Note 26 — Chapter V
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Miss Short, who has erected and who superintends an observatory on the Calton hill, Edinburgh, is the descendant of a brother of Mr. Short. She is in possession of a large Gregorian reflector, about 12 feet long, made by Mr. Short, and mounted on an Equatorial axis. It was originally placed in a small observatory erected on the Calton hill, about the year 1776, but for many years past it has been little used.