Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co Ltd
Found in 142 Collections and/or Records:
Correspondence on the D.S.I.R. and R.A. Drive, 1965-01-07 - 1965-01-14
Correspondence on the I.N.T. Board, 1962-03-20 - 1966-07-08
Correspondence on the I.N.T. Board, 1962-05-29 - 1964-11-13
Correspondence on the I.N.T. Committee, 1955-07-04 - 1967-09-15
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1946 - 1955
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1945 - 1961
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1956 - 1959
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1960-06-07 - 1966-12-07
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1965-07-22 - 1966-02-02
Correspondence regarding the north door of the Isaac Newton Telescope building, including correspondence with the Ministry of Public Building and Works; Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; and the Commanding Officer of HMS 'Collingwood'.
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1959-07-01 - 1966-11-30
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1960-09-21 - 1966-07-21
Correspondence regarding the aluminising plant for the Isaac Newton Telescope, including information sheets for various components, a schedule of the handling procedure before and after aluminising, and a draft specification for the supply of an aluminising plant. There is also correspondence with Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, Newcastle-upon-Tyne; the Ministry of Public Building and Works; A.E.I. Electronics; and H.M. Factory Inspectorate.
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1960-12-01 - 1966-06-27
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.
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1967-01-02 - 1974-09-04
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1967-10-16 - 1969-06-12
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.
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1967-01-11 - 1973-09-05
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope Board, 1960-04-08 - 1960-08-12
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.
Correspondence on the meridian circle, 1948 - 1956
Correspondence regarding the meridian circle, including letters from A. Danjon to Richard Woolley concerning the determination of longitude, 1956; letters from R. Atkinson concerning the analysis of measurements made with the meridian circle, 1950; and drawing No. 4591 of the 7-inch transit circle 'Copenhagen', showing the proposed arrangement of the axis thrust block, 22 June 1948, prepared by Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd.
Correspondence on the mirror alignment system, 1970-04-23 - 1970-06-09
Correspondence on the move to Herstmonceux, 1946 - 1957
Correspondence on the Observatory's removal, 1946 - 1949
Correspondence on the oscillator unit, 1965-01-27 - 1965-02-05
A letter from D.E. Wallis, Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, to Sir Richard Woolley, 27 January 1965, regarding the oscillator unit, and enclosing his letter to A.D. Thackeray of 27 January concerning modifications to the unit. There is also a copy of Woolley's reply to Wallis of 5 February referring decisions about the unit on to Thackeray.
Correspondence on the Photographic Zenith Tube Building, 1951 - 1953
Correspondence with the Civil Engineer-in-Chief, Admiralty; Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd; and others, with memoranda and other papers, regarding the Equatorial Group, including a drawing of the Photographic Zenith Tube Building, 10 October 1953, and a drawing of the Thompson Equatorial showing the dimensions of the pier and the positions of the bolts for the toe plates, September 1952.
Correspondence on the Photographic Zenith Tube (PZT), 1955 - 1963
Correspondence on the Royal Astronomical Society, 1960-05-17 - 1965-07-08
Correspondence on the transit circle, 1937 - 1961
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- Royal Greenwich Observatory (GBR/0180) 141
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- Astronomical telescopes 14
- Astronomical observatories 4
- Australia 3
- Herstmonceux 3
- Netherlands 2