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The Observatory Historic District is a historic portion of the Hyde Park neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. Centered around the Cincinnati Observatory and strung largely along a single street, the district has been named a historic district by both local and federal historic preservation agencies. Houses on the western side of the ...
The Green River Shell Middens Archeological District is a historic district composed of archaeological sites in the U.S. state of Kentucky.All of the district's sites are shell middens along the banks of the Green River that date from the later portion of the Archaic period. [2]
Pages in category "Astronomical observatories in Kansas" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. ... Lake Afton Public Observatory; P.
At the lecture, Mitchel proposed the construction of an observatory in Cincinnati. He hoped to raise $7,500 ( about $240,000 today ) by selling shares in the Cincinnati Astronomical Society for ...
Spring River, Kansas. Nearly 75 mi (121 km) of the state's northeastern boundary is defined by the Missouri River.The Kansas River (locally known as the Kaw), formed by the junction of the Smoky Hill and Republican rivers at appropriately-named Junction City, joins the Missouri River at Kansas City, after a course of 170 mi (270 km) across the northeastern part of the state.
The Cincinnati Observatory, known locally as Mt. Lookout Observatory, is located in Cincinnati, Ohio (United States) on top of Mount Lookout. It consists of two observatory buildings housing an 11-inch (28 cm) and 16 inch (41 cm) aperture refracting telescope. It is the oldest professional observatory in the United States. [3]
His father was the engineer John Robinson McClean. Graduating from Trinity College, Cambridge , in 1859, Frank McClean was a Bachelor Scholar at Trinity for the next three years. As an engineering apprentice to Sir John Hawkshaw from 1859 to 1862, he participated in improvements in the drainage of the Fens .