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Rossbank Observatory
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1840-1854
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Rossbank functioned from 1840 to 1854 as one of a chain of British Colonial Observatories which combined with European and Asian observatories in the study of terrestrial magnetism. It was established in Hobart, Tasmania, by the Governor of Van Diemen's Land, Sir John Franklin, and Captain James Clark Ross, R.N., commanding H.M. ships Erebus and Terror. For more information see: ANNAls OF SCIENCE, 39 (1982), 527-564 https://www.unav.es/gep/HistoryOfRossbankObservatoryTasmania.pdf
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AU TAS UTAS SPARC RS80