observatorium
nounEtymology From Latin observātōrium.
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An observatory.
Archaic or non-native speakers' English
- The obſervatorium, built by Chriſtian VI. in ſuch a manner that a coach and horſes may aſcend to the top; here they keep the public library, and Tycho Brahe’s mathematical inſtruments, eſpecially his famous celeſtial globes, which are three yards thick in diameter.1756, [Thomas] Nugent, “[Germany. Chap. III. Journey from Hamburg to Copenhagen, and from thence to Gottenburg in Sweden.] Remarkable places in this journey.] VIII. Copenhagen.”, in The Grand Tour, or, A Journey through the Netherlands, Germany, Italy and France. […], 2nd edition, volume the second, London: […] D. Browne […], A[ndrew] Millar […], G. Hawkins […], W. Johnston […], and P. Davey and B. Law […], page 128:
- When all the persons whom br. O. had the purpose of visiting had been seen and he had done all he could for the Master, he visited the observatorium from the top of which there is a fine view of the surrounding country.1850 June, “Germany.—Letter of Mr. Parker.”, in The Missionary Magazine, volume XXX, Boston, Mass.: The American Baptist Missionary Union, page 162, column 1:
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- Astronomical observations made at the observatorium at Greenwich1869, August Wiegand, Grundriss der mathematischen Geographie. Für höhere Lehranstalten entworfen [Outline of Mathematical Geography. Designed for Higher Education Institutions], Halle: […] H. W. Schmidt, page 29:
- The tombs of these Timurs are still to be seen in Samarcand; they are made of jasper, but one seeks in vain for the traces of the observatoria of Olug Beg.1870, “The boundaries of Bokhara. Appearance of the country, climate, rivers, towns, and villages.”, in E[dward] F[rancis] Chapman, transl., edited by [Georg,] Baron von Meyendorf, A Journey from Orenburg to Bokhara in the Year 1820, Calcutta: […] [T]he Foreign Department Press, […], page 31:
- The Crown Prince, after three hours’ weary and bootless sojourn in the little room in the observatorium, returned to lunch and discontent.1871, Archibald Forbes, “From the New Year to the Armistice”, in My Experiences of the War between France and Germany, volume II, Leipzig: [Christian] Bernhard Tauchnitz, page 282:
- He could not be restrained from leaving the observatorium, and going around among his soldiers.1881 May 12, Archibald Forbes, “The Czar in the Field”, in The Youth’s Companion, section “Majestic Misery”, page 174, column 1: