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Correspondence between Sir Richard Woolley; Professor F. Graham Smith of the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratories, Jodrell Bank; and Dr Roger Griffin of The Observatories, Cambridge, regarding Griffin's work on the spectrum of Arcturus and attempts to get the results published.

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...

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An undated photograph, 214mm x 164mm, of D. Lynden-Bell, Maarten Schmidt, F. Graham Smith, S.C.B. Gascoigne, Sir Richard Woolley and Gustav Tammann seated in a group. There is an accompanying memorandum identifying the figures in the photograph.

Scope and Contents Side A: Paul Cass talking about site testing on La Palma. Cass was the Executive Officer. Includes: details of the sites he worked on; the team working on La Palma, what they did, observations, working system, living conditions on the island; details of other people working on La Palma; problems and dangers encountered on the island; the attitude of the local people to the team; description of observing there; international cooperation in the site testing program. Interviewed on 9 July 1985....

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A letter from F. Graham Smith regarding the possibility of using the 4.5m telescope in the infrared.

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A letter from F. Graham Smith, Royal Greenwich Observatory, 6 February 1975, enclosing a copy a letter from F.W. Jackson, Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd, 4 February 1975, containing a quote for David Brown to examine the new blank at Schott's.

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A letter from Professor Francis Graham Smith to Sir Richard Woolley regarding the proposed publication by Dr Roger Griffin of the results of his work on the spectrum of Arcturus.

Scope and Contents The collection is comprised of papers accumulated by F. Graham Smith during his time at the Royal Greenwich Observatory. There is a long series of items regarding the restructuring of the R.G.O. in the early 1970s, and a further set of papers covering different aspects of the Observatory's affairs. The remaining papers are comprised of collected items concerning the Science Research Council, Anglo-Australian Telescope Board, European Science Foundation Astronomy Committee and Joint...

Scope and Contents Three folders of papers on the 1976 Herstmonceux Conference:1. 'Herstmonceux Conference 1976 General'Details of the conference (on the folder's inside cover); a letter from F. Graham Smith on the theme of the conference and the agenda; two application forms - one requesting information about the applying institution, the time of the delegates' arrival and meals, and the other regarding meals only; two notes on the conference; a programme detailing events of 29 March - 1...

Scope and Contents Papers regarding the Anglo-Australian Telescope Headquarters Operation:A letter from M.O. Robbins, Science Research Council, London, to F. Graham Smith, 23 January 1975, inviting him to a meeting on 3 February 1975 to discuss the A.A.T. Scientific Headquarters and its location. Attached is an unsigned note on the difficulties associated with the location of the H.Q. There are also telexes and various notes from interested parties.A letter from M.O. Robbins to F. Graham Smith,...

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Topics covered include: the work of the Royal Observatory, the Greenwich Time Signal, measuring longitude, the Isaac Newton Telescope and its use in studying the history of the universe, spiral nebulae, black holes, pulsars, astronomical photographs, solar research, and new discoveries and research.

Scope and Contents Eleven tapes of lectures and discussions during the conference covering 'Modern instrumentation and its effect on astronomy'. The conference was to commemorate the 70th birthday of Robert Hanbury Brown. Speakers were: Sir Richard Lovell, Sir F.G. Smith, A. Hewish, R. Schilizzi, J. Davies; D. Downes, A. Readhead, J. Dainty, J. Davis, G. Weigelt, J. Baldwin, J. Noorman, J. Angel, C. Hazard, K. Taylor, L. Woltjer, G. Illingworth, C. Wynne, A. Boksenberg, C. Mackay, P. Jordan, P. Wallace, N....

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A copy of the script for 'The Night Sky in December' by F.G. Smith on 'I.A.U. Report No 3 - "Needles and Nebulae"', reporting on the recent I.A.U. meeting, the investigation of nebulae by radio and optical telescopes, types and ages of the galaxies and the age of the universe, and protests about Project West Ford - the experiment on radio reflection from metal needles.