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Underground magnetic observatory built at the University of Wisconsin in 1870's.Built under direction of Coast Survey.Observations made to Coast Survey specifications.One of many academic geophysical observatories built under guidance of C&GS; (Image credit: Harper's New Monthly Magazine, March 1879, p. 520. NOAA Central Library)