They take photographs of each other which are beautiful, make their own picture-frames, and work in the same workshop with their father.

One of them told me that she made observations on my comet, supposing it to belong to Mr.Dawes, who was a friend of hers.
"They keep an album of the autographs of their scientific visitors, and among them I saw those of Professor Young, of Dartmouth, and of Professor Loomis.
"August 4.

I have just returned from a visit to the Liverpool Observatory, under the direction of Mr.Hartnup.It is situated on Waterloo dock, and the pier of the observatory rests upon the sandstone of that region, The telescope is an equatorial; like many good instruments in our country, it is almost unused.
"Mr.Hartnup's observatory is for nautical purposes.

I found him a very gentlemanly person, and very willing to show me anything of interest about the observatory; but they make no regular series of astronomical observations, other than those required for the commerce of Liverpool.
"Mr.Hartnup has a clock which by the application of an electric current controls the action of other clocks, especially the town clock of Liverpool--distant some miles.

The current of electricity is not the motive power, but a corrector.
"Much attention is paid to meteorology.