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a little way back from the river, a beautiful
view of which for some miles up and down can
be obtained from Observatory Hill, so called
from the house which stands upon its summit.
This observatory is one of the noted spots in
the world and is the place from which longitude
is taken. The Observatory is kept very select
and retired and no strangers are admitted
inside of the walls without a permit from
someone connected with the institution.
[In or on?] the east wall is placed a large
magnetic clock, which, being connected
with a large ball surmounting the building
and which is made to fall every day at one
o'clock gives the time to captains of vessels
proceeding up or down the river. By touching
the rim of this clock, which is only four
feet from the ground a small electric
shock will be received. As there was very
little to be seen of the observatory outside
and as we could not get access to the
inside we spent the remainder of the
morning wandering about the park
through the long avenues of Chestnut trees

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