4. The Edinburgh Equatorial in 1887; a Paper with two Appendices

The Equatorial of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh, is still in October 1887, unfinished, blocked against use, and entirely unusable. This lamentable outcome of so many years, is simply the consequence of the necessary funds for finishing and working the instrument having been withheld by Government, after they had been promised by the Board of Visitors, printed again and again in much detail, and thought to have been obtained.