Keywords: Sayre Observatory 1896.jpg Sayre Observatory donated to Lehigh University by Robert H Sayre Esq of South Bethlehem in 1868 In the dome of the observatory is mounted an equatorial telescope of six inches aperture by Alvin Clark Sons The west wing contains a superior siderial clock by Wm Bond Sons; a zenith telescope by Blunt and a field transit by Stackpole There is also a prismatic sextant by Pistor Martins Students in practical astronomy receive instruction in the use of the instruments and in actual observation Edmund M Hyde The Lehigh University a Historical Sketch 1896 http //www lehigh edu/library/speccoll/hyde pdf The Lehigh University a Historical Sketch by Edmund M Hyde 1896 < 1896 Author PD-old-100 Lehigh University Black and white photographs of buildings Observatories in the United States |