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Indian Institute of AstrophysicsThis fond was about pendulum clock used at the Madras Observatory manufactured sometimes in 1786. The clock is now in Kodaikanal Solar Observatory and still in working condition.
Petrie, WilliamThis item was about the map of part of the environs of Madras showing the relative positions of the Observatory house station and the guns. This map was made by J.Goldingham who was F.R.S. in Madras Observatory and the map was published in Madras Observatory papers in 1826 on page no. 177.
Madras ObservatoryThis item was about the Goldingham working with a Kater's Pendulum hung in front of a haswell clock in the Observatory. The second assistant Thiruvenkatachary, is reading the clock, while the first assistant Srinivasachary, sitting near the 18 ft granite pier, is noting down the reading.
Madras ObservatoryThis item was about the photograph of granite pillar in meteorology department compound at Nungampakkam, Chennai as seen today. In the compound of the Meteorology Department in Chennai, there is a 15-foot tall granite pillar weighing 10 tons. This granite pillar is part of the Regional Meteorological Centre in Chennai and is preserved as a monument. This is the place where Madras Observatory was existed.
India Meteorological Department