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              IND-IIA-F191-I03 · Item · 19-10-1910
              Part of Correspondence related to John Evershed and some of Kashmir Observation

              This letter is from the Superintendent of Telegraphs, Trichinopoly Division, to John Evershed asking about rainfall frequency in the last three years in some places regarding some interruption that happened to telegraph communication.

              Evershed, John
              IND-IIA-F210-I15 · Item · 10-05-1909
              Part of Correspondences related to Signaling Time from the year 1904 to 1923

              The Superintendent of Telegraphs, Central Telegraph Office, Madras, has written to the Deputy Director, Madras Observatory, Madras, regarding the inconvenience faced by the Alipore Observatory in operating without regular time signals at 16 hours on Sundays. While there are no objections to discontinuing the signals elsewhere, it has been decided that they shall not be sent to any office on Sundays, starting from June 6, 1909, except to the Alipore Observatory.

              Telegraph Department
              IND-IIA-F210-I11 · Item · 02-03-1909
              Part of Correspondences related to Signaling Time from the year 1904 to 1923

              This letter is from the Superintendent of Telegraphs to the Director of the Solar Physics Observatory, Kodaikanal, regarding the two-minute time signals. The Deputy Director of Madras Observatory had been requested to send time signals from 15:58 to 16 hours.

              Smith, Charles Michie

              This letter is from Sub-division officer Kodaikanal to executive Engineer Madura regarding repairs to the observatory buildings. It states that the inspection of the observatory building have come to the conclusion with consultation from the Director. It states the further changes to be made in regards to repairs.

              Kodaikanal Solar Observatory

              This is a letter from Solar physics observatory Kodaikanal to Gilbert T. Walker regarding building a new roof. It explains about the issues the roof has now and concludes with the fact that a new roof has to be built before long due to the corrugated sheeting and leakages caused thereby

              Kodaikanal Solar Observatory
              IND-IIA-F003-I04 · Item · 17-02-1911
              Part of Observation notes on earthquake records by Milne Seismograph

              Letter from the Secretary of the Science Section of the Coronation Exhibition, 1911 of the Art, Industries and the Resources of the British Empire to the Director, Royds of the Madras Observatory regarding the suggestion of Prof. Milne, F.R.S that the director should be written to with a view of forwading the copies of any seismograms of earthquakes, photographs of the effects of the earthequake.

              Royds, Thomas