Scope and Contents

Contents of a file so titled. Includes requests from school children and the general public for information on the tides, telescopes, clocks, sundials, time, star positions, the movements of the planets, the Doppler Shift, whether the Universe is infinite, and the identification of observed astronomical phenomena (including many observations of Comet Bennett), etc.

Consecutive numbering is the archivist's.

Scope and Contents Contents of a file so titled and ‘Closed Dec. 1972’. Requests from school children, teachers and the general public for booklets or information on astronomy and space, and for information on subjects such as telescopes, tide tables, meteorites, planets, Russian-made moon models, astrology, the Prime Meridian, clocks, and specific astronomical matters and events.The letters include requests to identify observed astronomical phenomena (including Comet Bennett) and submissions of...

Scope and Contents Contents of a file so titled and ‘closed 21.5.75’. Includes enquiries about constellation locations and distances, recent astronomical discoveries such as Comet Kohoutek, sundials, sunspots, horology, time, meteorology, telescopes, observed astronomical phenomena including Comet Bennett, requests for images and copies of publications, etc. Many letters are from amateur astronomers.Also included are letters fact-checking astronomical themes in Thomas Hardy’s ‘Two on a Tower’, a...