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Correspondence between Sir Richard Woolley and Donald Lynden-Bell regarding a request for information from Professor Kreiken and comments on the progress of editing Eggen's work on galaxies.

Scope and Contents Correspondence with the Science Research Council:Correspondence with various individuals and departments of the S.R.C., concerned mainly with travel expenses, 1971. There are also letters of congratulation from Sir Richard Woolley and D. Lynden-Bell.Correspondence with individuals and departments of the S.R.C. regarding staff and organisation changes, and notes on various S.R.C. committees and panels, 1972.Correspondence with individuals and departments at the S.R.C....

Scope and Contents General correspondence with, among others, the University of Sussex; MacDonald and Co. (Publishers) Ltd; Queen Elizabeth College, London; Bernard Levin of the 'Daily Mail'; Donald Lynden-Bell, Pasadena; the University of Keele Astronomical Society; Sir Bernard Lovell; the University of Leeds; and the Lord Chamberlain's Office. The subjects include a book by Professor Sobolev of the U.S.S.R., congratulations on Sir Richard Woolley's award of the Royal Astronomical Society Gold Medal, and a...

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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.

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A letter from A.E. Carter to Sir Richard Woolley enclosing a list of computer usage by the Astronomer Royal's Research Team and D. Lynden-Bell's Research Team for the four weeks ending 31 August 1968.

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A letter from Donald Lynden-Bell to Sir Richard Woolley regarding the distribution function 'f' for the rotating spherical star clusters.

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A letter from Donald Lynden-Bell to Sir Richard Woolley regarding Lynden-Bell's paper on the distribution function for the rotating spherical star clusters.

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A letter from Donald Lynden-Bell to Sir Richard Woolley regarding a model for a rotating star cluster.

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A letter from C.A. Murray of the Royal Greenwich Observatory to Donald Lynden-Bell of the California Institute of Technology regarding van Maanen's first epoch plates corresponding to globular cluster fields in which Lynden-Bell is interested.

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A letter from Sir Richard Woolley to Donald Lynden-Bell regarding a reference to the general theorem, given in a colloquium by Lynden-Bell, that the deviation of the vertex cannot be given by a steady state.

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A letter from Sir Richard Woolley to Donald Lynden-Bell regarding a note sent by Lynden-Bell on the deviation of the vertex.

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A letter from Sir Richard Woolley to Donald Lynden-Bell regarding the distribution function for rotating spherical star clusters.

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A letter from Sir Richard Woolley to Donald Lynden-Bell regarding the latter's paper on the distribution function for the rotating spherical star clusters.

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A letter from Sir Richard Woolley to Dr W. Becker of the Astronomisch-Meteorologische Anstalt, Binningen, Switzerland, regarding a paper read in Basle by Donald Lynden-Bell and concerning the indications that the Saudi Arabians are unlikely to go ahead with their telescope project.

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A copy of a letter from Redman to John Hutchinson, Science Research Council, enclosing a circular from the Royal Society about scientific cooperation between countries in Western Europe, including Spain; a copy of D. Lynden-Bell's memorandum on organisation of the Northern Hemisphere Observatory; and a revised draft of 'Case for a Northern Hemisphere Observatory for the U.K.'.

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A copy of a letter from Redman to John Hutchinson enclosing the revision of 'The Case for a Large British Telescope in the Northern Hemisphere' by D. Lynden-Bell, dated 4 May 1973, and commenting on the 'Guardian' report on impending negotiations with Spain or Gibraltar concerning the Northern Hemisphere Observatory.

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A letter from Sir Richard Woolley to the Registrary, Cambridge, supporting the application of Donald Lynden-Bell for the Isaac Newton Studentship, accompanied by a notice on the aim of the Isaac Newton Studentship.

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Miscellaneous papers, including a handwritten paper by Sir Richard Woolley on the minimum mass of a star; a note by Woolley on observations of the Sun in very long wave lengths; a letter from D. Lynden-Bell of Clare College, Cambridge, regarding a method of finding general solutions of the Lionville equation without assuming any special velocity distribution such as the ellipsoidal 'law'; and a report by Woolley on his impressions of a visit to Russia.

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A copy of a letter from Donald Lynden-Bell to the Northern Hemisphere Observatory Policy Committee, 22 December 1972, with a photocopy of handwritten notes on the case for an observatory in the northern hemisphere, and original notes by Redman on the same subject.

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A copy of a paper by Donald Lynden-Bell for the Northern Hemisphere Observatory Planning Committee entitled 'The Northern Hemisphere Observatory', 17 January 1973.

Scope and Contents A circular describing the 1971 Herstmonceux Conference; a programme; a list of heads of astronomical departments (optical), heads of radio astronomy departments and individuals; a list of expected visitors; an application form for attendance; a list of delegates to be accommodated in Herstmonceux Castle; a list of delegates accommodated outside the castle, and their location; the conference photograph, with a key identifying delegates; a note from B.E.J. Pagel on sleeping accommodation; a...

Scope and Contents The collection comprises an incomplete archive of the business papers of ‘The Observatory’ from 1922 to 1983 (mostly covering 1939-1975). The papers are arranged in four series: financial records, general correspondence and business files, reprints files, and miscellaneous print material. The bulk of the collection consists of editorial correspondence with contributing authors, mainly concerning submissions for publication (RGO 83/2) and reprints (RGO 83/3). Some files include...

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding general matters relating to the Anglo-Australian Telescope, including observers and their work:Papers for a discussion meeting between the A.A.T. Board and the Australian National Observatory, October 1972, including a copy of the subsequent minutes.A letter from D.N.E. Dunbar of the Australian National University to the Chairman of the A.A.T. Board, 1972, discussing two documents entitled 'Operation and Management of AAT' and 'Draft Specification for...

Scope and Contents Papers regarding the Special Merit Promotions Panel, including a report on the period 1946-1967; correspondence with Sir Charles Cawley of the Civil Service Commission; nominations for the 1968 review of candidates; a list of referees for candidates; reports on D. Lynden-Bell by T.G. Cowling of the University of Leeds, F. Hoyle of St John's College, Cambridge, and R.J. Tayler of the University of Sussex; a final interview programme for the promotion candidates; the Panel's report for 1968;...

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A summary of a paper by Donald Lynden-Bell titled 'Stellar and Galactic Dynamics'.