Unable to get a room convenient for a private observatory he resolved at last to fix the instrument on a solid pillar in the garden; and several days were spent in accommodating it to its new position.

由于找不到适合私人天文台的房间，他最终决定将仪器固定在花园中的一根坚固柱子上。花了几天时间把它安置在新位置上。