Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding Arc of Meridian work, triangulation and geodesy, divided into the following sections:'Correspondence with Surveyor-General's Department Cape Town': letters relating to D. Gill's annual reports and the geodetic survey, 1898-1900.'Completion of African Arc of Meridian': letters of 1898-1899, including D. Gill's application to the Royal Geographical Society for assistance in completing a geodetic survey of South Africa from South to North along the 30th...

Scope and Contents Papers concerned principally with telegraphs and tests on Admiralty telescopes. The material on telegraphs includes tests and observations of deflections by C.F. Varley; a map of telegraph lines; a report on the South Australian telegraph; and a newspaper article on the Atlantic cable. The papers concerning Admiralty tests on telescopes include Airy's reports on his findings and correspondence with R.S. Dundas. Other material includes A. Sedgwick writing on Darwin's Theory in 'The Cambridge...

Scope and Contents Notice of meeting of the Provisional Organizing Committee, 1899.List of members of the Provisional Organizing Committee, 1899.Report of the meeting of the Provisional Organizing Committee, 1899.List of original members of the Cambridge University Association, 1899.Undated list of the benefactors to the University.List of original members, 1900.Statement of the needs of the University, in three booklets, 1900.Notice of the King becoming...