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This letter was to inform John Evershed regarding holding the Pan-Pacific Science conference in Australia in August, 1923, and on behalf of the Council, the council desire to extend the invitation to the Madras Observatory.

Evershed, John
IND-IIA-F198-I02 · Item · 27-12-1912
Part of Queries Sent to Various Observatories from 1906 to 1923

This is a Letter from Pirojshaw H Dasteer to the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories regarding the sun's entry into Aries. Through this query, he asks 2 main questions: which zodiac was the sun when he entered it, and when and at what time does the sun really enter the first star of the Aries?

Daste, Pirojshaw H.
IND-IIA-F213-I37 · Item · 29-11-1922
Part of Correspondence related to Spectroheliograph's roofing during 1907-1923

The letter is from P. W. Secretariat, Chepauk, Madras, to The Director- General of Observatories informing that the Government is already taking steps to meet the extra demand of Rs. 2500 by reappropriation, and the result of the same will be intimated in due course.

Public Works Department
IND-IIA-F007-I10 · Item · 09-10-1930
Part of Official files and correspondance related to P. R. Chidambara Ayer

The letter was about the submission of MSc. Thesis of P. R. Chidambara Ayer to the Madras University. He is requesting to take immediate action on the further process of thesis submission before the end of November 1930.

Chidambara Ayer, P. R.
IND-IIA-F217-I21 · Item · 07-07-1920
Part of Correspondence regarding meteorology during 1898 to 1925

The letter is from P. N. Dutt, Registrar of the University of Panjab, to the Director of Observatories Kodaikanal, enquiring about the home address of John Evershed. This is to communicate that the astronomical instrument installed at the Lahore Observatory is arriving late. It also requests to consider making arrangements for the visit till further information about the instruments is available.

Evershed, John
IND-IIA-F213-I30 · Item · 12-07-1917
Part of Correspondence related to Spectroheliograph's roofing during 1907-1923

The letter is from P. Hawkins, Superintending Engineer, VI Circle, Trichinopoly, to The Director, Kodaikanal & Madras Observatories, informing that he has directed the Executive Engineer Madura Division to put the work in hand at once and complete it at a very early date. The second one states that the delay is due to difficulty in acquiring the materials and their transportation.

Hawkins, P.
IND-IIA-F013-I41 · Item · 24-04-1952
Part of Official and personal files of M. K. Vainu Bappu

This letter was about two questions that Otto Struve was asking, One is about Pleione and whether the strong lines of Ti II near ? 3759-3761 continued with their normal intensities, relative to the other Ti II lines. The second question is whether he would like to read the enclosed papers by Dr.S.Miyamoto of the Kyoto University.

Vainu Bappu, M. K.