Correspondence on post-war astronomy, 1945 - 1947
Scope and Contents
Correspondence relating to the Royal Society's committee on the post-war needs of astronomy, including the following items:
Correspondence with F.J.M. Stratton, W.H.M. Greaves, H.H. Plaskett and E.A. Milne concerning an application by E.M. Lindsay for a grant to convert a telescope at Armagh to a Schmidt Camera, 1946-1947, with a copy of the application and a report by H. Spencer Jones.
Correspondence with W.H.M. Greaves concerning the proposed Schmidt Camera at Edinburgh, 1947.
Correspondence with D.H. Sadler, Sir Alfred Egerton and Sir Alexander Cadogen concerning the future of the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, 1945-1946.
Correspondence with F.J.M. Stratton concerning the future of the Cambridge Observatory, 1945.
General correspondence of the committee on the post-war needs of astronomy.
Dates
- Creation: 1945 - 1947
Creator
- From the Series: Jones, Harold Spencer, Sir, 1890 - 1960 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
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Extent
1 bundle(s) (1 bundle)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
T4
Finding aid date
2006-06-07 12:35:01+00:00
Subject
- Sadler, Donald Harry, 1908 - 1987 (astronomer) (Person)
- Royal Society (Organization)
- Cambridge University Observatory (Organization)
- Lindsay, Eric Mervyn, 1907 - 1974 (astronomer) (Person)
- Plaskett, Harry Hemley, 1893 - 1980 (astronomer) (Person)
- Stratton, Frederick John Marrion, 1881 - 1960 (astrophysicist) (Person)
- Greaves, William Michael Herbert, 1897 - 1955 (astronomer) (Person)
- Egerton, Alfred Charles Glyn, Sir, 1886 - 1959 (Knight, chemist) (Person)
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