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    Mills Observatory is the first purpose-built public astronomical observatory in the UK, located in Dundee, Scotland. Built in 1935, the observatory is...
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  • Look up mills in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Mills is the plural form of mill, but may also refer to: Mills (surname), a common family name of English...
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    known for its scenic woodlands, walking paths, and the prominent Mills Observatory situated at the summit of Balgay Hill. Established in the 19th century...
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  • This is a list of observatory codes (IAU codes or MPC codes) published by the Minor Planet Center. For a detailed description, see observations of small...
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    with the installation of the Mills Observatory, currently known as the Manuel Foster Observatory, twin of the Lick Observatory of the University of California...
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    the Mills Cross Telescope. Construction of the original "Super Cross" telescope with 1.6-kilometre arms began in 1960 by Professor Bernard Y. Mills. It...
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  • This is a partial list of astronomical observatories ordered by name, along with initial dates of operation (where an accurate date is available) and...
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    known as the D. O. Mills Observatory after the philanthropist Darius Ogden Mills. It was built as an offshoot of the Lick Observatory to observe stars in...
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    Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art Science and industry Barry Mill Mills Observatory Museum of the University of St Andrews Museum on the Mound New Lanark...
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  • The Mills Cross Telescope was a two-dimensional radio telescope built by Bernard Mills in 1954 at the Fleurs field station of the Australian Commonwealth...
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    The City Observatory was an astronomical observatory on Calton Hill in Edinburgh, Scotland. It is also known as the Calton Hill Observatory. The site is...
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    The United States Naval Observatory (USNO) is a scientific and military facility that produces geopositioning, navigation and timekeeping data for the...
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  • History Dundee Royal Infirmary Maryfield Hospital Medical Schools Mills Observatory Telecommunications Research Establishment University of St Andrews...
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  • Winchester Manchester Museum, Manchester Michael Faraday Museum, London Mills Observatory, Dundee, Scotland Museum of Bath at Work, Bath Museum of Science and...
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    Forfar Academy, Willie Bernard, who took the class on a trip to the Mills Observatory. "He did that when he got fed up trying to teach us to sing." Bill...
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    aperture.The second largest refracting telescope in the world is the Yerkes Observatory 40 inch (102 cm) refractor, used for astronomical and scientific observation...
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    Mungo Museum of Religious Life and Art Science and industry Barry Mill Mills Observatory Museum of the University of St Andrews Museum on the Mound New Lanark...
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    Coats Observatory is Scotland's oldest public observatory. It is currently closed for refurbishment as part of a 4-year long £42m transformation of the...
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    UCL Observatory (called the University of London Observatory until 2015) at Mill Hill in London is an astronomical teaching observatory. It is part of...
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    remodelling of Sir John James Burnet's designs (1931) and designing the Mills Observatory (1935). Brown was born in 1886, the son of David Brown, a weaver,...
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    1938 and used as a training telescope, has been in use since 1951 at Mills Observatory, Dundee, Scotland. A 15,5" refractor (F/15 focal length ) made by...
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    its proximity to some of Dundee's historic landmarks, such as the Mills Observatory and Balgay Cemetery. The name, derived from Gaelic, seems to mean...
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    minus its dome. One of John Mills' telescope is still on display in the Visitor Centre attached to the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh. Herbert & Price 1991...
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    the Law. Mills Observatory was proposed to be built on the Law but plans were scrapped in favour of the war memorial. Plans for the observatory moved to...
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    research centre and a café bar. Britain's only full-time public observatory, Mills Observatory at the summit of the city's Balgay Hill, was given to the city...
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    technology Royal Observatory – Edinburgh Coats Observatory – Paisley Mills Observatory – Dundee "Airdrie Observatory". Culture NL. Retrieved 20 July 2021. "Airdrie...
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    MacLellan Brown (c. 1886–1967), city architect of Dundee, designer of the Mills Observatory Thomas Brown (1781–1850), architect, works including Bellevue Church...
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    Clifton Observatory (grid reference ST564733) is a former mill, now used as an observatory, located on Clifton Down, close to the Clifton Suspension Bridge...
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    cheap; it was completed in 1963 on the site of Belmont Works, a former jute mill. The 2000s brought extensive renovation to the university's central campus...
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  • History Dundee Royal Infirmary Maryfield Hospital Medical Schools Mills Observatory Telecommunications Research Establishment University of St Andrews...
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