150-th ANNIVERSARY OF ASTRONOMICAL OBSERVATORY LIBRARY

               A.K.Osipov, T.M.Solntseva

   The astronomical observatory of Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University 
is one of the oldest ones of Ukraine. It will celebrate 150-th 
anniversary of their foundation.
   Professor V.F. Fedorov was the founder and the first chief of 
the observatory. He belonged to those astronomers that understood 
the purpose and tasks of astronomy profoundly and knew its methods 
perfectly. V.F. Fedorov understood that new observatory needs to 
have not  only perfect devices and instruments but and serious 
scientific  library and that fruitfull researches and student's 
training are impossible without it.
   The chief of the Poulkovo Observatory and the father of well-
known astronomer's dynasty V.Ya. Struve transmitted 900 volumes 
of book's duplicates of the private library of G.W. Olbers (1758-
1840) to Kyiv University in 1841. This library acquired by Russian 
Academy of sciences for Poulkovo Observatory. This collection of 
books uderlay the scientific library of Kyiv University.
   It was devided into subjects:
 1. Mathematics - 43 units
 2. Tables of trigonometry and tables of logarithms - 9
 3. General astronomy - 33
 4. Astrophysics - 17
 5. Tables of astronomy - 20
 6. Astronomical observations - 20
 7. Star catalogues - 11
 8. Scientific works about surfaces of the Sun, the Moon, planets - 8
 9. Comets - 8
10. Collections - 18
11. Celestial maps - 11
12. History of astronomy - 27
13. Memoirs, ephemerises - 419
14. Figure of the Earth, geodesy - 15
15. Optics - 11
16. General physics - 7
17. Collection of dissertations - 231

   So, book's collection of the Olbers' private library included
almost all the branches of astronomy of the middle of XIX century.
There are many books of great value and rarest ones:
 1. Copernico, N. De lateribus et angulis triangulorum, 1542
 2. Des-cartes, R. Principia philosophia, 1664
 3. Des-cartes, R. Geometria, 1683
 4. Baueri, I. Uranometria, omnium asteris morum continens schemata, 
    nova methodo delineata, aereis lamims expressa, 1603
 5. Kepplero, J. Astronomiae pars optica traditur, 1604
 6. Keppleri, J. Mathematici olim imperatori somnium, seu opus
    posthumum de astromia lunari,  1634
 7. Keppleri, J. De stella nova, 1606
 8. Ricciolo, P.J.B. Almagestum novum astronomiam veterem novamque 
    complectens observatorionibus aliorum et propriis, 1651
 9. Hugenii, C. Systema Saturnium, sive de causismirandorum Saturni
    phaenomenon et comiteejus planeta novo, 1659
10. Newtono, I, Philosophiae naturalis principia Mathematica, 1714
11. Newton, I. The Cronology of ancient kingdoms amended. A short 
    chronicle from the first memory of things in Europe to the 
    Conquest of Persia by Alexander the Great, 1728
12. Flamsteed. J. Atlas coelestis, 1753.
13. Cardani, M. Opus novum de proportionibus numerium Basileae, 
    Maiest-Gratia, 1570
14. Hevelii, J. Cometographia, 1665

   Taking into account that books of Olbers' library are unique we 
consider its catalogue necessary to prepare for issue.
   Now our library contains more that 100.000 units of storage:
monographs, periodical astronomical editions of the majority of 
the astronomical observatories and institutions. 
   There are collections of scientific works of Laplace, Keppler, 
Lagrange, La Lande and other classics of natural sciences, complete 
sets of national annuals from the first (Nautical Almanac since 
1843, Connaissance des Temps since 1757, Berliner Astronomisches  
Jahruch since 1776); astrographic and star catalogues (Carte du Ciel 
Catalogues); publications  of astronomical observatories 
(L'Observatoire imperial de Paris. Annales, Memoires since 1855, 
K.K. Sternwarte in Wien. Annalen. Neuer Folge since 1841, Lick 
Observatory (Mount Hamilton). Bulletins since 1901, publications 
since 1887, contributions since 1893, U.S. Naval Observatory. 
Observations since 1870, publications since 1900).
   The periodical fund contains complete sets of journals from the
very beginning:
  Astronomische Nachrichten since 1823;
  Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society since 1843.
   The systematic catalogue of scientific library has such sections 
of astronomy and adjacent sciences:
 1. Theoretical astronomy and celestial mechanics
 2. Astrometry
 3. Astrophysics
 4. Theoretical Astrophysics
 5. Star astronomy
 6. Radioastronomy
 7. The Sun
 8. The Solar system
 9. Cosmogony and cosmology
10. Geodesy 
11. Geodesy and topography
12. Higher geodesy
13. Cartography
14. Aerophotography and photogrammetry
15. Theory and methods of measurement's processing (observations)
16. Physics
17. Mechanics
18. Acoustics
19. Chemistry
20. Geology
21. Geophysics
   Subscribers of our scientific library (besides of scientific 
workers of our astronomical observatory) are professors, teachers 
and students of Kyiv University, scientific workers of the Main
Astronomical Observatory of National Academy of sciences of Ukraine
and other scientific  institutions. 
   Preservation of funds of scientific library takes a significant 
place in the activity of the observatory. In this connection it's 
necessary to note great merits of Ju.D. Sokolov acted as a chief of 
the observatory during the Second  World War. Due to his efforts 
library's funds were saved.
   Now funds of our library enlarge owing to acquisitions in shops,
gifts of colleagues-astronomers, interchange of literature with
libraries of astronomical observatories and humanitarian help. Due
to this support our library received about 150 of units of periodical
fund.
   Astronomical Observatory of Kyiv Taras Shevchenko University 
highly appreciates this support and expresses our profound gratitude
to foreign observatories for their great and unselfish help.