Scope and Contents Official correspondence regarding the Isaac Newton Telescope dome and building, including correspondence with the Hydrographic Department of the Navy; R.O. Redman of The Observatories, Cambridge; Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the Navy Works Department; A. Conder of the Observatoire de Paris; Barnes Wallis of Vickers-Armstrongs (Aircraft) Ltd; Sir William Hodge of the Royal Society; J.D. Pope of the Royal Greenwich Observatory; and Head Wrightson and Co. Ltd....

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Correspondence regarding the Isaac Newton Telescope Coudé spectrograph with, among others, Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the Navy Works Department of the Admiralty; R.O. Redman of The Observatories, Cambridge; and the Science Research Council. There are also details of a proposed design for the Coudé spectrograph.

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding parliamentary matters with regard to the Isaac Newton Telescope, including correspondence between Sir Richard Woolley, Rear Admiral K. St. B. Collins, the Hydrographer of the Navy, and H. Hinsley of St John's College, Cambridge, on doubts about the siting of the Isaac Newton Telescope at Herstmonceux; correspondence with the general finance branch of the Admiralty on the same subject; Cabinet Section briefing notes for the Civil Lord of the Admiralty on questions to...

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 with H.M. Dockyard, Chatham; the Hydrographer of the Navy; and others, with memoranda and other papers, regarding the Photographic Zenith Tube and Meridian Group. The papers include a print of a drawing showing the alternative road layouts for the Meridian Group, 15 October 1957.

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A letter from the Astronomer Royal to the Superintendent, Navy Works, Ministry of Public Building and Works, Chatham, 23 July 1963, regarding blinds for the Photographic Zenith Tube Building, with a reply from Martin Clayton, Superintendent, 7 August 1963.

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the Royal Astronomical Society with, among others, Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd; the President of the Royal Astronomical Society; the Admiralty; W.H. McCrea of the Department of Mathematics, Royal Holloway College, London; the Hydrographer of the Navy; and T.G. Cowling of the Department of Mathematics, University of Leeds. There is also a press notice concerning the Royal Astronomical Society Annual Summer Meeting at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,...

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Correspondence with the Admiralty, the Hydrographer of the Navy and others regarding the Time Department and Nautical Almanac Office Building (the 'West Building').

Scope and Contents Correspondence with the Admiralty; H.M. Dockyard, Chatham; the Hydrographer of the Navy; and others, with memoranda and other papers, regarding the Time Department and Nautical Almanac Office Building (the 'West Building'). There are various drawings, including the following items:1. Drawing of the sliding hatch to the storeman in Room 94 of the Time and Nautical Almanac Block, 9 January 1957.2. Drawing of the sliding window to Room 94, 24 October 1956.3. Drawing of...

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Correspondence with H.M. Dockyard, Chatham; the Superintendent of the S.E. England Navy Works District, Chatham; and others, with memoranda and other papers, regarding the Time Department and Nautical Almanac Office Building (the 'West Building'). The papers include a copy of a drawing showing alterations to the West Building and additions to the ground floor.

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Correspondence with the Superintendent, Navy Works, Ministry of Public Building and Works, Chatham, and others regarding the Time Department and Nautical Almanac Office Building (the 'West Building').

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Correspondence with Cox, Hargreaves and Thomson Ltd; the Hydrographer of the Navy; the Ministry of Works; and others regarding the disposal of the Yapp Dome.

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Correspondence with the Hydrographer of the Navy regarding the Yapp Dome.

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Correspondence with the Admiralty and the Hydrographer of the Navy regarding the disposal of the Yapp Dome.

Scope and Contents Correspondence relating to the transit of Venus, 1874, including correspondence with the Hydrographer, 1868-1880; the Accountant General of the Navy, 1874-1878; the Superintendent of Contracts, 1874; the Director of Transports, the Devonport Office, the Deptford Office and the Customs House, 1874-1876; and the Stationery Office and Printing Office, 1873-1881. There is also correspondence between Captain Tupman, the Director of Transports, and Mr Baughan, 1874. The papers include diagrams of...

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Correspondence regarding welfare matters at the Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux, including letters concerning a visit of the Royal Navy mobile mass radiography unit; first aid rooms and toilet facilities; and the visits of the regional welfare officer, including the reports and recommendations arising from these visits.

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Correspondence between H.M. Dockyard, Chatham, Kent, and the Royal Greenwich Observatory regarding the Naval Stores.

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence with the Admiralty:Correspondence with the Accountant General of the Navy regarding payments to staff, insurance, office expenses, postage, accounting, the closing of the Nautical Almanac Office's bank account, and other subjects, 1921-1941.Correspondence with the Civil Establishments Branch on various staff matters, 1927-1935.Correspondence concerning a census of Civil Service staff, 1932-1933, including copies of form E40 (returns of...

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence with the Hydrographer of the Navy:Correspondence with the Hydrographer on various personnel matters, 1932-1936.Correspondence with the Hydrographer, 1934, regarding payments to unestablished staff, examinations for vacancies and other matters, including a report to the Hydrographer of 11 March 1934 on the state of the Nautical Almanac Office and the work of the department.Correspondence with the Hydrographer regarding staffing and reports...

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence with the Hydrographer of the Navy:Correspondence with the Hydrographer, 1933-1937, including reports on the introduction of the 'Air Almanac', estimates of staffing and work needed, correspondence on a new clerical assistant and the rental of a calculating machine for outside workers.A Hydrographic Office file entitled 'Nautical Almanac Office History 1902-1930' (the file includes information beyond 1930).Correspondence between the...

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A letter from the Hydrographer of the Navy to the Astronomer Royal, 18 July 1961, with the Astronomer Royal's reply, 25 July 1961, regarding the siting of the mirror transit circle and kinetheodolite.

Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence regarding the supply of various pieces of equipment:1. Letter from H.M. Dockyard, Chatham, 20 October 1948, regarding the return of buckets.2. Letter from H.M. Dockyard, Chatham, 29 October 1948, regarding the return of a faulty hand sprayer.3. Letter from H.M. Dockyard, Chatham, to the Royal Greenwich Observatory, 6 December 1948, regarding an order for tape adhesive.4. Letter from the Director of Navy Accounts, Admiralty, to the...

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Estimates from the Royal Observatory for the years commencing 1 April 1876 and ending 30 December 1886, with the relevant pages from the Naval Estimates and lists of the actual expenditure. The letters are either written to or by Airy until 23 August 1881, when W.H.M. Christie began to receive letters as the Astronomer Royal.

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Correspondence with the First Assistant concerning Navy bills, Mr Corbett's telescope, the transit of Venus, the equatorial clock, etc.

Scope and Contents Outgoing correspondence regarding many astronomical and nautical subjects, including accounts with printers, the production of the 'Nautical Almanac', expeditions to Australia, a reward for a method of making glass of a sufficient quality for instruments, the trial of various timepieces and their employment on board Royal Navy vessels, replies to projectors proposing various methods of finding longitude at sea, and instructions for astronomers (including William Gooch on board the Daedalus...