Correspondence on the Royal Astronomical Society, 1960-05-17 - 1965-07-08
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, 21-25 July 1964, as well as photographs titled 'an infra-red milk analyser-IRMA', 'the bubble chamber window' and 'the 98-inch aperture Isaac Newton Telescope under construction at the works'.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-05-17 - 1965-07-08
Creator
- From the Series: Woolley, Richard van der Reit, Sir, 1906 - 1986 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
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Extent
1 bundle(s) (1 bundle)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
1312
Finding aid date
2006-06-30 08:53:06+00:00
Subject
- Admiralty (Organization)
- Royal Astronomical Society (Organization)
- Royal Navy (Organization)
- Sir Howard Grubb, Parsons and Co Ltd (Organization)
- McCrea, William Hunter, Sir, 1904 - 1999 (Knight, mathematician and astronomer) (Person)
- Cowling, Thomas George, 1906 - 2003 (astrophysicist) (Person)
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