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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.
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.
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 ]
Mills Observatory: 1938 Dundee, Scotland, UK Mind's Eye Observatory IAU W42: 2018 Sebastian, Florida, US MMT Observatory: 1979 Mount Hopkins, Arizona, US Modine-Benstead Observatory: 1963 Union Grove, Wisconsin, US Modra Observatory: 1988 Modra, Slovakia Mohr Observatory (demolished) 1765–1780 Jakarta, Indonesia Moletai Astronomical ...
49 Oakshaw Street, Coats Observatory 55°50′44″N 4°25′52″W / 55.845692°N 4.430985°W / 55.845692; -4.430985 ( 49 Oakshaw Street, Coats Observatory Category A
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Pages in category "Astronomical observatories in Scotland" The following 11 pages are in this category, out of 11 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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