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  2. Coats Observatory - Wikipedia

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    Coats Observatory was furnished with a wide range of scientific apparatus for observing the night sky and making meteorological records. In 1900 seismic monitoring equipment was installed for recording earthquakes. Coats Observatory was one of the stations across the world which recorded the 1906 San Francisco earthquake.

  3. Coats Paisley - Wikipedia

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    Thomas Coats (1809-1883) co-founder of the world-famous J.&P Coats company was a philanthropist and devout member of the Baptist Church. He was committed to the well-being of his town, involved in the restoration of Paisley Abbey, and in funding projects such as the construction of the Coats Observatory and Paisley Fountain Gardens. After his ...

  4. List of astronomical observatories - Wikipedia

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    City Observatory, Edinburgh 1818 Edinburgh, Scotland, UK Clarke Observatory: 1897 / 1923 Dunkirk, New York / Alliance, Ohio, US Class of 1951 Observatory: 1997 Poughkeepsie, New York, US Cloudcroft Observatory (defunct) 1962 New Mexico, US Coats Observatory: 1883 Paisley, Scotland, UK Coit Observatory: Boston, Massachusetts, US Collins ...

  5. Paisley Museum and Art Galleries - Wikipedia

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    The Museum and Art Galleries were gifted to the town of Paisley by the industrialist Sir Peter Coats in 1871. The building, which also houses Paisley Library and the Coats Observatory , [ 2 ] was designed by Glasgow architect John Honeyman of the firm of Honeyman and Keppie . [ 3 ]

  6. List of largest optical refracting telescopes - Wikipedia

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    The Swedish 1-m Solar Telescope, with a lens diameter of 43 inches, is technically the largest, with 39 inches clear for the aperture.The second largest refracting telescope in the world is the Yerkes Observatory 40 inch (102 cm) refractor, used for astronomical and scientific observation for over a century.

  7. Category:Astronomical observatories in Scotland - Wikipedia

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  8. Astronomical Society of Edinburgh - Wikipedia

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    The founding president was John McDougal Field, who was also deputy to the City Astronomer William Peck at the City Observatory on Calton Hill. At that time, the honorary presidents were Peck and the Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Ralph Allan Sampson. Field continued to run the City Observatory after Peck's death in 1925. [2] [3] [4]

  9. Airdrie Observatory - Wikipedia

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    Airdrie Observatory (55° 51’ 56” N, 3° 58’ 58” W) is a fully operational, historic astronomical observatory, which is part of the library building in the town of Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Scotland. There are only four public observatories operating in the United Kingdom, all of which are in Scotland.