Scope and Contents A copy of a letter from D.C. Martin to members of the British National Committee for Astronomy, 29 December 1953, asking them for their views on an attached memorandum by Redman on the proposed Southern Hemisphere Observatory before he attends a meeting in Leiden on 25 January. There are copies of the replies received from J. Jackson; W.H. McCrea, Royal Holloway College; T.G. Cowling, Leeds University; H. Spencer Jones; D.H. Sadler, H.M. Nautical Almanac Office; H.H. Plaskett, Oxford...

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...

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the Large Telescope User's Panel terms of reference and membership, including correspondence with the Hydrographer of the Navy; correspondence with T.G. Cowling of the University of Leeds; correspondence with the Science Research Council; notes on the payment of fees, travelling and subsistence expenses to members of the Large Telescope User's Panel; a draft press release concerning the assumption of responsibility for the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria;...

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding arrangements for the Large Telescope User's Panel meetings and expenses, including correspondence with Sir Martin Ryle of Cambridge University; T.G. Cowling of Leeds University; the Science Research Council; R.O. Redman of The Observatories, Cambridge University; R.H. Stoy of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope; H.A. Brück, Astronomer Royal for Scotland, Royal Observatory, Edinburgh; A.D. Thackeray of the Radcliffe Observatory, Pretoria; J.V. Peach of the...

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding sub-committee meetings and draft reports to the British National Committee for Astronomy, including a copy of a letter from R.H. Stoy to H. Spencer Jones, 22 January 1955, giving information about the Armagh, Radcliffe and Cape Observatories; revised drafts by Redman and H.H. Plaskett of the introduction of the report; a letter from Redman to W.M.H. Greaves, 9 April 1955, regarding the revised estimates for the European Southern Observatory, as given at the Paris...

Scope and Contents Correspondence regarding the Royal Astronomical Society with, among others, Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co. Ltd; the President of the Royal Astronomical Society; the Admiralty; W.H. McCrea of the Department of Mathematics, Royal Holloway College, London; the Hydrographer of the Navy; and T.G. Cowling of the Department of Mathematics, University of Leeds. There is also a press notice concerning the Royal Astronomical Society Annual Summer Meeting at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne,...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with the General Secretary and members of the Royal Astronomical Society regarding arrangements for committee and other meetings; the election of Fellows and Associates; the refereeing of papers for publication; the nomination of T.G. Cowling as President for 1965; a second volume of the 'History of the Royal Astronomical Society', covering 1920-1970; the nomination of F. Hoyle and A.R. Sandage for Gold Medals; and the future of the Royal Astronomical Society Club and of the...

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General correspondence with, among others, the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, the Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia, Professor T.G. Cowling of the University of Leeds, and the Cornell-Sydney University Astronomy Centre. There is also an invitation to a function held by the Clockmakers' Company.

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General correspondence with, among others, the Commonwealth Trading Bank of Australia, the Worshipful Company of Clockmakers, Professor T.G. Cowling of the University of Leeds, various amateur astronomical societies, Sir Bernard Lovell of the Nuffield Radio Astronomy Laboratory, and Jodrell Bank. The subjects include the award of the Gold Medal and the Eddington Medal, insurance matters and tax issues.

Scope and Contents General papers, including correspondence with D.E. Blackwell of the University Observatory, Oxford; J.W. Schofield of the University of Hull, regarding an infra-red spectrometer; J.V. Peach of the Mount Wilson and Palomar Observatories, Pasadena, concerning the design and construction of Cassegrain spectrographs; the Science Research Council; R.H. Stoy of the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope; Sir Martin Ryle of the Mullard Radio Astronomy Observatory, Cambridge, concerning the Large...

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;...