Scope and Contents From the Series: The Grubb Parsons Papers include papers on instrumentation for observatories, company publications, and items relating to the history of the company, including two personal albums by former employees.Series 1 is comprised of instrumentation papers. They include an article by Sir Howard Grubb Parsons and Company on the 36 Inch Reflecting Telescope for the Royal Observatory, Greenwich; a technical drawing and report on the 74” reflector built for the Radcliffe Observatory,...

Scope and Contents Photograph album created by a former employee at Grubb Parsons [Mr Shambles?, employed as an engineer, 1931-1975]. Comprises: a typed history of Grubb Parsons, 1926-1975 (16 pp), and a collection of 35 photographs with an index; accompanying notes on errors and omissions. The photographs comprise: 1. Sir Howard Grubb Parsons and Co. original building, 1926. 2. Engineering workshop, 1926. 3. Optical workshop, 1926. 4.1. Sir Howard Grubb at work at a desk. 4.2. 44 Inch optical...

Scope and Contents Annual acknowledgements for instruments on loan from the Royal Observatory, including the following items:Correspondence on the transfer of the Herschel 6-inch and 9-inch telescopes to Professor Fox of Chicago, 1929.Correspondence on the loan of the Cooke Equatorial to the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, 1929.Correspondence on the loan of magnetic instruments to the National Committee for the Polar Year for use at Fort Rae during the International Polar Year,...

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Correspondence regarding the purchase and repair of various instruments at the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, including the repair of the Coudé exposure meter and the provision of Schmidt cameras and an autodeclinator.

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Correspondence regarding staffing at the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria.

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Correspondence with government departments regarding the Cape Observatory, covering staffing, the siting of the 40-inch telescope for the Cape Observatory, Markowitz's lunar camera scheme, the proposed transfer of the naval base at Simontown, the Gill Clock, and a proposal for co-operation between the Cape Observatory and the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria.

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, including correspondence with the Yerkes Observatory, Wisconsin; the University Observatory, St Andrews; the Astronomisches Institut, Binningen, Switzerland; the University Observatory, Oxford; the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria; the Department of Astronomy, University of Manchester; the Department of Physics and Astronomy, University College London; the Department of Astronomy, University of Glasgow; the South African...

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the Large Telescope User's Panel terms of reference and membership, including correspondence with the Hydrographer of the Navy; correspondence with T.G. Cowling of the University of Leeds; correspondence with the Science Research Council; notes on the payment of fees, travelling and subsistence expenses to members of the Large Telescope User's Panel; a draft press release concerning the assumption of responsibility for the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria;...

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Correspondence of Redman, A.D. Thackeray, M.W. Feast, Mrs M. Burbidge and T. Lloyd Evans of the Radcliffe Observatory, South Africa, regarding the Northern Hemisphere Observatory project, including 'Comments and Additions by Staff at the Radcliffe Observatory to Views of Astronomers at the R.G.O.'.

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, 1950-1956, including appointments; the Radcliffe Travelling Fellowship; the Board of Visitors' Reports; reports on the Wolverton Estate; reports of the Radcliffe Trustees' Annual Meetings and agenda papers; estimates of expenditure for the Observatory; Radcliffe Trust balance sheet and accounts; maintenance accounts, receipts and payment accounts; and Pension Funds. The papers also include the following items:A folder of...

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Correspondence, invoices and other papers regarding equipment bought from the Department of Science and Industrial Research Grant, Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, including letters regarding orders for instruments and correspondence with Pickfords Travel regarding air tickets.

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Correspondence regarding finance and estimates relating to the Department of Science and Industrial Research Grants, Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, including correspondence with Longbourne, Stevens and Powell regarding payments from the Department. There are also accounts for the Radcliffe Trust Scheme authorised by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research for the years ending 30 June 1958 and 30 June 1959.

Scope and Contents General correspondence and other papers regarding the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, and the Radcliffe Trust, including correspondence on the Observatory's instruments; the Radcliffe Trustees' agenda papers for the annual meetings; the Trust's balance sheets and accounts; papers on the Observatory's expenditure and estimates; material on the Radcliffe studentship; papers concerning the Radcliffe Trust Travelling Fellowship; papers on staff matters and salaries; applications to the...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and other papers regarding the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, and the Radcliffe Trust, including correspondence with Longbourne, Stevens and Powell regarding the Trust; minutes of the annual meetings of the Trust; correspondence concerning the Radcliffe Travelling Fellowship and Skymer Studentship; the Department of Science and Industrial Research Grant reports of A.D. Thackeray, the Radcliffe Observer; papers concerning staff matters; and correspondence regarding...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and other papers regarding the Department of Science and Industrial Research Grant, Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, including correspondence on annual reports; letters regarding Department grants; correspondence concerning staff matters, appointments and salaries; correspondence on instruments and equipment for the Observatory; notes on Southern Hemisphere photometry; correspondence concerning M.W. Feast; papers on Southern Hemisphere observations, relating to the cosmic...

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Correspondence of Richard Woolley and others regarding the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, relating mainly to research grants. There are two folders, covering the years 1956-1961 and 1958-1961 respectively.

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Correspondence regarding legal and insurance matters with regard to the buildings and residential properties at the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, and also concerning roads.

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, including correspondence with the University Observatory, Oxford; the Science Research Council; the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories; the University Observatory of St Andrews; the University of London Observatory; the Department of Astronomy, University of Manchester; the Department of Physics, University of Victoria, Canada; the Department of Astronomy, University of Cape Town; the National Research Council of Canada; the...

Scope and Contents (1) Correspondence regarding general committee business of the Royal Society, including the following items:Correspondence concerning agenda, minutes and other matters relating to the meetings of various committees, 1928-1947, including the Gassiot Committee, Soiree Committee, International Relations Committee, British National Committee, Newton Tercentenary Committee, Meteorological Research Committee, Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee, National Committee for Astronomy and the...

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding the radial velocity of NGC 6522, photometers at the Royal Greenwich Observatory and Harding's replacement at the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria.

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding Harding's work at the Radcliffe Observatory.

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Correspondence between Richard Woolley and G.A. Harding regarding systematic errors in the 74-inch telescope at the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria, and other topics.

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A letter from I.S. Glass, South African Astronomical Observatory, 30 November 1972, and a copy of Redman's reply of 5 December, giving views on infra-red photometry, sites, telescope design and the closure of the Radcliffe Observatory.

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Correspondence between P.A. Wayman and Richard Woolley regarding the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria.

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence with the Royal Society relating mainly to the re-establishment and expansion of astronomy after the Second World War. The papers include the following items:Correspondence concerning the re-equipping of Cambridge observatories, 1948.Minutes of the meeting of the Gassiot Committee on 31 October 1947, with reports from the Kew and Eskdalemuir Observatories.Correspondence concerning Maskelyne manuscripts, 1947.Correspondence regarding...