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  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Observatory  \Ob*serv"a*to*ry\,  n.;  pl  {Observatories}.  [Cf.  F. 
  observatoire.] 
  1.  A  place  or  building  for  making  observations  on  the 
  heavenly  bodies. 
 
  The  new  observatory  in  Greenwich  Park.  --Evelyn. 
 
  2.  A  building  fitted  with  instruments  for  making  systematic 
  observations  of  any  particular  class  or  series  of  natural 
  phenomena. 
 
  3.  A  place  as  an  elevated  chamber,  from  which  a  view  may  be 
  observed  or  commanded. 
 
  4.  (Mil.)  A  lookout  on  a  flank  of  a  battery  whence  an  officer 
  can  note  the  range  and  effect  of  the  fire.  --Farrow. 




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