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Madras and Kodaikanal Reports for the years 1898-1921, except 1899-1900 annual report.

Astronomical Observations Madras, 1792-94 was known as the "Annual Report of 1792". The manuscript volume was divided into three parts. The first part gives a detailed description of the observatory building supplemented with 12 hand-coloured figures of the various sections of the building. Figure 1 is the picture of the Madras Observatory. Parts 2 and 3 record the observations taken for the years 1793 and 1794, respectively.

This fond includes a comprehensive catalogue of the main fixed stars compiled at the East India Company's Observatory in Madras.

This was a handwritten record of observations made at the Madras Observatory by J. Goldingham (1796- 1805). It records the correspondent eclipses of the first and second satellites of Jupiter at the Madras Observatory and of Musalipatam, which were determined by timing immersions and the emersions of the first and second Satellites of Jupiter. The record consists of 163 pages and is not in good condition.

Madras M.S. Records was an important handwritten document maintained by M. Topping (1789-1796) and J. Goldingham (1796-1805), who were early astronomers of the Madras Observatory. The establishment of the Madras Observatory in 1786 was mentioned in this record.