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Stimpson [i.e. Stimson] J. Brown '75
Commodore Stimpson [sic] Joseph Brown died suddenly on December 20 in Nice, France, where he was spending time with his wife. He was born on September 17, 1854 at Penn Yan, N.Y. .
Report on the Organization and Methods of Work of Certain European Observatories
Typewritten two-page letter from USNO astronomer Stimson J. Brown (1854-1923) addressed to the Secretary of the Navy [Hilary A. Herbert], dated Washington, D.C. February 19, 1896, presenting a forty-three page report (also typewritten) entitled "Report on the organization and methods of work of certain European observatories." The letter states "... in accordance with the Department's orders of July 12, 1896, directing me to visit Greenwich, Paris, and Berlin, 'for the purpose of observing and reporting upon the organization and methods of work of the National Observatories in those cities.' In addition to the observatories specified in the orders, I append also brief reports upon the National Observatory of Holland at Leyden, and the Imperial Observatory at Pulkova, near St. Petersburg."
Joseph Brown
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