Burch, Cecil Reginald, 1901-1983 (physicist and engineer)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1901 - 1983
Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:
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Correspondence and papers re: Linfoot's consultancy work for Grubb Parsons, including Isaac Newton telescope, 1946-1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8726/C.7-C.12
Scope and Contents
Principal correspondents were G.M. Sisson and G.E. Manville
Dates:
1946-1958
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence between Linfoot and the Astronomer Royal and others re: Isaac Newton Telescope; Isaac Newton Observatory Board of Management papers and other committee papers, 1947-1959 (Circa)
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8726/C.13-C.21
Scope and Contents
From the File:
In 1946 Linfoot entered an agreement with Grubb Parsons to act as a consultant in astronomical designs. He was to assist 'by technical advice on computation and the arrangement of optical systems for astronomical instruments' and 'by practical advice and quality assessment in the testing and manufacture of astronomical systems'. In 1950 he reached a separate consultancy agreement with Grubb Parsons in respect of their undertaking the manufacture of the optical parts for the Isaac Newton...
Dates:
1947-1959 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Correspondence re: articles, 1940-1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8726/D.22
Scope and Contents
Brief correspondence re: proposed article on 'Recent advances in telescope design' for Royal Astronomical Society's 'Occasional Notes'; 'Coma and the abbe sine-condition'
Dates:
1940-1941
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).