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摘要

On 17 August 1757, the professors of Glasgow University laid thefoundation stone of the Macfarlane Observatory. Pleasantly located in thesouth-east corner of the college grounds, opposite the Physic Garden,within decades the site was completely overwhelmed by pollution and thegrowth of the city. Yet in a most unexpected way, it had played a major partin transforming the world.