George Comstock (astronomer)
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George Cary Comstock was an American astronomer and educator.
George Cary Comstock
Washburn Observatory
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The Washburn Observatory is an astronomical observatory located at 1401 Observatory Drive on the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. Completed in 1881, it was
George Comstock (astronomer)
…mathematics and astronomy. For a couple of years he worked for the U.S. Lake Survey and then a Mississippi River improvement project, before joining Washburn Observatory as the assistant director in 1879. As career insurance, during his free moments he studied law and was admitted to the Wisconsin bar in 1883 after…
Washburn Observatory
Washburn Observatory in the 1885 Wisconsin Blue Book
Observatory dome with the constellation Orion in the background.
Observatory in the evening