The letter is from M. K. Vainu Bappu, Nizamiah Obsevatory to Prof. Raman telling that it is best to plan on acquiring equipment specifically for research on the sun. Adding that the sun plays important role in our general understanding of Astrophysics.

The letter is from C. V. Ramam, Raman Research Institute to M. K. Vainu Bappu, Nizamiah Observatory acknowledging his letter on 26 March 1954 and saying he has a suitable location for solar physics observatory on the institution grounds. The letter also ask to let know presen address of Zeiss and Cox.

Results of observations of the fixed stars made with the Meridian Circle at the Government Observatory , Madras, in the year 1862, 1863 and 1864 under the Direction of Norman Robert Pogson

Results of observations of the fixed stars made with the Meridian circle at the Government Observatory, Madras in the years 1877, 1878 and 1879.

Results of observatios of the fixed stars made with the Madras meridian circle, Vol. IX - General Catalogue.Fixed stars

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.

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 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

This item was about the commissioning of aisa's largest telescope. The 230cm dimetre mirror of the gaint telescope had already been polished and despite having some import issues with a vital component, the project is on schedule and there were no hitches during the commissioning process.