The order was on the appointment of Prof. E. B. Ross as Acting Meteorologist, Madras, and Deputy Director of Madras Observatory effective from 1st July 1919. Prof. E. B. Ross was the Professor at Madras Christian College. Meteorological Department issued the order by the Registrar of the Madras Government in 1919.

Johannes Kepler's Astronomia Nova, published in 1609, was the oldest book available in the archives. It contains the results of Kepler's ten-year-long investigation of the motion of Mars. Where previous astronomers had relied on geometric models to explain the observed positions of the planets, Kepler discovered physical causes for planetary motion. Before Kepler, Nicolaus Copernicus proposed in 1543 that the Earth and other planets orbit the Sun. Kepler was the first astronomer to prove this conjecture with rigorous scientific arguments. This Volume has 336 pages and is in fairly good condition.

Astronomical observations made at the honorable The East India Company's Observatory at Madras under the superintendence of John Goldingham, Vol. III

Astronomical observations made at the honorable the East India Company's Observatory at Madras under the superintendence of John Goldingham, Vol. IV

Astronomical observations made at the honorable the East India Company's Observatory at Madras in the year 1843-1847 together with the recomputation of the Sun and Moon and planetary observations since 1831.

Astronomical Observations Madras, 1792-94 was known as the "Annual Report of 1792". The manuscript volume was divided into three parts. The first part gives a detailed description of the observatory building supplemented with 12 hand-coloured figures of the various sections of the building. Figure 1 is the picture of the Madras Observatory. Parts 2 and 3 record the observations taken for the years 1793 and 1794, respectively.

The award was an honour of electing John Evershed as a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Bill for description of works along with their estimation spent

This document was about brief description of Dr.M. K. Vainu Bappu's academic career, membership, participation in committees and societies, the medals awarded and the research area for which he contributed.

The fond contains 3 books of Astronomical observations made at the honorable the East India Company's Observatory at Madras