Correspondence on Cape instruments, 1939 - 1949
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding instruments at the Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope, including the following material:
Correspondence between R. Atkinson and J. Jackson regarding an 18-inch lens, 1949.
Correspondence between R.H. Stoy and Sir Harold Spencer Jones regarding the pallet stones of the Riefler Astronomical Clock, 1949.
Correspondence with Lady Hart Dyke of the Lullingstone silk farm regarding English raw silk cocoons for use as spiderwebs in telescopes and other optical instruments at the Cape Observatory, 1941.
Letter from H. Spencer Jones to J. Jackson regarding the insuring of a coelostat, 1939.
Dates
- Creation: 1939 - 1949
Creator
- From the Series: Dyson, Frank Watson, Sir, 1868 - 1939 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
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Extent
1 bundle(s) (1 bundle)
Language of Materials
English
Former / Other Reference
N3
Finding aid date
2006-04-24 14:55:12+00:00
Subject
- Jones, Harold Spencer, Sir, 1890 - 1960 (Knight, astronomer) (Person)
- Atkinson, Robert d'Escourt, 1898 - 1982 (astronomer, physicist and inventor) (Person)
- Royal Observatory, Cape of Good Hope (Organization)
- Jackson, John, 1887 - 1958 (astronomer) (Person)
- Stoy, Richard Hugh, 1910 - 1994 (astronomer) (Person)
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