
...service, retiring in 1867. Meanwhile, in 1855. he became director of the Dudley observatory, Albany, NY, equipped and organized the institution, and carried...on without remuneration and at his private expense, leaving it in 1859, after a severe struggle to preserve it for purposes of scientific investigation....
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