This letter was from the Director of Kodaikanal & Madras Observatory informing about the erection of new buildings for Poona instruments and outside painting of Observatory Domes, the Spectroheliograph building and the magnetic observatory.
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This letter was written to the Superintendent Engineer from H.G. Nicholson, proposing a new building for the Kodaikanal Observatory to house the instruments transferred from the Poona Observatory.
Nicholson, H. G.This letter was written by L. Robertson, Esquire, I.C.S., Secretary to Government to the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Revenue and Agriculture, requesting the opinion of the Government of Bombay as to whether the Maharaja Takhtsingji Observatory at Poona should not be abolished on the retirement of Professor Naegamvala and as to whether the instruments etc. might not be removed to the observatory at Kodaikanal. He forwarded a list of principal instruments at the Poona Observatory and said the Maharaja of Bhavnagar accepted the above understanding.
Robertson, L.This letter was issued from the Department of Revenue and Agriculture (Meteo.), The Government of India agreed with the proposal of closing the Maharaja Takhtasingji Observatory at Poona, and the instruments would be shifted to the Solar Physics Observatory at Kodaikanal. The Director General of Observatories asked Mr Evershed to be present at Poona during the dismantling of the telescopes and also to send the 'enlarging apparatus and spectrum microscope' to Kodaikanal if its removal doesn't interfere with the working of Poona Observatory before abolition.
Holme, H. B.This letter is enquiring about preparing plans and estimates for the new buildings required and also asked for having a stone tablet designed with an inscription referring to the donor of some Poona instruments.
Kodaikanal Solar ObservatoryThis letter was sent to the Director General of Observatories, Simla, from the Director of Kodaikanal & Madras Observatory stating new works contemplated for the coming year are the buildings for the Poona instruments.
Kodaikanal and Madras ObservatoriesThis letter was written to the Director General of Observatories, Simla, from Kodaikanal, regarding the requirement for new buildings for Poona instruments. This letter mentioned the instruments' names like the 20-inch Equatorial Reflector, Poona revolving dome, 8-inch lens and siderostat, 6-inch Cooke photovisual equatorial and detailed requirements for constructing buildings for those instruments.
Kodaikanal Solar ObservatoryThis letter was written to Simla from Kodaikanal confirming receiving all the instruments from Poona, including heavy mountings. Here, it's mentioned that for sanction, the total amount had been paid for cartage and storage and a small balance of the railway freight. One enclosed statement about expenditure regarding Poona instruments since 1st April is also included.
Kodaikanal Solar ObservatoryThis letter was written to Gilbert Thomas Walker, the Director General of Observatories from Secretary to Government, Bombay Castle, Educational Department, in reply to the letter regarding removing the revolving dome of Poona Observatory to Kodaikanal. In this letter, it was stated a plan and estimate for another roof for the observatory building.
Walker, Gilbert T.In this letter, the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories expected a large consignment of astronomical instruments from the Sub Division officer, Kodaikanal, D. Brodie, to arrive in Kodaikanal in a few days.
Brodie, D.