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Papers on the 1948 eclipse expedition, 1947 - 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/647

Scope and Contents

Correspondence regarding Robert Atkinson's expedition to Mombasa, Kenya, October-November 1948, to observe a total solar eclipse, including the following items:

Letters from W.F. Clenshaw of the National Physical Laboratory; Kodak Ltd; Ilford Ltd; and Recordak on the use of photographic equipment.

Correspondence with J.A. Leclerc, Société Astronomique, Paris, and W.H. McCrea, Royal Astronomical Society.

Correspondence with H.M. Smith regarding chronographs.

Correspondence with G.W. Rickett, H.M. Chronometer Department, Bradford-on-Avon, concerning chronographs.

Copy of a letter from H. Spencer Jones to the Hydrographer of the Navy on the expedition to Kenya and Atkinson's notes on the purpose of the expedition, dated 21 September 1948.









Dates

  • Creation: 1947 - 1948

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Management Group:

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).

Extent

1 envelope(s) (1 envelope)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2006-06-07 12:40:06+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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