This letter was asking a question on results obtained by John Evershed in connection with the displacements of the spectral lines of the Sun towards the red as suggested by Einstein's theory.
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This letter was a discussion regarding displacements of the solar lines towards red are distinctly unfavourable to Einsteins theory.
Sans titreThe item is a copy of letter from M. R. Ry., Ramasubbiah Garu, Tahsildar of Dharapuram, To the Deputy Collector, Erode Division regarding occurance of an earthquake in Eswarachettipalayam, hamlet of Sadayapalayam village on December 17, 1908.
Sans titreList of disturbances recorded by the Milnes Seismograph at Colaba, Bombay on July to December 1915 where apparatus sued wad Milnes Horizontal Pendilum (E-W)
Sans titreThis letter was written by L. Robertson, Esquire, I.C.S., Secretary to Government to the Secretary to the Government of India, Department of Revenue and Agriculture, requesting the opinion of the Government of Bombay as to whether the Maharaja Takhtsingji Observatory at Poona should not be abolished on the retirement of Professor Naegamvala and as to whether the instruments etc. might not be removed to the observatory at Kodaikanal. He forwarded a list of principal instruments at the Poona Observatory and said the Maharaja of Bhavnagar accepted the above understanding.
Sans titreThis is a reply letter about sanctioning the removal of all instruments belonging to the Poona Observatory to Kodaikanal. But if any of them are not of service to the observatory but are helpful to the College of Engineering Poona, they may be left for the use of the college.
Sans titreThe letter to the Director of Kodaikanal Observatory informs that the insurance for the articles is 4 per cent for 100 miles, and hence the charge is Rs. 89.
Sans titreIn this letter, the Director of Kodaikanal and Madras Observatories expected a large consignment of astronomical instruments from the Sub Division officer, Kodaikanal, D. Brodie, to arrive in Kodaikanal in a few days.
Sans titreThis letter shows the amounts paid for railway freight on Poona instruments. In this letter, the Director requests a reduction of the heavy charges that would be incurred getting the rest of the instruments from Periyakulam.
Sans titreThis letter was written to the Superintendent Engineer from H.G. Nicholson, proposing a new building for the Kodaikanal Observatory to house the instruments transferred from the Poona Observatory.
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