Astronomy Telegraph System Transferred
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PrintResponsibility for the system of telegraphic announcement of astronomical discoveries, inaugurated by the Smithsonian Institution in 1873, is transferred to the Harvard College Observatory.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
January 10, 1883