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- 1898-05-12 (Creation)
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1 Laminated sheet
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Sidney Gerald Burrard (12 August 1860 – 16 March 1943) was a British army officer and geodesist who made significant contributions to surveying in India. He served in the Royal Engineers and later became the Surveyor General of India (1911–1919). Burrard was deeply involved in refining the measurement of the Great Trigonometrical Survey, including work on gravitational anomalies in the Himalayas, which influenced theories about the Earth's shape and crustal structure. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his scientific contributions to geodesy and cartography in the Indian subcontinent.
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Archival history
The document was transferred from Kodaikanal Solar Observatory to IIA Archives
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The document was acquired from Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
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Scope and content
This letter from Major S.G. Burrard to the Government Astronomer mentioning that Lenox Conyngham is dissatisfied with his Zenith Telescope results and with determinations of the Micrometer value, so he asked for sparing Dehra Zenith sector till next September.
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The documents were transferred to the IIA archives and have been preserved
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English
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Latin
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The document is in English
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The document is in good condition, and the texts are clear and readable
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The originals were located in the Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
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The original files are transferred to Bangalore campus, then processed and archived
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- Burrard, Sidney Gerald (Subject)
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Archival description is based on ISAD(G), second edition.
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English
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Latin
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Processed by IIA Archives