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The book General Astronomy was written by ?Sir Harold Spencer Jones. It was published in ?1922. This book contains 392 pages and covers various topics in astronomy. The topics mentioned in the book are related to ?celestial bodies, planetary motion, telescopes, and the solar system. It also includes information on stars, galaxies, and other astronomical phenomena.

The item is a 6 inch transit circle. The transit circle is an instrument used to determine the declination of stellar onjects. It consists of a circular scale kept perpendicular to the rotating axis of a telescope tube.

This item was a optical instrument named as Stereoscope. Stereoscopes are apparently those optical devices that help to view the two images separately and with relaxed eyes. There are two types of stereoscopes as: lens or pocket stereoscopes and mirror stereoscopes. Lens or pocket stereoscopes are great for viewing the whole overlap area of prints up to 9 cm × 13 cm or parts of larger patterns. On the other hand, mirror stereoscopes were designed to accept standard 23 cm × 23 cm metric air photos and work well with A4/US letter-sized prints. Most models come with magnifying options up to eight times, which is pretty impressive. One cool thing about mirror stereoscopes is that they are large enough to allow the analyst to draw beneath them, so it is possible to trace objects identified in the stereoview with a pen onto one of the images or a transparent overlay. However, it's important to remember that this sketch wouldn't have the geometric properties of a map as it contains all distortions present in the base image.

The Scientific Memories selection from the transactions of foreign and academics of science and learned societies is a collection taken from foreign journals and edited by Richard Taylor. The fifth volume was published in 1852

This item was an instrument used for measuring the intensity of a light source. It uses a light-sensing device that is calibrated to express intensity in a standard unit. Some optical elements such as lens etc. are also employed to incerase the sensitivity of the instrument.

The book The Moon Her Motions, Aspect survey, and Physical Condition is written by Richard A Proctor. It was published in 1907

The book Traite experimental of de L'electricite et du Magnetisme transalates to Experimental Treatise of Electricity. M.Becquerel, of the Academy of Sciences of the Institute of France, wrote this book. It is published in 1840

Cassettes related to IIA

The album contains photographs of the Bangalore and Kodaikanal campuses library of the Indian Institute of Astrophysics. Photographs of the reading area, serial display, stacks, and some of the presentations held in the library area are preserved in the album.

The fond contain correspondance of M. K. Vainu Bappu with C. V. Raman and mentors, donated by Mrs. Yemuna Bappu to IIA archives.