Astronomical telescopes
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
File
Correspondence on the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1956 - 1959
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/130
Scope and Contents
(1) Official correspondence and minutes of the Board of Management regarding the design and finance of the Isaac Newton Telescope:Summary of official correspondence since the last Executive Committee meeting on 16 November 1956, dated 1959.Correspondence concerning microseisms affecting the Isaac Newton Telescope, 1957-1959.Letters and a diagram from Dr David Dewhirst concerning the Lick prime focus cage, 1959.News release from the Admiralty on the subject of...
Dates:
1956 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
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Series
Papers of 'The Observatory' magazine, 1922 - 1983
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 84
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises an incomplete archive of the business papers of ‘The Observatory’ from 1922 to 1983 (mostly covering 1939-1975). The papers are arranged in four series: financial records, general correspondence and business files, reprints files, and miscellaneous print material. The bulk of the collection consists of editorial correspondence with contributing authors, mainly concerning submissions for publication (RGO 83/2) and reprints (RGO 83/3). Some files include...
Dates:
1922 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
The provisions of the Data Protection Act 1998 apply to many of these records.