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No. 851, THE OBSERVATORY PEKIN.

In the court yard which leads to that part of the wall on which the fore-going bronzes are, is erected this armillary sphere used in ascertaining the course and sizes of the various planets, it is made of copper bronze, and beautifully adjusted on its support.