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IND-IIA-F004-I03 · Item · 17-09-1920
Part of Correspondence of E. C. J Bond and the Director of Kodaikanal Observatory

The letter was written by E. C. J. Bond who was the officer in-charge No. 18 party (Magnetic), Survey of India to the Director of the Madras and Kodaiknal Observatories, Kodaikanal. He was asking the director to set up the necessary procedures to collect various deflections from the magnetograph in Kodaikanal, including visual and photographic deflections.

Bond, E. C. J.
IND-IIA-F210-I22 · Item · 10-06-1905
Part of Correspondences related to Signaling Time from the year 1904 to 1923

This is a circular letter from A.G. Cardew, AG Secretary to Government, regarding adopting standard time for railways and telegraph offices. The standard time in India will be 5.30 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and 9 minutes ahead of Madras time. In Burma, it will be 6.30 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and 5 minutes and 23 seconds earlier than Rangoon time. The change will be introduced at midnight between June 30 and July 1, 1905.

Cardew, Alexander

The letter is from W.B. Gorbon to different departments regarding the revision of the charge on account of upkeep of electrical installations, stating that with effect from 1st April 1912, the charge for repairs shall be assessed at the rate of 5 percent per annum on the capital cost of installations.

Butler, Charles P.
IND-IIA-F216 · Fond · 01-05-1913

The fond contain correspondence regarding the Astronomical Observatory at Lahore. The letter is from the Director of Kodaikanal & Madras Observatories to the Registrar, Panjab University, Lahore, giving suggestions for the proposed Astronomical Observatory to be built in Lahore. The letter has suggestions about transit instruments and a 7-inch equatorial telescope. A sketch of the roofing complex is also attached.

Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
IND-IIA-F004 · Fond · 1919-1920

The fond contains correspondence between E. C. J. Bond, the officer-in-charge, No. 18 party (Magnetic), Survey of India, and the Director of the Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories during 1919-1920. The official letters are about the magnetic observations from the Kodaikanal Magnetic Observatory. The observations have been taken from the Kodaikanal Observatory and used to send to The Survey of India office for scientific purposes. This fond consists of 7 letters sufficient to understand the cooperation between The Survey of India and The Kodaikanal Observatory.

Bond, E. C. J.