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Concerning a paper on eclipses, measurements of the height of Table Mountain, and his need for further instruments, and reporting on his activities and on the topography and geology of Cape Town.

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Concerning books and papers received, tables sent out, and a meteorological journal; requesting a Dollond repeating altitude and azimuth circle; and reporting on his activities at the Cape, which included collecting mineral specimens on Table Mountain.

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Concerning the production of new copies of his catalogue and papers (as a case of his papers had been lost in transit), and giving news received of Captain Parry.

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Informing him of the sudden departure of his assistant Mr Scully, who had left without giving notice after an incident of 'gross immoral conduct' with a young housemaid. Fallows requests that a suitably qualified person 'whose moral character is without stain or blemish' be sent as his replacement, and he recommends Mr Taylor of Greenwich for the position.

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Concerning his first catalogue of the principle fixed stars.

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Concerning tables and a plan of the observatory and giving news.

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Originally enclosing auxiliary tables; see [RGO 14/48: 151].

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Enclosing a copy of a letter he had written to Sir Richard Plaskett of the Colonial Office and reporting on his activities at the Cape Observatory from 10 April to 10 May 1827.

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Concerning the acquisition of the land adjoining the Cape Observatory; includes a copy of a letter from Sir Richard Plaskett of the Colonial Office.

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Concerning the best location for the proposed Cape Observatory and including bearings of various points visited in Cape Town.

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Concerning a mistake in his previous report and mentioning that a moth had damaged his telescope, destroying the wires.

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Informing him that the six-foot mural circle for the Cape Observatory was complete and requesting payment.

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Enquiring whether the changes he had made to the Greenwich mural circle should also be made to that for the Cape Observatory, and also enquiring about making spare pieces or parts.

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Concerning the price of a six-foot mural circle (seven hundred and fifty guineas) and the time required to make it (about two years).

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Concerning his progress on the six-foot mural circle for the Cape Observatory and requesting £200 for his work.

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Concerning his progress on the six-foot mural circle for the Cape Observatory (which was half made) and requesting £200 for his work.

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Sent from Francis Beaufort to John Pond.

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A letter from Richard Woolley to P.A. Wayman regarding a list of stars to be put on the observing programme of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope.

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Six letters and a copy of an account for instruments supplied.

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Photocopies of letters to Harold Spencer Jones:

1. B. Eyres-Monsell to Jones, 21 November 1932, 2 pages.

2. W.A.T. Shorto to Jones, 3 January 1932, 1 page.

3. The staff of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, to Jones, 15 December 1932, 1 page.

4. A.W. Roberts to Jones, 22 December 1932, 2 pages.

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Observations and correspondence regarding miscellaneous astronomical matters.

Scope and Contents Letter from G. MacKinley regarding vacancies as the secretary of a learned society, 1889.Obituary notice for C.F.H. Magnon of Paris, 1888.Letter from Lord McLaren regarding Dr Copeland's visit to the Royal Astronomical Society, with a reply, 1888.Letter to Captain Sir F. Evans regarding appointments in the Royal Observatory and at the Cape, 1883.Letter from M. le Chevalier of Paris regarding a memorial to A. Rabelais, 1879, with a printed notice of the...

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An undated microfilm made by the Public Record Office of correspondence of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope: RGO 15/27, correspondence of Fearon Fallows and Thomas Henderson, 1820-1833, and RGO 15/30, correspondence of Henderson, G.B. Airy and Thomas Maclear, 1832-1842.

Scope and Contents (1) Correspondence, 1834-1895Correspondence regarding J.C. Adams and other subjects, as follows:Index to correspondence, 1895.C. Taylor's suggestion of a memorial to J.C. Adams at Westminster Abbey, 1892.D. McAlister's proposal for a publication of J.C. Adams's papers, with lists of important correspondence, 1892-1893.Notes on correspondence in the Royal Observatory records regarding the search for Neptune, 1834.Notes from J.F.W. Hershel's...

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Observations and correspondence regarding miscellaneous astronomical matters.