Chicago's Dearborn Observatory: a study in survival

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Dec 2000

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Journal of Astronomical History and Heritage (ISSN 1440-2807), Vol. 3, No. 2, p. 93-114 (2000).

Astronomy and Astrophysics

Astronomy

Dearborn Observatory, S.W. Burnham, Refractor, Meridian Circle, Timekeeping

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The Dearborn Observatory, located on the Old University of Chicago campus from 1863 until 1888, was America's most promising astronomical facility when it was founded. Established by the Chicago Astronomical Society and directed by one of the country's most gifted astronomers, it boasted the largest telescope in the world and virtually unlimited operating funds. The Great Chicago Fire of 1871 destroyed its funding and demolished its research programme. Only via the sale of time signals and the heroic efforts of two amateur astronomers did the Dearborn Observatory survive.

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