Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence regarding matters relating to magnetic instruments, including the following material:Correspondence with Adam Hilger Ltd regarding a quartz-fibre vertical force magnetograph, 1920-1924.Miscellaneous correspondence relating to the repair, purchase and testing of magnetic instruments, 1923-1937, including the repair of Elliot Magnetometer No. 75 by Elliott Bros., the testing of the Shuster-Smith Magnetometer for Abinger, the return to the Royal...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with several observatories, the Admiralty and the Physical Department regarding the repair, testing and standardisation of magnetic instruments and the issuing of certificates, 1935-1936; correspondence with the High Commission for India, 1934-1936, regarding the standardisation of magnets for the Colaba Observatory, India, and magnetic instruments for other Indian observatories, such as Alibag; and correspondence and reports relating to the comparison of Eskdalemuir and...

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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 (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 with magnetic observatories, including Eskdalemuir and Kew, regarding staff and other subjects, and with the National Physical Laboratory, regarding instruments.

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...

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the business of Royal Astronomical Society committees, including a graph of the distribution of proper motions resolved in the direction of the solar ant-apex; papers of the R.A.S. Geophysical Society; a list of R.A.S. committees, 1927; Annual Reports of the Kew Observatory (general and Upper Air Section), 1934-1935; Annual Report of the Eskdalemuir Observatory, 1935; Annual Reports of the Valentia Observatory, 1934-1935; and a programme of sessions and ballot at the...