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Correspondence with various people and societies, including Sir David Brunt, R.O. Redman and A. Hunter, regarding the financing of scientific publications by the Royal Society.

Scope and Contents Correspondence for the preparation of expeditions to Spain and Sicily to observe the total solar eclipse, 21-22 December 1870. The correspondence with the Royal Society, Royal Astronomical Society, the Admiralty and the India Office includes letters from R.C. Carrington, G.G. Stokes, Sir J.N. Lockyer, A.C. Ranyard, W. Lassell, W. De La Rue, W. Huggins, C. Pritchard, Sir E. Sabine, Admiral G.H. Richards and H. Merivale. There are lists for those participating, the expeditions' accounts and...

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Papers relating to the Royal Society's Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics, including correspondence regarding meetings, agenda and minutes of meetings, and reports of sub-committees on vulcanology and oceanography.

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Correspondence regarding the Royal Society's British National Committee for Geodesy and Geophysics, with material relating to the 1962 Symposia, publications, sub-committees and International Geophysical Year.

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Correspondence regarding the Royal Society Sub-Committee for Terrestrial Magnetism and Electricity, including letters concerning meetings, a programme for International Geophysical Year, notes of work done at the Royal Greenwich Observatory on geomagnetism, and correspondence with Dr Nils Ambolt concerning magnetic charts.

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Correspondence regarding loans and grants made by the Royal Society's Defence Services Research Facilities Committee to the British North Greenland Expedition, the solar eclipse observations of June 1954, and expeditions to Morocco and Iceland in 1952. The papers include agenda, minutes of meetings and reports on activities.

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Correspondence regarding meetings of the Royal Society's Gassiot Committee and various sub-committees, agenda and minutes of meetings, and reports on research programmes and work undertaken at the Kew, Eskdalemuir and Valentia Observatories on subjects such as atmospheric ozone, atmospheric radiation and temperature, solar radiation, meteorological observations and terrestrial magnetism.

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Agenda and minutes of meetings of the Royal Society's Gassiot Committee and sub-committees; reports on work undertaken at the Kew, Eskdalemuir and Valentia Observatories; and applications for grants.

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the Herstmonceux Conference of 1965, including the following items:Correspondence with the Royal Society.Correspondence with H.J. Helms, Head of the N.A.T.O. Pure Science Bureau.Correspondence with the Hydrographer of the Navy.Details of the International Summer Course on Observational Aspects of Galactic Structure held at Athens on 9-23 September 1964.Correspondence with M. Schmidt of the California Institute of Technology,...

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Correspondence regarding the Isaac Newton Telescope Board of Management for 1961, with, among others, the Royal Society; the Royal Astronomical Society; H.A. Brück of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh; Sir William Hodge of Pembroke College, Cambridge; C.R. Burch; and R.O. Redman of The Observatories, Cambridge. There are also minutes of the 16th meeting of the Isaac Newton Telescope Board of Management on 9 June 1961.

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the Isaac Newton Telescope Board of Management for 1962 onwards with, among others, W.H. McCrea of the Department of Mathematics, Royal Holloway College, London; the Royal Society; the Director General, Naval Works; the Department of Astronomy, University of Glasgow; the Department of Physics, Imperial College, London; H.A. Brück of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh; R.W. Ditchburn of the Department of Physics, University of Reading; D.E. Blackwell of the University...

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the Technical Sub-committee of the Isaac Newton Telescope Board of Management with, among others, R.O. Redman of The Observatories, Cambridge; Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd; Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the Navy Works Department; D.E. Blackwell of the University Observatory, Oxford; the Royal Society; the Hydrographic Department of the Navy; the Ministry of Public Building and Works; and the Ministry of Defence. There are also minutes of the second meeting of the...

Scope and Contents General correspondence regarding meetings, committees, reports, etc., of the International Council of Scientific Unions (I.C.S.U.), including the following items:Royal Society report on the IX General Assembly, September 1961.I.C.S.U. papers for the agenda, 1961.I.C.S.U. financial statement for 1 November 1957 - 31 December 1958.Agenda, papers and a report of the Royal Society on the VIII General Assembly, October 1958.Report on the meeting of the...

Scope and Contents Correspondence and other papers regarding the Royal Society's International Relations Committee and the International Council of Scientific Unions, including the following items:Correspondence regarding meetings, agenda and minutes of meetings of the International Relations Committee and sub-committees and assemblies of the International Council of Scientific Unions, 1963, including material concerning the Commission on the Teaching of Science Research in Developing Countries and...

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Correspondence regarding the Isaac Newton Telescope correcting lens with, among others, Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; C.G. Wynne of the Imperial College of Science and Technology, London; the Directorate General of Works, Ministry of Public Building and Works; and J.F. Hosie of the Science Research Council.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, notes, memoranda and minutes regarding the Isaac Newton Telescope, including the following items:Copy of a report on post-war needs in astronomy laid before the Council of the Royal Society on 7 March 1946, with related correspondence, 1961.Correspondence regarding the weight of the Isaac Newton Telescope as given by Sir Howard Grubb Parsons and Co. Ltd, 7 February 1961.Memorandum by H. Barker giving a brief history of the progress of the Isaac Newton...

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Correspondence regarding the Isaac Newton Telescope Board of Management for 1960 with, among others, the Royal Society; the Royal Astronomical Society; Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd; H.A. Brück of the Royal Observatory, Edinburgh; F. Hoyle; the Department of Astronomy, University of Glasgow; and the Department of Physics, Imperial College, London.

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Correspondence regarding the James Cook Sub-committee, including correspondence with Sir Harold Hartley of the Central Electricity Generating Board; correspondence with D.C. Martin of the Royal Society; extracts from the Royal Society records of the James Cook expeditions; a paper by Sir Richard Woolley titled 'Captain Cook and the Transit of Venus of 1769'; and correspondence with T.G. Mercer of St Albans.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers relating to the Royal Society's Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee, including letters regarding meetings; agenda and minutes of meetings; correspondence with R.O. Redman concerning equipment; details for the eclipse of 12 October 1958; correspondence concerning members of the committee; correspondence concerning the 1955 eclipse, covering sites, travel, grants, etc.; observations of the total eclipse of 30 June 1954; correspondence on the 1952 eclipse; and general...

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Correspondence regarding the Royal Society's Joint Permanent Eclipse Committee, including minutes of meetings; correspondence on the expedition to Canada to observe the eclipse of 20 July 1963; and an extract from 'Sky and Telescope', Vol. 22 (1961), comprised of a map of forthcoming eclipses.

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Correspondence regarding the Royal Society's Advisory Committee on Naval Research Facilities, including letters concerning mathematical tables, 1949; a memorandum to the Advisory Committee concerning proposals for Submarine Gravity Surveys, 1947; minutes of Advisory Committee meetings, 1946-1947; a report on the British Submarine Gravity Survey carried out on board HMS 'Tudor', August 1946; and a map of the route of the proposed Submarine Gravity Survey, 1946.

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Correspondence concerning meetings of the Royal Society's Newton Letters Committee, with agenda and minutes of meetings.

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Correspondence regarding R.O. Redman's application to the Paul Instrument Fund and a circular concerning the Royal Society Tercentenary celebrations in 1960.

Scope and Contents Correspondence and related papers concerning the Royal Astronomical Society, including the following material:(1) General correspondenceCorrespondence between Sir Harold Spencer Jones and Miss Garratt, Royal Astronomical Society, regarding the Padbury chronometer, 1949.Correspondence regarding the R.A.S. Finance Committee, 1949.Correspondence between H. Spencer Jones and Dr G. Merton regarding reductions of the Stanley Williams variable star observations,...

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Correspondence regarding the Royal Society with, among others, Sir Howard Florey of the William Dunn School of Pathology, Oxford; the Royal Society; Sir William Hodge; Dr C.R. Burch; Professor R.W. Ditchburn of the J.J. Thomson Physical Laboratory, Reading; Dr J.B. Adams of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority; and H.H. Plaskett.